Thompson's office listed 10 military installations named after members of the Confederacy, all of which are in southern states: Camp Beauregard and Fort Polk in Louisiana; Fort A.P. Hill, Fort Pickett and Fort Lee in Virginia; Fort Benning and Fort Gordon in Georgia; Fort Bragg in North Carolina; Fort Rucker in Alabama; and Fort Hood in Texas.
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At least 77 children tested high levels at Kansas' Fort Riley, Texas' Fort Hood and Fort Bliss, and Louisiana's Fort Polk.
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Army recruits are sent to one of four centers in the US for their initial entry training: Fort Benning, Georgia; Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Fort Jackson, South Carolina; and Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
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I turn west onto a rutted dirt road toward Prospect Bluff, also known as Fort Gadsden, Negro Fort and British Fort.
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Army data from other clinics showed at least 77 more high blood-lead tests for children at Fort Polk in Louisiana, Fort Riley in Kansas, and Fort Hood and Fort Bliss in Texas.
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I went to Fort Jackson; he went to Fort Sill.
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Fort Sumter war beeindruckend und Fort Moutrie auch recht interessant.
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The eight that absconded in September did so from military facilities in Fort Benning, Georgia, Fort Gordon, Georgia, Fort Lee, Virginia, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, and Monterey, California.
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Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida 4.
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The US Citizenship and Immigration Services offices at Fort Benning, Georgia, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and Fort Sill, Oklahoma, were all closed on Jan.
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The man's body was recovered near Fort Chaffee, southeast of Fort Smith.
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Fort Gorges is an abandoned fort on the coast of Portland, Maine.
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The original fort in Fort Greene was Fort Putnam, a star-shaped garrison built in 1776 that the British captured in the Battle of Long Island.
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For Dutoit, the question isn't why Fort Smith, but why not Fort Smith?
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Among those organizations are the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo the Fort Wayne Philharmonic.
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Peter King reference a planned attack on either Fort Campbell or Fort Knox.
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Fort Gorges looks a lot like Fort Sumner, except smaller, according to experts.
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He was captured at an ancient ring fort now known as Casement's Fort.
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They said packages were sent to the CIA, Fort Belvoir and Fort McNair.
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Petersburg and Cape Coral-Fort Meyers; Miami-Fort Lauderdale ranks 10th on the list.
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Fort Michilimackinac is an 18th-century fort and trading village on the straits of Mackinac.
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"You are always better off if you come forth," said Fort at Fort Wealth Management.
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Op-Ed Contributor FORT McMURRAY, ALBERTA — Fort McMurray is a community of people from elsewhere.
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Goodman was working at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, where two Fort Bragg soldiers -- Sgt.
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CSX serves 12 ports, including Fort Myers, Fort Pierce, Jacksonville, Miami, Palm Beach, and Panama City.
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He helps you take a fort, and then kills you to take the fort for himself.
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Fort WorthFort Worth Magazine From catching a comedy show to visiting the Fort Worth Botanic Garden.
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The Hulen Mall in Fort Worth, Texas, was on lockdown, Fort Worth police said on Twitter.
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So using SMS-based two-factor authentication is better than nothing, but it's not Fort Knox (however, these days, even Fort Knox probably isn't Fort Knox when it comes to security).
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Chief Warrant Officer 4 Rod Pickett, Logistics Maintenance Officer, 1st TSC, conducted the research, creating cost estimates for four potential locations, Fort Jackson, Fort Benning, Fort Bragg and Anniston Army Depot.
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He completed basic training at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Huachuca, Ariz.
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Fort Mackay, about a 45-minute drive north of Fort McMurray, is under a voluntary evacuation order.
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Located on Hog Island Ledge, Fort Gorges is a granite fort that is completely surrounded by water.
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This is because, by the time the fort was completed, new explosive technology rendered the fort obsolete.
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Dr. Joseph W. Lyles performed the ceremony at Fort Foote Baptist Church in Fort Washington, Md. Mrs.
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Six of seven people shot by police in Fort Worth since June died (Fort Worth Star-Telegram).
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The Benteng in their name still refers to this fort ("benteng" means "fort" in Bahasa Indonesia) and the area where the fort once stood is now a Chinatown called Pasar Lama, in Tangerang.
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Forts along the Ohio river include Fort Pitt (Pennsylvania), Fort McIntosh (Pennsylvania), Fort Randolph (West Virginia), Fort Henry (West Virginia), Fort Harmar (Ohio), Fort Washington (Ohio), and Fort Nelson (Kentucky). Short-lived special purpose forts included Fort Steuben (Ohio), Fort Finney (Indiana), Fort Finney (Ohio) and Fort Gower (Ohio).
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Company "A" at Fort Greble, "B" at Fort Meigs, "C" at Fort Ricketts, "D" at Fort Snyder, "E" and "K" at Fort Baker, "F" at Fort Carroll, "G" at Fort Dupont, "H" at Fort Wagner, "I" at Fort Stanton and "L" at Fort Davis. Mustered out September 2, 1862.
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The IMCOM-SE team includes Anniston Army Depot, Ala.; Blue Grass Army Depot, Ky.; Fort Benning, Ga.; Fort Bragg, N.C.; Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico; Fort Campbell, Ky.; Fort Gordon, Ga.; Fort Jackson, S.C.; Fort Knox, Ky.; Fort McPherson, Ga.; Fort Rucker, Ala.; Fort Stewart, Ga.; Holston Army Ammunition Plant, Tenn.; Milan Army Ammunition Plant, Tenn.
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Over nearly four centuries of existence, the fort on Stage Head has been known by many names. In addition to Stage Fort and Fort Conant, references list Fort Gloucester (Fort at Gloucester was used by the US Army for Fort Defiance),Fort at Gloucester at FortWiki.com Fort Point, Fort Eastern Point, and other variants of these names. Fort Banks, Fort Cross, and Fort Allen were alternate names during the Fort Conant period of the Civil War.
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I-820/US 287 travels concurrently through Fort Worth. :: in Fort Worth :: in Fort Worth. The highways travel concurrently through Fort Worth. :: in Fort Worth :: in Fort Worth.
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Traversing the scarp Bhaskargad fort / Basgad Fort is a fort located 48 km from Igatpuri, Nashik district, of Maharashtra. This fort is one of the fort in Trimbak hill range. This fort is near to the Harihar fort.
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At its pinnacle, Fort Vancouver watched over 34 outposts, 24 ports, six ships, and 600 employees. The employment of Hawaiian Kanakas was gradually expanded until at least 207 in the Columbia Department by 1845, with 119 located at Fort Vancouver. Also, for many settlers the fort became the last stop on the Oregon Trail as they could get supplies before starting their homestead. By 1843 the Hudson's Bay Company operated numerous posts in the Columbia Department, including Fort Vancouver, Fort George (Astoria), Fort Nisqually, Fort Umpqua, Fort Langley, Fort Colville, Fort Okanogan, Fort Kamloops, Fort Alexandria, Flathead Post, Kootanae House, Fort Boise, Fort Hall, Fort Simpson, Fort Taku, Fort McLoughlin (in Milbanke Sound), Fort Stikine, as well as a number of others.
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Ratnagiri Fort, also called Ratnadurg Fort or Bhagawati Fort (), is a fort located 2 km from Ratnagiri, in Ratnagiri district, of Maharashtra. This fort is an important fort in Ratnagiri district. The fort is a main tourist attraction due to the Bhagawati Temple inside the fort.
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A line of seven army posts was established in 1848-49 after the Mexican War to protect the settlers of West Texas and included Fort Worth, Fort Graham, Fort Gates, Fort Croghan, Fort Martin Scott, Fort Lincoln, and Fort Duncan.
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Fort Whitworth (also known at various times as Fort Baldwin, Fort Anderson, and Fort Alexander) was to the north of Fort Gregg.Hess, 2009, p. 275.
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Ghargad Fort / Gadgada Fort ( ) is a fort located 145 km from Mumbai, in Nashik district, of Maharashtra. This fort is less visited fort in Nashik district. This fort is quiet difficult to climb.
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Indrai Fort / Indragiri Fort is a fort located 75 km from Nashik,in Nashik district, of Maharashtra. This fort though is an important fort in Nashik district but, it is less visited by the trekkers. In Chandwad taluka, there are 4 forts in a line on the Satmal hill range, the Chandwad fort, Indrai fort, Rajdher fort, and Koldher fort. This fort is easy to climb but requires 3 hours to reach the fort.
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Tantpur is known for its sandstone, which has been used in the Parliament of India, Ranthambore Fort, Gagron Fort, Kumbhalgarh Fort, Jaisalmer Fort, Amer Fort, Maheshwar Fort, Agra Fort, Bandhavgarh Fort, Garh Kundar Fort, Red Fort, Gohad Fort, Madan Mahal, Jabalpur, Raisen Fort, Sabalgarh Fort, Utila Fort and other Forts and Monuments of India. Often this stone is seen in big hotels and resorts to give them royal and traditional outlook. long lasting durability, low maintenance and beautiful colours are the advantages of using this stone and that is why big hoteliers, builders, developers and contractors prefer it most.
