140 Steubens Lick

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Marker reads, Named for the Prussian soldier Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von Steuben. Born in 1730, he came to America in 1777 to aid the cause of the Revolution. Steuben instructed Washingtons army at Valley Forge and was first Inspector General of the Army. Came here to inspect his military grants and visited the Lick. Died in New York, 1794.