On U.S. 80, Columbus, Kentucky. County/parish: Hickman.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 09, 1973. NRIS 73000806.
1 contributing site.Also known as:
Columbus-Belmont State Park, on the shores of the Mississippi River in Hickman County, near Columbus, Kentucky, is the site of a Confederate fortification built during the American Civil War. The site was considered by both North and South to be strategically significant in gaining and keeping control of the Mississippi River. It commemorates military actions in Columbus, Kentucky, and across the river in Belmont, Missouri.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123850399