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The Narnala fort, Akot fort, Akola fort, and Balapur Fort are some of the famous monuments in Akola.
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The assets of the Royal African Company were transferred to the new company and consisted primarily of nine trading posts or factories: Fort William, Fort James, Fort Sekondi, Fort Winneba, Fort Apollonia, Fort Tantumquery, Fort Metal Cross, Fort Komenda, and Cape Coast Castle, the last of which was the administrative centre.
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Fort Ontario was also known as the Fort of the Six Nations or the East Fort. The French knew Fort Oswego as Fort Chouaguen. Some references to Fort Oswego refer to the entire complex. Except for the marker in Oswego, nothing is left of Fort Oswego itself.
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Fort Pyl ( Peyil Balakotuwa) or Fort Pass Pyl (; Peyil Pas Balakotuwa) was a small fort in the Elephant Pass Fort areas, which is narrow part of the Jaffna peninsula. The fort was located in line with two other forts, Elephant Pass fort and Fort Beschutter, in order to protect Jaffna peninsula from attacks originating from the mainland. The square-shaped fort built as similar to Elephant Pass fort and Fort Beschutter. It was destroyed and no evidence of the fort is visible today.
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Dermal Fort (, , transliteration: Dermal Qilа̄)is a fort located from Nashik, in the Nashik district of Maharashtra, India. Though this fort is an important fort in Nashik district, it is less visited by trekkers. In Satana taluka, there are four forts in a line on the Galna hill range, the Pisola fort, Dermal fort, Kankrala fort and Galna fort. This fort is easy to climb but requires two hour to reach the fort.
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Rajdeher Fort () is a fort located from chandwad, Nashik district, of Maharashtra. This fort is an important fort in Nashik district.
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The year was 1827. It would be the same type of picket fort constructed by George Washington at Fort Necessity in 1754. It would be like Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, Fort Still in Oklahoma, and Fort Laramie in Wyoming. Just as many forts became America's cities, like Fort Pontchartrain becoming Detroit, Fort Dearborn becoming Chicago, and Fort Pitt becoming Pittsburgh, this fort was destined to become Ocala.
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After its completion in 1787 the fort was named Fort Rustenburg ("resting fort" in Dutch).Benteng Vredeburg, jogjatrip.com In 1867 the old fort was destroyed by an earthquake. The fort was rebuilt and renamed Fort Vredeburg, which in the Dutch language means "peace fort" due to peaceful co-existence of the fort and the Kraton of the Sultan.
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In Satana taluka, there are four forts in a line on the Galna hill range, the Pisol fort, Dermal fort, Kankrala fort and Galna fort. This fort is easy to climb but requires one hour to reach the fort.
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Fort Pentagouët in 1670 Fort Pentagouët (Fort Pentagoet, Fort Castine, Fort Penobscot, Fort Saint-Pierre) was a French fort established in present-day Castine, Maine, which was the capital of Acadia (1670–1674).; Buckner and Ried (Eds). The Atlantic Region to Confederation. University of Toronto Press. 1994. p.
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I-69/US 33 travels concurrently to Fort Wayne. : in Fort Wayne. The highways travel concurrently through Fort Wayne. : in Fort Wayne.
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The fort took the name Fort Bourbon as early as 1766, Fort la Convention in 1793, Fort George during the British occupations (1793-1802, 1809-1814), and became Fort Desaix in 1802. Napoleon Bonaparte renamed the fort to honor General Louis Desaix (1768-1800). The original fort in the area is Fort Saint Louis, which is located at Fort-de-France, and which is still home to a French naval base. Two other forts were added in the 19th Century, Fort Tartenson and Fort Gerbault.
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Rupgadh Fort from South side. Rupgadh Fort or Roopgadh Fort is a fort located in Dang district of Gujarat, India. This fort is an example of 17th-century Dangi mountain architecture.
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Currently the location of the Boulevard périphérique de Lyon # Fort du Mont Verdun (Air force, Mont-Verdun) () # Batterie des Carrières () # Batterie du Mont-Thou () # Batterie de Narcel () # Batterie de la Freta (approximation: ) # Fort de Vancia () # Batterie de Sathonay () # Magasin de Sathonay () # Batterie de Sermenaz () # Redoutes de Neyron ( and ) # Fort de Meyzieu () # Fort de Genas () # Fort de Bron () # Batterie de Lessivas () # Batterie de Parilly () # Fort de Saint-Priest () # Fort de Corbas () # Fort de Feyzin () # Fort de Champvillard () # Fort de Montcorin () # Fort de Côte-Lorette () # Fort du Bruissin () # Fort de Chapoly () # Fort du Paillet () # Magasin de Saint-Fons () # Batterie de Décines () The fortifications of d'Azieu, Vaulx- en-Velin, Millery, and Chêne-Rond in Dardilly were planned but never constructed.
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From the beginning of the 17th century, French Canadians explored and traveled to the region with their coureur de bois and explorers, such as Jean Nicolet, Robert de LaSalle, Jacques Marquette, Nicholas Perrot, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, Pierre Dugué de Boisbriant, Lucien Galtier, Pierre Laclède, René Auguste Chouteau, Julien Dubuque, Pierre de La Vérendrye and Pierre Parrant. trapper, Francois, paying $600 in trade goods for an Indian woman to be his wife, ca. 1837 The French Canadians set up a number of villages along the waterways, including Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin; La Baye, Wisconsin; Cahokia, Illinois; Kaskaskia, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan; Saint Ignace, Michigan; Vincennes, Indiana; St. Paul, Minnesota; St. Louis, Missouri; and Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. They also built a series of forts in the area, such as Fort de Chartres, Fort Crevecoeur, Fort Saint Louis, Fort Ouiatenon, Fort Miami (Michigan), Fort Miami (Indiana), Fort Saint Joseph, Fort La Baye, Fort de Buade, Fort Saint Antoine, Fort Crevecoeur, Fort Trempealeau, Fort Beauharnois, Fort Orleans, Fort St. Charles, Fort Kaministiquia, Fort Michilimackinac, Fort Rouillé, Fort Niagara, Fort Le Boeuf, Fort Venango and Fort Duquesne.
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Fort de Loyasse is a fort built between 1836 and 1840. It is currently in the 9th arrondissement of Lyon and is part of the first belt of forts protecting Lyon. The fort is a sister fort to Fort de Caluire and Fort Duchère (both since demolished) and Fort Saint-Jean.
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Mohandar Fort / Shidaka fort / मोहनदर /शिडका किल्ला ा is a fort located 55 km from Nashik, in Nashik district, of Maharashtra, India. This fort is an important fort in Nashik district. The three forts Achala, Ahivant, and Mohandar are very close by. This fort was constructed to guard the Ahivant fort.
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RML 80-pounder 5 ton (converted) gun at Smiths Hill Fort Smiths Hill Fort was a fort at North Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. The fort was also known as Wollongong Fort.
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Baimiweng Fort, Dawulun Fort, Gongzi Liao Fort, Keelung Fort Commander's Official Residence, Nuannuan Ande Temple, Pengjia Lighthouse, Uhrshawan Battery and Xian Dong Yan.
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St. Michael Fort St. Michael Fort () is fort on the Croatian island of Ugljan.
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Fort Vastenburg in Surakarta. Fort Vastenburg (Dutch "Fort Steadfast"), also Fort Surakarta, is an 18th-century Dutch fort located in Gladak, Surakarta, Indonesia. A landmark of Surakarta, the fort faces polemics related with multiple owners claiming different parts of the fort. As a result, the fort remains abandoned and threatened to be demolished by various private parties claiming the fort's ownership.
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The "Fort Georges" in the 1811 report is Fort St. George in Thomaston. The British re-occupied Castine in the War of 1812 from September 1814 to April 1815, again establishing New Ireland. They rebuilt Fort George, renamed the captured Fort Madison (aka Fort United States) as Fort Castine,Fort Madison aka Castine at FortWiki.com and built Forts Furieuse,Fort Furieuse at FortWiki.
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Gambhirgad Fort ( ) is a fort located 58km from Dahanu, Palghar district, of Maharashtra. This fort is less important fort in Palghar district. The fort is in ruins and restoration is to be done.
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Koldher Fort () is a fort located from chandwad, Nashik district, of Maharashtra. This fort is close to the Rajdher fort and lies westwards.It requires about 1-2hrs to reach the fort from Rajdher.
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Plan of Fort Sumner Barracks at Fort Sumner The earthwork fort was an 1863 expansion of Fort Alexander, Fort Ripley, and Fort Franklin, which were built to protect the Washington Aqueduct, the new water supply for the city, and the adjacent Potomac River shoreline.Historical Marker Database (2007). "Fort Sumner." Accessed 2013-02-18.
