Money to expand RiverWalk, help build interpretive center
Nearly $2 million in state grants has been awarded for improvements at Fort Defiance and nearby areas.
Clarksville Mayor Don Trotter picked up the checks - one for $682,000 to build a pedestrian trail, the other in the amount of $1,299,560 for an interpretive center at the site - [...]
Fort Defiance has received a $2 million federal grant and a smaller city grant for the building of an interpretive center and improving the grounds. More news on this to come……………..
Defiance offers glimpse at Civil War in Clarksville
by Heather Donahoe
The Leaf-Chronicle
Preservationists hope to bring fort’s battlefield back to life
Brian Hughes hoped to encourage his 8-year-old daughter’s budding interest in history by taking a stroll at Fort Defiance Saturday afternoon.
“I’m a huge Civil War buff”, [...]