Big Joe Logsdon

A guide to George Washington on

excursion west of the Alleghenies

and Kentucky pioneer. During the

1790s a sharp clash occurred on

this site. Big Joe, acting as a spy

and commanding other frontiersmen,

helped repel an Indian raid. White

settlers pursued raiders for miles

to the mouth of Flippins Run and

Logsdon’s shots encouraged their

retreat across the Ohio. Over.

[Reverse]

At home on the violent frontier,

Logsdon could “out run, out hop,

out jump, throw down, drag out and

whip any man in the country.”

Logsdon served as a member of the

Kentucky militia, defended early

settlements from attack and

participated in raids across the

Ohio River before moving to

Illinois. His memory lived on

in a 1933 trading card.

Dedicated October 14, 2017.