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Fort Alexander, also Fort Alexander I, or Plague Fort ( Fort Aleksandr Perviy or Chumnoy fort, English: "Plague fort") is a naval fortress on an artificial island in the Gulf of Finland near St. Petersburg and Kronstadt. From 1899 to 1917, the fort housed a research laboratory on plague and other bacterial diseases.
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The first two Mougin turrets were installed at the Fort de Giromagny on the eastern defensive curtain of France near Belfort. Surviving Mougin turrets may be found at Fort de Saint-Cyr (guns missing), Fort de Villey-le-Sec, Fort de Vaujours (guns missing), Fort de Frouard, Fort de Liouville, Fort de Corbas, Fort Suchet (two turrets, one with guns, the other turret's guns removed to Villey-le-Sec), Fort de Domont (guns missing), and Fort de Stains (guns missing).
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By 1843 the Hudson's Bay Company operated numerous posts in the Columbia Department, including Fort Vancouver, Fort George (Astoria), Fort Nisqually, Fort Umpqua, Fort Langley, Fort Colville, Fort Okanogan, Fort Kamloops, Fort Alexandria, Flathead Post, Kootanae House, Fort Boise, Fort Hall, Fort Simpson, Fort Taku, Fort McLoughlin (in Milbanke Sound), Fort Stikine, as well as a number of others. online at Google Books A very high degree of linguistic variation occurs in BC; a response to this was the development of a trade jargon, Chinook Jargon. Not a complete language, it was used in trade, governance and some early writings, for example hymns. Fort Victoria was established as a trading post in 1843, both as a means to protect HBC interests, as well as to assert British claims to Vancouver Island and the adjacent Gulf Islands.
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14-pounders were used for coastal defence at Fort Nepean, Fort Pearce and Fort Queenscliff.
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Fort Monsival, a fort in Pula, was renamed Fort Bourguignon in 1869 in his honor.
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Fort Rock is designated as Fort Rock State Natural Area (formerly Fort Rock State Park).
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No separate history is mentioned of this fort. This fort is adjoining the Mulher fort.
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Ketcham's fort was a 19th-century fort northeast of Fort Vallonia in Jackson County, Indiana.
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The first fort was called Fort Reading. This fort was near the Pequest River on the south side of the river near the Belvidere-Riverton Bridge. This fort was built in 1757. The second fort was Ellison's Fort built of stone in Knowlton Township.
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On arrival on the Pacific coast, the regiment was distributed among many small posts. Vancouver Barracks, Fort Townsend, Fort Hoskins, Fort Humboldt, Fort Dalles, Fort Steilacoom, Fort Jones, Fort Boise, Fort Lane, Fort Reading, Fort Yamhill, Orford, Fort Walla Walla, Crook, Fort Ter-Waw, Fort Cascades, Fort Simcoe, Fort Gaston, Chehalis, Fort Yuma, and Fort Mohave were all garrisoned and many of them built by the 4th Infantry at some time between 1852 and 1861. Major Granville O. Haller of the 4th Infantry led an expedition from Fort Dalles into central Washington, and Lieutenant William A. Slaughter also of the 4th Infantry with forty-eight men from Fort Steilacoom crossed Natchez Pass to aid Major Haller when attempts to move the Indians of Puget Sound onto reservations caused trouble between them and some white settlers. Captain Maloney of the 4th Infantry, and Captain Gilmore Hayes of the Washington Volunteers had started for Yakima via Natchez Pass when they were overtaken on 29 October 1855 by the Nisqually tribe under Chief Leschi.
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Fort Ohio was one of a chain of four forts protecting the frontier. Fort Ohio was the first in the chain with Fort Sellers next, then Fort Ashby and Fort Cocke as the outermost forts. Fort Ohio was abandoned when Fort Cumberland was erected about 1754, directly across the river in Maryland. Fort Cumberland was, for its time and type, a large, elaborate fortification.
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One of Fort Strong's 10-inch guns was removed and not replaced. Three of Fort Revere's 6-inch guns and all four of Fort Revere's and Fort Andrews' 5-inch guns were removed and not replaced (Fort Andrews' 5-inch guns went to Fort Story, Virginia).Fort Revere at FortWiki.com Two of Fort Standish's 6-inch guns were removed, but were remounted in 1919.
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The Royal African Company was dissolved by the African Company Act 1750, with its assets being transferred to the African Company of Merchants. These principally consisted of nine trading posts on the Gold Coast known as factories: Fort Anomabo, Fort James, Fort Sekondi, Fort Winneba, Fort Apollonia, Fort Tantumquery, Fort Metal Cross, Fort Komenda, and Cape Coast Castle, the last of which was the administrative centre.
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Tung Fort ()(or Kathingad; difficult fort in Marathi) is a hill fort in Pune District, India.
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Guest Emma Calvert. Oct 25 2018. #“Old Fort Erie”: Old Fort Erie at Fort Erie, Ontario.
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Stairs, Kamalgad fort Kamalgad (literally lotus fort), also called Bhelanja or Kattalgad (literally death fort) is a square hill fort in Wai Taluka in Maharashtra] India.
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The fort was also strategically located at the centre of a string of other Maratha Empire forts such as Rajgad Fort, Purandar Fort and Torna Fort.
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The Fort Saint-Jean is located in the 1st arrondissement of Lyon and part of the first fort belt of Lyon, which includes Fort de Loyasse, and the now- demolished Fort Duchère and Fort de Caluire.
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They built a trail connecting Fort Sainte Thérèse and Fort Saint-Louis (Chambly). In 1666, Fort Saint-Jean and the farthest south Fort Sainte Anne on Isle La Motte were added. The fort included Saint Anne's Shrine. Both the fort and chapel were dedicated to Saint Anne.
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Vallabhgad Fort / Hargapurgad Fort ()is a fort located from Belgaum. It is in the Hukkeri taluka of Belgaum district, of Karnataka. This fort is an important fort in Belgaum district. The fort is situated on the Khadya hill mountain ridge close to the Pune-Bangalore national Highway.
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The Fort l'Écluse was the largest component of the otherwise weakly fortified Defensive Sector of the Rhône. Fort l'Écluse video The upper fort (fort supérieure) is above the lower fort. Its location allows the upper fort to control the valley, including the railroad viaduct, and to protect the lower fort. It was built between 1834 and 1848.
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Fort Huger, Fort (Battery) Tracey, Fort (Battery) McDermott, Fort Alexis, Red Fort, and Old Spanish Fort were all part of the Mobile defenses in what is now Spanish Fort. After the Union victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay, Mobile nevertheless remained in Confederate hands. Union forces embarked on a land campaign in early 1865 to take Mobile from the east. Spanish Fort was the site of the Battle of Spanish Fort in the Mobile Campaign of the war.
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Fort Edward, 84th Headquarters Fort Edward, 84th Headquarters (1753) Fort Edward (Nova Scotia) in Windsor was the Headquarters for the 84th Regiment in Atlantic Canada. Initially, the headquarters for the 84th Regiment was in Halifax. During the nine years of the war, members of the Battalion served on Detachments around Halifax: the Redoubt & Fort Needham (Halifax), Fort Sackville (Bedford), Fort Charlotte (Georges Island (Nova Scotia), Fort Clarence (Eastern Battery, Dartmouth). The 84th Regiment was also stationed at four locations around the Bay of Fundy: Fort Edward (Windsor), Fort Anne (Annapolis), Fort Cumberland (Amherst), and Fort Howe (Saint John).
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The fort entrance The Dawulun Fort, also Ta Wu Lun Fort, () is a former fort on Mount Dawulun (Ta-wu-lun, Dia buron), Anle District, Keelung, Taiwan.
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Early photograph of Fort Stanton. Fort Stanton was a United States Army fort near Lincoln, New Mexico.
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Fort Menaskoux (previously known as Newtown Fort) was a British colonial fort in present-day Arrowsic, Maine.
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Fort Komenda Fort Komenda was a British fort on the Gold Coast, currently preserved as a ruin.
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Fort Recovery, a traditional tower fort. Between 1760 and 1800, the British significantly upgraded the defences of the Territory. Usually building upon earlier Dutch fortifications, new structures armed with cannons were erected at Fort Charlotte, Fort George, Fort Burt, Fort Recovery, and a new fort that was built in the centre of Road Town which came to be known as the Road Town Fort. As was common at the time, plantation owners were expected to fortify their own holdings, and Fort Purcell and Fort Hodge were erected on this basis.
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Captain and troopers of the 9th Cavalry, 1880. A Signal Corps sergeant is in the foreground. In July 1867 the 9th Cavalry was ordered to western and southwestern Texas, to maintain law and order between the Rio Grande and Concho Rivers along a 630-mile line with seven forts from Fort Clark to Fort Quitman near present-day El Paso (the forts ended up including Fort Quitman, Fort Davis, Fort Stockton, Fort Lancaster, Fort Clark, Fort Duncan, Fort McKavett, and Fort Concho). Regimental Headquarters and Troops A, B, E and K, under Col.
