Floyd's Station was a fort on Beargrass Creek in what is now St. Matthews, Kentucky. In November 1779 James John Floyd built cabins and a stockade near what is now Breckenridge Lane.Yater, George H. (1987). Two Hundred Years at the Falls of the Ohio: A History of Louisville and Jefferson County, 2nd edition, Filson Club, Incorporated, 12-13. In 1783, John Floyd, future Governor of Virginia was born in the Station. The pioneer's father was killed by Indians twelve days before the birth of his son. The station was one of six on Beargrass Creek and was involved in local conflict with Native Americans in the area for the next five years.Adventure West with Famous Floyds All that remain today of Floyd's Station are a spring house and cemetery.
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Corn Island (Kentucky) Fort Nelson (Kentucky) Fort-on-Shore Fort William (Kentucky) Spring Station (Kentucky) Low Dutch Station Bryan's Station Station (frontier defensive structure)
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