Combine Confluence with History

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Introduction to the Opportunity

• Combine Confluence with History
• Celebrate Unique Geography
• Celebrate Unique History
• Develop Economy of Region
• Promote Pride In Community

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Confluence Park Features

• The Mississippi Ohio Confluence
• Museum of the Western Campaign
• Historic Statues Grant
• Fort Defiance Replica
• U.S.S. Cairo Ironclad Replica
• Tollhouse/Bookstore Giftshop

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Mississippi Ohio Confluence
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• CIVIL WAR MUSEUM OF THE WESTERN CAMPAIGN

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• Great Battles

Belmont and the occupation of Paducah Fort
Henry / Fort Donelson New Madrid / Island No.
10 Fort Jackson / New Orleans Ft. Pillow /
Memphis Shiloh Stones River The
Vicksburg Campaign Chickamauga / Chattanooga
The Atlanta Campaign Murfreesboro The
Carolina Campaign
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Great Heroes

• Ulysses S. Grant
• President Lincoln
• John A. Logan
• Harriet Tubman
• Frederick Douglass
• William Tecumseh Sherman

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Ulysses S. Grant
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President Abraham Lincoln
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John A. Logan
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Harriet Tubman
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Frederick Douglass
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William Tecumseh Sherman
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Fort Defiance Replica
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U.S.S. Cairo Ironclad Replica
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Embarkation of General McClernans Brigade at
Cairo The Advance of The Great Mississippi
Expedition January 10, 1862Harpers Weekly
February 1, 1862
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Market Analysis
Population Numbers 250 Miles--17,116,620 500 M
iles--89,330,363 1000 Miles--209,429,915
Comparative Annual Visitor Attendance Vicksburg
950,000 Gettysburg 1,800,000 Antietam
265,000 FDP Estimation-1,000,000
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Fort Defiance Park Economic Development Opportunit
ies

• Approximately 1,500,000 people visited Fort
  Massac
• park in 2004. Every October, the two-day Fort
  Massac
• Encampment draws over 100,000 visitors.
• Fort Defiance Annual Visitor Projection 1
  Million plus
• Historic Tourism Growing
• Historic Tourist Spend 50 more

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Summary of EconomicImpacts

• 1 Million plus Visitors Annually
• 70 Million Annual Expenditures
• 140 Million Annual Impact

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Immediate (2005 2006) Plans

• Open Museum of Western Campaign
• Build Heroic-Size Grant Statue
• Secure Funding For Future Stages/Projects

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• Fort Defiance Park Project Development Partners
• Southern Illinois University Carbondale Office of
  Economic and Regional Development
• Illinois Department of Transportation
• Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic
  Opportunity
• US Department of Agriculture Rural Development
• Southernmost Illinois Delta Empowerment Zone
• Hastings Foundation
• Southern Illinois Community Foundation