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Fort Taber District or the Fort at Clark's Point is a historic American Civil War-era military fort on Wharf Road within the former Fort Rodman Military Reservation in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The fort is now part of Fort Taber Park, a 47-acre town park located at Clark's Point. Fort Taber was an earthwork built nearby with city resources and garrisoned 1861-1863 until Fort Rodman was ready for service.
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Devgad Fort, also called Janjira Devgad Fort (), is a fort located 5 km from Devgad town, in Sindhudurg district, of Maharashtra. This fort is an important fort in Sindhudurg district. The fort is surrounded by sea from three side and to the south it is attached to the land.
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Chandragad Fort / Dhavalgad Fort ( ) is a fort located 89km from Mumbai, in Raigad district, of Maharashtra. This fort was an important fort in Kolhapur district as a watch over for the Varandha Ghattrade routes from Bhor to coastal ports. The fort is surrounded by forest and hill slopes.
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Although this attack failed, Britain seized Fort Nassau, Fort Amsterdam, Fort Lijdzaamheid, Fort Goede Hoop and Fort Crêvecoeur from the Dutch. The Dutch Republic only managed to seize Fort Sekondi from the British. In the Treaty of Paris of 1784, all forts returned to their pre-war owners.
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Akluj Fort ( ) is a fort located 115km from Solapur, in Solapur district, of Maharashtra. This fort is an important fort in Solapur district. The fort restoration is done by the Shree Dinkarrao Thopte and Avinash Thopte with the help of local people. The fort is now also called Shivshrushti.
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The fort was ordered by Governor Montfort Browne to fire three shots as a warning. However, the soldiers evacuated the fort and went home or to Fort Nassau. The Americans seized the fort and Fort Nassau eventually surrendered.
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He was stationed in the Republic of Korea, Fort Jackson, Fort Gordon, Fort Bragg, Fort Carson, Fort Huachuca, Presidio Monterey and Los Angeles Air Force Base. He retired from the U.S. Army in 2004 with an Honorable Discharge.
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Army Reserve Medical Command is responsible for all table of distribution and allowance (TDA) reserve medical units within CONUS. In 1990 the Army Reserve maintained 24 Table of Distribution and Allowances (TDA) hospitals, designed to augment 'existing Army hospitals' in the Continental United States. At that time they included the 1125th (Devens); 1207th (Benning); 1208th U.S. Army Hospital (Fort Monmouth); 2289th Army Hospital (Fort Dix); 2290th at Walter Reed; 2291st at Fort Lee; 3270th at Fort Jackson; 3271st at Fort Stewart; 3273rd at Fort Campbell; 3274th at Fort Bragg; 3297th at Fort Gordon; 3343rd at Redstone Arsenal; 3344th at Fort Rucker; 3345th at Fort McClellan; 4005th at Fort Hood; 4010th, 5010th; 5501st; 5502nd; 5503rd; 6250th; 6251st; 6252nd at Fort Ord; and 6253rd Army Hospital at Fort Carson.
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In 1701, Antoine Laumet de La Mothe founded Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, which became the center of French military presence in the region. Other forts in the area strengthened the network such as Fort Niagara (1678), Fort Crevecoeur (1680), Fort de Buade (1683), Fort Saint-Louis du Rocher (1683), Fort Saint Antoine (1686), Fort Saint-Joseph (1691), Fort Michilimackinac (1715), Fort Miami (1715), Fort La Baye (1717), Fort Ouiatenon (1717), Fort Chagouamigon (1718), and Fort Beauharnois (1727). These forts provided French sovereignty in the area and facilitated commerce with the natives. In 1717, southern areas nearer the Mississippi River known as the Illinois Country were transferred from Canada to Louisiana, a colony of France south at the mouth of the river.
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In addition to the main campus at Fort Leavenworth, the college has satellite campuses at Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Fort Lee, Virginia; Fort Gordon, Georgia; and Redstone Arsenal, Alabama.
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Pabargad Fort ()is a fort located from Igatpuri via Bhandardara. The fort is in Akole taluka in Ahmednagar district, of Maharashtra. The trek to this fort is difficult.
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Jangalbari Fort Mosque Jangalbari Fort is a fort situated in Jangalbari village under Karimganj Upazila of Kishoreganj District.
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In 1789 the fort's name became Fort d'Îlette or Républicain, then Fort Impérial and, after 1870, Fort National.
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The Tapung Old Fort or Mount Lidong Fort () is a former fort in Jianshi Township, Hsinchu County, Taiwan.
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Part of Fort Scammell. Fort Gorges. Interior of Fort Popham. Typical US disappearing gun battery for two guns.
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"It was customary for the emigrating parties to rendezvous at Fort Washita, where detachments would consolidate, elect their officers and make their final preparations before crossing Red River into Texas and straightening out on their long southwestern tangent to El Paso." In 1850 General Arbuckle, commander at Fort Smith, ordered the establishment of a fort west of Fort Washita to aid the protection of California emigrants. This fort became Fort Arbuckle. Fort Worth was established June 6, 1849. The distance between Fort Worth and Fort Washita is 120 miles. General Belknap, commander of Fort Arbuckle died on November 10, 1851 on an ambulance between Preston, Texas and Fort Washita bound for Fort Gibson to see his family.
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Haulbowline Naval Base, (B) Fort Mitchel/Westmoreland, (C) Fort Meagher/Camden, (D) Fort Davis/Carlisle, (E) Fort Templebreedy During "the Emergency" (1939–1945), elements of the Coastal Defence Artillery (CDA) of the Irish Artillery Corps operated from the fort and the nearby Templebreedy Battery. The fort was later renamed Fort Meagher for Thomas Francis Meagher – who had fought in the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848. (Similarly, "Fort Westmoreland" on Spike Island was renamed "Fort Mitchell", and "Fort Carlisle" at Whitegate was renamed "Fort Davis"). By the mid- to late-20th century the CDA was merged into other artillery regiments of the Irish Army, and the fort was used primarily for training of Civil Defence and Reserve Defence Forces.
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Like 'Fort Manning' and 'Fort Rosebery', Fort Jameson was called a "fort" because the local government offices, the "boma", were once fortified. Fort Jameson was the capital of the British protectorate of North-Eastern Rhodesia between 1900 and 1911.
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Milk Fort, also known as Fort Leche, Pueblo de Leche, Fort El Puebla, Peebles Fort, and Fort Independence was a trading post and settlement in Otero County, Colorado in the late 1830s. There are no remains of the settlement.
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Charles Tyson therefore, decided to build a fort to protect the settlers and the water supply. He built the fort which became known as Fort Tyson, in 1856. The settlement also became known as Fort Tyson after the fort.
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Aundha Fort, or Avandha Killa (), is a fort situated in Aundhewadi village between Nasik and Ahmadnagar in Maharashtra. This fort is close to Patta fort. The residents of Patta Killa are known as Pattekar, meaning "residents of Fort Patta".
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Wayne appointed Hamtramck as commandant of Fort Wayne and departed in late October, arriving at Fort Greenville on 2 November. That winter, Wayne also reinforced his line of defensive forts with Fort St. Marys, Fort Loramie, and Fort Piqua.
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In what are today Ontario, part of Minnesota and the eastern Prairies, various trading posts and forts were built such as Fort Kaministiquia (1679), Fort Frontenac (1673), Fort Saint Pierre (1731), Fort Saint Charles (1732) and Fort Rouillé (1750).
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Shahi Qila (English: Royal Fort), also known as Karar Fort or Jaunpur Fort, is a fort built during the 14th century in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. The fort is located close to the Shahi Bridge on the Gomti river.
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1777 map detail showing the chevaux-de- frise between Fort Lee and Fort Washington Fort Lee, originally Fort Constitution, was an American Revolutionary War fort located on the crest of the Hudson Palisades in what was then Hackensack Township, New Jersey opposite Fort Washington at the northern end of Manhattan Island.
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French Forts, 1753 and 1754 Fort Machault (, ) was a fort built by the French in 1754 near the confluence of French Creek with the Allegheny River, at present-day Franklin, in northwest Pennsylvania. The fort was part of a line that included Fort Presque Isle, Fort Le Boeuf, and Fort Duquesne.
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Fort Patience (Dutch: Fort Lijdzaamheid, or, in 17th-century spelling, Fort Leydsaemheyt) is a Dutch-built fort located in the township of Apam, in the Central Region of Ghana.
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The Fort Madison High School (FMHS) is located in Fort Madison, Iowa. As the only high school of the Fort Madison Community School District, it serves Fort Madison, Houghton, St. Paul, and West Point."Fort Madison." Iowa Department of Education.
