Lewekeomi

Lewekeomi is a name for the Falls of the Ohio, where the river descends over a broad bed of limestone. At low water, exposed rocks and swift channels made the falls a formidable obstacle to boats travelling the Ohio. The crossing lay on a river that connected the lands of many Indigenous peoples with the Mississippi basin.

In 1778, during the American Revolutionary War, George Rogers Clark brought a party of soldiers and settlers down the Ohio and established a base on Corn Island at the falls. From there he set out against British posts in the Illinois Country, beginning a campaign for control of the region. The settlers subsequently moved to the mainland, where the town of Louisville grew beside the difficult passage.

The later city of Louisville lies here.