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View of Muscat, with Fort Al Jalali and Fort Al Mirani. Fort of Al-Mirani: old piece of artillery. Fort Al-Mirani is a fort, originally built by the Portuguese, in the harbour of the city of Old Muscat, Oman.
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Kelve Fort / Kelwa Fort () is a fort located 12.5 km from Palghar, in Palghar district, of Maharashtra. This fort is admist the Casuarina plantation on the Kelwa Beach. This fort is in ruined condition. The outer walls, steps, parapets, bastions etc.
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Fort Slocum was one of seven temporary earthwork forts, part of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C., during the Civil War, built in the Northeast quadrant of the city after the beginning of the war by the Union Army to protect the city from the Confederate Army. From west to east, the forts were as follow: Fort Slocum, Fort Totten, Fort Slemmer, Fort Bunker Hill, Fort Saratoga, Fort Thayer and Fort Lincoln.
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Colonel Homer Milton, the commanding officer of the 3rd U.S. Infantry, ordered the construction of Fort Decatur and Fort Burrows in March 1814. Fort Burrows was located across the Tallapoosa River from Fort Decatur. The 7th North Carolina Militia was garrisoned at Fort Burrows and Fort Decatur. Fort Decatur was planned to supply General Andrew Jackson in his march from Fort Williams to Hickory Ground, but flooding prevented the supplies from arriving.
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2014 Sign marking proximity of Fort Sainte Anne In 1666, the French built a fort, on Isle La Motte, to protect Canada from the Iroquois. The fort was dedicated to Saint Anne. Fort Sainte Anne was the most vulnerable to attacks by the Iroquois, because it was the last of five forts stretching along the Richelieu River going south. The other four were Fort Richelieu, Fort Chambly, Fort Sainte Thérèse and Fort Saint-Jean.
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Company "A" at Fort Franklin, "B" and "K" at Fort Pennsylvania, "C" at Fort Cameron, "D" at Fort DeRussy. "E" and "I" at Fort Alexander, "F" at Fort Ripley, "G" at Fort Gaines, "H" at Battery Vermond and Battery Martin Scott and "L" near Fort Pennsylvania. The regiment left for home on August 25 and was mustered out of service on September 1, 1862. The 10th Rhode Island wore an Americanized Zouave uniform.
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Bankot Fort / Himmatgad Fort/ Fort Victoria बाणकोट चा किल्ला / हिम्मतगड is a fort located 47 km from Dapoli, in Ratnagiri district, of Maharashtra. This fort is an important fort in Ratnagiri district. The Fort is located on a prominent and commanding point for guarding the trade route along the Savitri River, which runs till, Mahad which was a busy route in medieval times. It is a fort located on a hill near the sea.
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The citadel of Blaye, city walls, Fort Paté and Fort Médoc are located in Blaye- Cussac-Fort-Médoc, Gironde.
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Rather than rehabilitate the ruins of the French fort, General Amherst embarked on the construction of an enormous earthen fort. The Crown Point fort was constructed by his following the capture of Fort Carillon, a French fort to the south (which he renamed Fort Ticonderoga), and the destruction of Fort St. Frédéric. Amherst used the construction of the fort as a means of keeping his men working through the winter of 1759 after pushing the French into modern Canada. The Fort was never directly assaulted.
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Fort Saint-Privat is part of Metz' first fortified belt, designed during the Second French Empire by Napoléon III. The belt consists of Fort Saint-Privat (1870), Fort de Queuleu (1867), Fort des Bordes (1870), Fort de Saint-Julien (1867), Fort Gambetta, Fort Déroulède, Fort Decaen, Fort de Plappeville (1867) and the St. Quentin fortifications (1867). Most of the forts were unfinished in 1870, when the Franco-Prussian War began. Under German control, Metz initially had a German garrison of 15,000 to 20,000 men,.
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Ballarpur Fort (also called Ballarshah Fort) is an ancient fort in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra. The fort is located in the Ballarpur/Ballarshah City , on the east banks of river Wardha.
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This fort is 26mtX27mt in dimension. There are five bastions and stone wall encircling the fort.. the entrance is facing the Kolaba fort. There is a well inside the fort.
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After the siege of Vasai fort, Maratha army captured the fort on 22 January 1739. The Marathas repaired the fort in 1772. The Fort was captured by British in 1818.
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Fort Sanders (originally Fort John Buford) near Laramie and Fort D.A. Russell at Cheyenne were the other railroad forts. Fort Steele was named for the recently deceased General Frederick Steele.
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Charminar, Golconda Fort, Qutb Shahi Tombs, Chowmahalla Palace, Falaknuma Palace, Birla Mandir and Nagarjun sagar, Bhongir Fort, Warangal Fort, Khammam Fort are some of the monuments in and around Hyderabad.
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Second Seminole War (1835-1842) Fortifications in the Present-day Volusia and Flagler County Area. Halifax Herald, Volume 35, Number 2, Fall 2017. In addition to Fort Peyton and Fort Hanson in the St. Augustine area many fortifications to the south of the city were constructed or commandeered by the U.S. Army and militia troops to defend the large plantation properties that were vital to both the war effort and the area's economy. These fortifications included: the Addison Blockhouse - also called Fort Duncan McRee, Camp Darley, Camp Dunlawton, Fort Barnwell also called Fort Columbia, Fort Birch, Fort Caben, Fort Fulton, Fort Call, Fort Florida, Fort Kingsbury, Fort New Smyrna, Fort Volusia, St. Joseph's Fortress also called Camp Brisbane, Post at Orange Grove Plantation and the Mala Compra Fortress also called Post at Mala Compra.
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Fort Tonoloway State Park is an undeveloped Maryland state park located near present-day Hancock. Fort Tonoloway was a frontier fort built in 1755 by Lt. Thomas Stoddert and men from the Maryland State Militia. The fort was also known as Stoddert's Fort. It was abandoned in 1756 when Fort Frederick was constructed.
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Spitbank Fort or Spitsand Fort or Spit Sand Fort or simply Spit Fort is a sea fort built as a result of the 1859 Royal Commission. The fort is one of four built as part of the Palmerston Forts constructions. Located in the Solent, near Portsmouth, England, and is now a luxury hotel.
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The town was previously in the Fort Smith Region census division. Fort Smith is accessible all year long via the Fort Smith Highway. A winter road operates for several months to connect Fort Smith to Fort Chipewyan and from there to Fort McMurray. An all-weather road named Pine Lake Road links Fitzgerald.
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The fort was now located on block 17 of the Fort Pelly Reserve. Around 1871 Fort Ellice succeeded Fort Pelly as district headquarters. In 1909 the Canadian Northern Railway was built 6 miles north of Fort Pelly, and trade at the fort all but ceased, and it was abandoned in June, 1912.
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In 1922, after her editor Frank Oliver refused to finance her idea, she undertook a self-funded trip to Aklavik in the Northwest Territories. Equipped with a typewriter and camera, she travelled mostly by river steamer up the Mackenzie River, documenting the life of the communities she encountered, including Cree, Dene, Gwich'in and Inuit. Places she visited and photographed included Waterways, Alberta, Fort McMurray, Fort McKay, Fort Chipewyan, Fort Smith, Fort Resolution, Hay River, Fort Providence, Fort Simpson, Fort Norman, Fort Good Hope, Fort McPherson, and, finally, Aklavik. The trip resulted in many striking photographs of life in the North.
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Fort Le Boeuf (often referred to as Fort de la Rivière au Bœuf) was a fort established by the French during 1753 on a fork of French Creek (in the drainage area of the River Ohio), in present-day Waterford, in northwest Pennsylvania. The fort was part of a line that included Fort Presque Isle, Fort Machault, and Fort Duquesne. The fort was located about from the shores of Lake Erie, on the banks of LeBoeuf Creek, for which the fort was named. The French portaged supplies and trade goods from Lake Erie overland to Fort Le Boeuf.
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The trail went through the Kittatinny Mountains north of Blairstown to Colonel Isaac Van Campen's Inn 1742, about 18 miles northeast of Fort Reading. This fort is located in Walpack Township. Fort John also called Headquarters Fort was up a hill near Van Campens Fort. The next fortification was Fort Walpack build six miles north of Van Campens Fort in the bow of Walpack Bend around 1756.
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This trail leads to the ruins of the fort. Several historical markers dedicated to the memory of Fort Sully are located around Fort Leavenworth, including at the actual site of Fort Sully, in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery just below Fort Sully, and at the entrance to the Frontier Military Museum along with two of the M1819, 24-pounder siege guns which were actually emplaced at Fort Sully.
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A service road crossed the trenches in the southern half of the fort, connecting with River Road behind the fort. Rifle pits extended northeast to Fort Reno and southwest to Fort Simmons.National Park Service, Fort Bayard Park A small battery of guns, named Battery Bayard, was an outwork of the fort and covered a blind spot in the ravine to the northwest of the fort.
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The defenders of Fort Whitworth had been shooting at the left and rear of the Union force gathered at the western fringes of Fort Gregg while the battle for that fort continued.Greene, 2008, p. 305. Thomas Harris's troops fired into Fort Whitworth but did not try to storm it during the battle for Fort Gregg. Fort Whitworth fell soon after Fort Gregg was taken.
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There is a small fort in Bandholi known as ‘Jat Raja ki Garhi’. The fort was constructed by Gohad rulers. The fort is situated on a hillock. The Jat rulers of Gohad had constructed this fort for the defence of Gohad Fort.
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Baram Regional Museum at Marudi (formerly known as Fort Hose). The main tourist attraction in the town is "Fort Hose". Fort Hose was a wooden fort built during the Brooke administration. The fort was named after an ethnographer and a photographer Charles Hose.
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View from Inside the Fort Main gate to the fort of Nizwa Miniature model of the fort detailing the layout The main tower Cannons at one of the gates Library inside the fort The Nizwa Fort is a large castle in Nizwa, Oman.
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Historic North Slave Métis settlements, such as Old Fort Rae, Lac La Martre, Yellowknife River, Old Fort Providence, Fort Resolution, Beaulieu Fort (now known as Łutselk'e), and Fort Reliance, existed before European powers established effective political and legal control over the geographic area.
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Purnagad Fort / पूर्णगड is a fort located 25km from Ratnagiri, in Ratnagiri district, of Maharashtra. This fort is a very small, not so important fort in Ratnagiri district. The Fort is spread over 22acres and located on a northern hill on Muchkundi River.
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Along with Fort Warren, Fort Andrews, Fort Banks, Fort Strong, and others, it was among the first modern defenses of Boston Harbor. The fort was de-activated in 1947 and in 1962 became part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area.
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Fort van den Bosch in Ngawi Regency. Fort van den Bosch, locally known as Benteng Pendem ("sunken fort"), is a fort located in Pelem administrative village, Ngawi Regency, East Java, Indonesia.
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Only relics of the fort is seen as it was destroyed by Zamorin as well as Tipu sultan. The fort is known as Cranganore Fort. The fort is almost ruined now.
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At this time, the name "Fort Washington" was gaining popularity but official correspondence often indicated Warburton, Digges Point, the Fort at Warburton, Fort Warburton and Fort Washington above the date line.
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Fort Saskatchewan Community Hospital The Fort Saskatchewan Community Hospital is an acute care hospital located in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta. The facility opened in 2012, replacing the former Fort Saskatchewan Health Centre.
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The fort served as a central bakery, providing bread to the Fort d'Uxegney and the Fort de la Grande Haye.
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Duty at Fort Smith until September. Mazzard's Prairie, near Fort Smith, July 27. Defense of Fort Smith July 29–31.
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Fort Scott September 1. Drywood Creek, Fort Scott, September 2. Fort Scott September 3. Papinsville September 5. Morristown September 17.
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Simultaneously, Shivaji attacked the fort from outside and in no time captured the fort. Shivaji renamed the fort as Vishalgad.
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Fort Richmond, Maine Commander William Lithgow (judge) Fort Richmond was a Massachusetts colonial fort near present-day Richmond Village, Maine.
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Saskatchewan roads first began as hunting trails following the paths of animals. During the 18th and 19th centuries, fur trading posts were established, and named Red River cart trails appeared networking across Rupert's Land. The Boundary Survey Trail, The Telegraph Line Trail, Fort Pelly – Fort Ellice Trail, The Fort Qu'Appelle – Touchwood Hills Trail, Touchwood – Fort Pelly Trail, Fort Qu'Appelle – Touchwood Trail, Fort à la Corne – Cumberland House Trail, Fort à la Corne – Fort Ellice Trail, the Green Lake Trail, Fort Ellice – Fort Qu'Appelle Trail, Fort Qu'Appelle – Cypress Hills Trail, The Whoop-Up Trail, Wood Mountain Trail, the Milk River Trail, Fort Walsh – Wood Mountain Trail, Carlton Trail, and NWMP commission Trail were a few of the early trails between trading posts.
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European women dressed in sarongs in front of Fort Marlborough (early 20th century) The British East India Company built the fort between 1713–1719. In 1714 Governor Collett obtained permission to build a new fort in Bencoolen. He named the new fort, which he built two miles from an older fort (Fort York), Fort Marlborough. The fort was built on an artificial hill, and construction, using both convict and local labor, took several years to complete.
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Fort Pitt from Fort Amherst, 1838. The central tower and blockhouse are now demolished Chatham Dockyard and Fort Amherst from Fort Pitt, view to north, 1831 Fort Pitt is a Napoleonic era fort on the high ground of the boundary between Chatham and Rochester, Kent. A fort on the site was proposed in the 1790s, and finally built between 1805 and 1819. Not finally used as a fort, it became a hospital and is now a girls' grammar school.
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Other important forts were Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Fort Smith, Arkansas, Fort Snelling, Minnesota, Fort Union, New Mexico, Fort Worth, Texas, and Fort Walla Walla in Washington. Fort Omaha, Nebraska, was home to the Department of the Platte, and was responsible for outfitting most Western posts for more than 20 years after its founding in the late 1870s. Fort Huachuca in Arizona was also originally a frontier post and is still in use by the United States Army.
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Fort IIIA (now a crematorium) Further to the north-east, Fort IIIA (Fort Prittwitz) was used to hold Gaulist French soldiers. In 1993 Fort IIIA was converted for use as a crematorium. It is set in what are now grounds of the Milostow cemetery, which contains graves and memorials to Poznań's many war dead. Fort VIII (Fort Grolman) Of the west, left bank forts, Fort VIII (Fort Grolman) was also used to house British and French prisoners.
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In 1837, while with the U.S. Army, Hernández was ordered to build a road between St. Augustine, Florida and Fort Capron, located near present-day Fort Pierce, Florida, on the St. Lucie River. He directed the blazing and clearing of the route that, 12 years earlier, Col. James Gadsden had cleared along the Atlantic Coastal Ridge to the St. Lucie River. It passed from Fort Capron through Fort Vinton, Fort Drum, Fort Kissimmee, Fort Meade to Fort Brooke (Tampa).
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Monuments is one of the favourite themes of Khetanchi. He has painted the Jal Mahal and Hawa Mahal in his own distinct style. In addition, he has painted many forts including three forts of Jaipur (Nahargarh Fort, Jaigarh Fort and Amber Fort), Jaisalmer's Sonar Killa, Chittorgarh's Vijay Stambha, Udaipur's City Palace, Jodhpur's Mehrangarh Fort, Bundi's Taragarh Fort, Bikaner's Junagarh Fort, Kuchaman Fort and Kumbhalgarh Fort. His exhibition titled Rajputana (2012) displayed eleven paintings of various forts in Rajasthan.
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Fort Richelieu is a historic fort in La Vallée-du-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada. The fort is designated as a National Historic Site of Canada. Fort Richelieu was part of a series of five forts built along the Richelieu River and is at the mouth of the Richelieu River. Fort Chambly formerly known as Fort St. Louis at Chambly, Fort Sainte-Thérèse, and Fort Saint-Jean at Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, are on the way.
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Old map of the region (post 1805). Riwa Fort is shown to the north. The Riwa Fort (also Fort), locally known as Kala Qilla or Black Fort, is a fort in central Mumbai (Bombay), India on the banks of the Mithi River. The fort is currently in a dilapidated condition amidst the Dharavi slums.
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Surgad (, .lit “Gods Fort”), is a hill fort located in a spur, fragmented from the Sahyadri ranges of Maharashtra. The fort is situated near Roha, next to the village of Gherasurgad in the Raigad district. This fort was an observation fort, which guarded the trade route along the Kundalika river from Sudhagad to Revdanda fort.
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Fort National, Saint-Malo, at low tide Fort National, seen from Saint-Malo. Fort National is a fort on a tidal island a few hundred metres off the walled city of Saint-Malo. The great military architect Vauban had it built in 1689 to protect Saint-Malo's port. The fort was originally called Fort Royal.
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This fort is located at the Delaware River Family Campground. The trail went through the Kittatinny Mountains north of Blairstown to Colonel Isaac Van Campen's Inn 1742, about 18 miles northeast of Fort Reading. This fort is located in Walpack Township. Fort John also called Headquarters Fort was up a hill near Van Campens Fort.
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The Martello Tower of Fort Recovery. Fort Recovery is a fort on the West End of Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. In historical records, the fort is often referred to as Tower Fort, and the area around the fort is still referred to as "Towers" today. A hotel is now built around the Tower.
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After graduating from West Point, Mayo assigned to Fort Bragg. He was later detailed to Governors Island to train for the 1928 Olympics. He was later stationed at Fort Sill, Fort Myer, Fort Leavenworth, and Fort Hood. While at Fort Myer, Mayo met Northa Porter, the daughter of Interstate Commerce Commissioner Claude R. Porter.
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Raine, p. 57 St. George's was also re-fortified by the Royal Engineers. New or replacement forts included Upper Paget Fort/Fort Cunningham, built above the remains of the first Paget Fort, Fort Victoria and Fort Albert to the east and Fort St. Catherine, on the northern tip of St. George's.Jarvis, St. George's, p.
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India currently has over 180 forts, with the state of Maharashtra alone having over 70 forts, which are also known as durg,Durga is the Sanskrit word for "inaccessible place", hence "fort" many of them built by Shivaji, founder of the Maratha state. A large majority of forts in India are in North India. The most notable forts are the Red Fort at Delhi, the Red Fort at Agra, the Chittor Fort and Mehrangarh Fort in Rajasthan, the Ranthambhor Fort, Amer Fort and Jaisalmer Fort also in Rajasthan and Gwalior Fort in Madhya Pradesh.
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Fort Lincoln was one of seven temporary earthwork forts part of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, DC during the Civil War built in the Northeast quadrant of the city at the beginning of the Civil War by the Union Army to protect the city from the Confederate Army. From west to east, the forts were as follow: Fort Slocum, Fort Totten, Fort Slemmer, Fort Bunker Hill, Fort Saratoga, Fort Thayer and Fort Lincoln. Battery Jamson was a large battery east of the fort overlooking the Anacostia River providing additional support.
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With a variety of early fur trading posts, Fort Atkinson, founded in 1819, was the location of the first military post in what became the Nebraska Territory, as well as its first school.(n.d.) World Almanac for Kids: Nebraska: Education. Other posts in the Nebraska Territory included Fort Kearny near present-day Kearney; Fort McPherson near present-day Maxwell; Fort Mitchell near present- day Scottsbluff; Fort Randall, in what is now South Dakota; and Fort Caspar, Fort Halleck, Fort Laramie, and Fort Sanders, in what is now Wyoming.
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A line of seven army posts were established in 1848-49 after the Mexican War to protect the settlers of West Texas and included Fort Worth, Fort Graham, Fort Gates, Fort Croghan, Fort Martin Scott, Fort Lincoln and Fort Duncan.Crimmins, M.L., 1943, The First Line of Army Posts Established in West Texas in 1849, Abilene: West Texas Historical Association, Vol. XIX, pp. 121-127 The fort was originally established as Camp Houston when D Company, 1st Regiment of Infantry commanded by Captain Seth Eastman arrived from Fort Snelling, Minnesota Territory on December 5, 1848.
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Fort Saint Louis, Martinique Fort Saint Louis (often hyphenated as Fort Saint- Louis) is a seaside fortress in Fort-de-France, Martinique. The present-day fort has evolved from earlier strongholds that were erected on the site as early as 1638, and has been known in previous incarnations as Fort Royal and Fort de la Republique. The modern-day Fort Saint Louis is both an active naval base and a listed historic site of France. There are daily tours of the fort, though the portion that is still a naval base is off-limits.
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Huff's fort was established around 1811 or 1812 northeast of Fort Vallonia in present-day Jackson County, Indiana, United States. Huff's fort was established for the protection of early settlers land near the east fork of the White River. It was said not to have the fortifications of Vallonia but served as an important outpost as did Ketcham's fort a bit closer to Fort Vallonia. > John Sage and others built a fort at his place, but the princepal fort was > at Vallonia, Huff's fort, higher up, and Ketcham's fort, still above and > outside.
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The Battle of Spanish Fort took place from March 27 to April 8, 1865 in Baldwin County, Alabama, as part of the Mobile Campaign of the Western Theater of the American Civil War. After the Union victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay, Mobile nevertheless remained in Confederate hands. Spanish Fort was heavily fortified as an eastern defense to the city of Mobile. Fort Huger, Fort (Battery) Tracey, Fort (Battery) McDermott, Fort Alexis, Red Fort, and Old Spanish Fort were all part of the Mobile defenses at Spanish Fort.
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These forts were known respectively to the French as Fort de l'Aiguade, Fort de l'Observatoire (Observatory Fort), Fort du Nord (Northern Fort), Fort de l'Est (Eastern Fort) and Fort de l'Ouest (Western Fort). Several shore batteries were deployed between these forts.Thomazi, Conquête, 29; Histoire militaire, 25 These were potentially formidable defences: > The bay was defended by several forts. Some of these dated from the period > of Pigneau de Béhaine and Olivier de Puymanel, but they were all in good > condition, 'very superior', said the admiral, after visiting them, 'to > anything we saw in China'.
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Two underwater minefields also guarded the harbor. Most of the forts were completed by the end of 1904, and the last fort was completed in 1907. The complex geography of the harbor area required seven forts to defend it, including the rebuilding of parts of Fort Warren on George's Island. The six new forts were Fort Banks and Fort Heath in Winthrop, Fort Strong on Long Island, Fort Andrews on Peddocks Island, Fort Revere on Point Allerton in Hull (on the site of the Revolutionary War's Fort Independence), and Fort Standish on Lovells Island.
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Vijaygad Fort / () is a fort located 60 km from Chiplun, in Ratnagiri district, of Maharashtra. This fort is located north of the Jaigad Fort on the northern bank of shastri river creek.
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The fort is located near Northeastern shore Tung Lung Fort, also known as Fat Tong Fort, is a fort on the Tung Lung Chau on the south east water of Hong Kong.
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From his post in Fort Larned, he performed an exceptional feat of riding as a lone dispatch courier from Fort Larned to Fort Zarah (escaping capture), Fort Zarah to Fort Hays, Fort Hays to Fort Dodge, Fort Dodge to Fort Larned, and, finally, Fort Larned to Fort Hays, a total of 350 miles in 58 hours through hostile territory, covering the last 35 miles on foot. In response, General Philip Sheridan assigned him Chief of Scouts for the 5th Cavalry Regiment. He was also Chief of Scouts for the Third Cavalry in later campaigns of the Plains Wars. In January 1872, Cody was a scout for the highly publicized hunting expedition of the Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia.
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Two other military forts were eventually built adjacent to the fort: Simon Denys Fort (1650-1659) and Fort Dauphin (1713-1758).
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This fort is called BHARATGAD FORT. This fort is estimated to be 400 years old, which is now undergoing renovation. It is said that the fort was constructed during the time of Shivaji. However, as time passed the fort went under the darkness of history.
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Fort Belgica sits on top of a hill on the southwestern part of the island Banda Neira. The fort overlooks the Fort Nassau, lower on the foot of the hill to the south. Pentagonal Structures in Fort Belgica. Fort Belgica is pentagonal in form.
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Mercer's Fort was a temporary British fort built to defend against a French counterattack while Fort Pitt was being constructed. The final fort in what is now downtown Pittsburgh was an American post called Fort Lafayette and was located farther up the Allegheny River.
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The history of this fort is similar to the adjoining Patta fort. On 11 January 1688, this fort was captured by Moghul army headed by Matabarkhan. He appointed Shyamsingh as the chief of the fort. Later this fort was captured by Peshwas in 1761.
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Mahipalgad Fort ()is a fort located from Belgaum. It is in the Chandgad taluka of Kolhapur district, of Maharashtra. This fort is an important fort in Kolhapur district. The fort is situated on the mountain ridge close to the line dividing Maharashtra and Karnataka state.
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Kunjargad Fort/ Kombad Fort () is a fort located from Kalyan via Khireshwar. The fort is in Akole taluka in Ahmednagar district, of Maharashtra. The name of the fort is derived from the word “Kunj” meaning elephant in Sanskrit due to its similarity with an elephant.
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The fort was abandoned in 1789. The site was confirmed by a team of archaeologists from the Virginia State Library in April 1971. Fort Dinwiddie was also known as Warwick's Fort, Hogg's Fort and Byrd's Fort. A historical marker for the fort stands at the intersection of Hwy 39 and Dinwiddie Trail in Bath County, Virginia.
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Storming of Fort Blakely On March 26, 1865, the siege of Fort Blakely began. By April 1, Union forces had enveloped Spanish Fort, thereby releasing more troops to focus on Fort Blakely. The Confederate force at Spanish Fort fell on April 8. The final assault began the next day on the Confederate force at Fort Blakely.
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Entrance of the fort The Fort bij De Kwakel is a fort that is part of the Stelling van Amsterdam. It's located in the village of De Kwakel. It's one of four forts that form the linie Kudelstaart - Uithoorn. To the west is fort bij Kudelstaart, to the east you find fort aan de Drecht and fort bij Uithoorn.
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Inside the Alwar fort Distant view of Alwar fort from the city Bala Quila also known Alwar fort is a fort in Alwar in Indian state of Rajasthan. It is situated on a hill in the Aravalli Range, above the town of Alwar. The fort is long and is about wide. The fort was originally occupied by Nikumbh Rajputs.
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After the attacks began they increased the number of soldiers by 175 men. Massachusetts established forts along the border with Acadia: Fort George at Brunswick (1715),Fort George replaced Fort Andros which was built during King William's War (1688). St. George's Fort at Thomaston (1720), and Fort Richmond (1721) at Richmond. Fort Frederick was established at Pemaquid (Bristol, Maine).
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Dongri Fort The Dongri Fort or the Dongri Hill Fort, locally known as the Irmitri Fort, is a fort in Mumbai, India. It is located in the Dongri area. It came under Maratha rule in 1739. Since then the locals and the church have been looking after the maintenance of the Fort, which was once repaired.
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The Army constructed Fort Gratiot in 1814 as an outpost to guard the juncture of the Saint Clair River and Lake Huron. The fort took the name of the engineer supervising its construction, Charles Gratiot. Soldiers occupied Fort Gratiot until 1822 and then abandoned the fort. Lucius Lyon built Fort Gratiot Light north of Fort Gratiot in 1825-1829.
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After the attacks began they increased the number of soldiers by 175 men. Massachusetts established forts along the border with Acadia: Fort George at Brunswick (1715),Fort George replaced Fort Andros which was built during King William's War (1688). St. George's Fort at Thomaston (1720), and Fort Richmond (1721) at Richmond. Fort Frederick was established at Pemaquid (Bristol, Maine).
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After the attacks began they increased the number of soldiers by 175 men. Massachusetts established forts along the border with Acadia: Fort George at Brunswick (1715),Fort George replaced Fort Andros which was built during King William's War (1688). St. George's Fort at Thomaston (1720), and Fort Richmond (1721) at Richmond. Fort Frederick was established at Pemaquid (Bristol, Maine).
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Fort George was an extension to the fortified walls of Bombay (now Mumbai) built in 1769; it was in the present-day Fort area, to the east of the site of the former Dongri Fort. The hill on which the Dongri fort stood was razed, and in its place Fort George was built. In 1862, the fort was demolished.
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Fort Alexander was one of the two Russian forts built in Hanalei River Valley. The other fort situated nearby was known as Fort Barclay. However, only Fort Elizabeth has been partially preserved. the location of Fort Alexander is occupied by a hotel (at 5520 Ka Haku Road), and a general outline of part the fort could still be noticed.
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The French did not leave; instead they created Fort Machault, where they amassed large forces to attack Fort Pitt (Pittsburgh) in an effort to reclaim Fort Duquesne. The French then had to rescue Fort Niagara; before leaving they burned Fort Machault to the ground. In 1760, the British erected Fort Venango. In 1763, Native Americans killed many British.
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Mackenzie West is a former territorial electoral district, that elected Members to the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly in Canada. The electoral district historically covered the communities of, Fort Liard, Fort Simpson, Fort Wrigley, Fort Norman, Fort Franklin, Norman Wells, Fort Good Hope, Arctic Red River, Aklavik, Reindeer Depot and Tuktoyaktuk. The electoral district was abolished on July 15, 1954.
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Weiyuan Fort in 2010 Weiyuan Fort () is a coastal-defense fort, now in ruins, in Humen, Dongguan, Guangdong, China. The fort was constructed in 1835 and was in use during the Opium Wars. The fort is situated immediately under the Humen Bridge. There were 44 cannons there to defend against the British, 40 dark artillery and four open fort.
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Fort van der Capellen in 2017 Fort van der Capellen in 1826 Fort van der Capellen is a small 19th-century Dutch fort in Batusangkar, West Sumatra, Indonesia. The town of Batusangkar grew considerably around the Fort van der Capellen. The fort was named after the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies Godert van der Capellen.
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Fort Gratiot was an American stockade fort in Fort Gratiot, Michigan, in Saint Clair County, Michigan. The former location of the fort was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
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Chandrigiri fort melparamba, kasaragod kerala A structure in the Chandragiri Fort Chandragiri Fort (Malayalam: ചന്ദ്രഗിരി കോട്ട, Kannada :ಚಂದ್ರಗಿರಿ ಕೋಟೆ) is a fort built in the 17th century, situated in Kasaragod District of Kerala, South India. This large squarish fort is above sea level and occupies an area of about seven acres by the side of the river Payaswini. The fort is now in ruins. The fort has an eventful history.
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Fort Wayne is Detroit's third fort. The first, Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit, was built by the French in 1701 near current day Hart Plaza. This fort, constructed shortly after Cadillac landed, was manned by the French until they surrendered it to the British in 1760 during the French and Indian War. The British constructed the second fort, Fort Lernoult, a few years later, centered on current day Fort and Shelby streets.
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The next fortification was Fort Walpack build six miles north of Van Campens Fort in the bow of Walpack Bend around 1756. This is in Walpack Township. About six miles north of Walpack Fort is Fort Nominack 1756, which is located just north of Jager Road and Old Mine Road in Sandyston Township. The next fort was Fort Shipeconk 1757 located 4 miles north of the previous fort.
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Brook Watson served at Fort Lawrence (1750-1759) Within 18 months of establishing Halifax, the British also took firm control of peninsula Nova Scotia by building fortifications in all the major Acadian communities: present-day Windsor (Fort Edward); Grand-Pré (Fort Vieux Logis) and Chignecto (Fort Lawrence). A British fort (Fort Anne) already existed at the other major Acadian centre of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. Cobequid remained without a fort.
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Fort Pimiteoui (Old Peoria) circa 1702 In 1691, Tonti returned to the area and founded another fort. This fort is known variously as Fort St. Louis II, Fort St. Louis du Pimiteoui, Fort Pimiteoui, and Old Fort Peoria (Pimiteoui, was the name of what is now called, Peoria Lake). It remained off and on a center of trade, particularly fur trade, and sometimes settlement throughout the colonial period.
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Notably he oversaw the opening of Fort Colvile, an important station along the developing York Factory Express. At various points he later managed at various times the Spokane House, the Dalles Post, Fort Okanogan and the relocation effort of Fort Simpson. He returned to Fort George from Fort Simpson in 1836. The following year he was stationed at Fort Umpqua, although in 1838 he was back at Fort George.
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Retrieved 4 March 2010. Chaplain (MAJ) Aldred A. Pruden, who developed the plan for the school, was named the first commandant of the school. It subsequently moved to Camp Zachary Taylor (Kentucky), Camp Grant (Illinois), Fort Leavenworth (Kansas), Fort Benjamin Harrison (Indiana), Harvard University (Massachusetts), Fort Devens (Mass.), Fort Oglethorpe (Georgia), Carlisle Barracks (Pennsylvania), Fort Slocum (New York) (1951–62), Fort Hamilton (N.Y.) (1962–74), Fort Wadsworth (N.
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A fort known as Fort Ontmoeting was established in Ungaran.
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The Amargarh Fort is a fort in Amargarh, Rajasthan, India.
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That fort was demolished to make place for Fort Lennox.
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Fort Atkinson is served by the Fort Atkinson Municipal Airport .
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Hosted by the Fort Frances Lakers in Fort Frances, Ontario.
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Hosted by the Fort Frances Lakers in Fort Frances, Ontario.
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Fort Saratoga was one of seven temporary earthwork forts part of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C., during the Civil War built in the Northeast quadrant of the city at the beginning of the Civil War by the Union Army to protect the city from the Confederate Army. From west to east, the forts were as follow: Fort Slocum, Fort Totten, Fort Slemmer, Fort Bunker Hill, Fort Saratoga, Fort Thayer and Fort Lincoln.. Unlike other forts, nothing remains of the structure.
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Fort Thayer was one of seven temporary earthwork forts part of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C., during the Civil War built in the Northeast quadrant of the city at the beginning of the Civil War by the Union Army to protect the city from the Confederate Army. From west to east, the forts were as follow: Fort Slocum, Fort Totten, Fort Slemmer, Fort Bunker Hill, Fort Saratoga, Fort Thayer and Fort Lincoln. Unlike other forts, today nothing remains of the structure.
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Fort Bunker Hill was one of seven temporary earthwork forts part of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C., during the Civil War built in the Northeast quadrant of the city at the beginning of the Civil War by the Union Army to protect the city from the Confederate Army. From west to east, the forts were: Fort Slocum, Fort Totten, Fort Slemmer, Fort Bunker Hill, Fort Saratoga, Fort Thayer and Fort Lincoln. Unlike other forts, today very little remains of the structure.
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Fort Beschutter ( Beshshatar Balakotuwa) or Fort Pass Beschutter (; Beshshatar Pas Balakotuwa) was a small fort, which was linearly located between Elephant Pass Fort and Fort Pass Pyl in the narrow part of the Jaffna peninsula. The strategic fort was used to protect Jaffna peninsula from the forces of mainland (Vanniyas and Sinhalese) as well as illegal access, smuggling, etc. Fort Beschutter was built as square-shaped fort like other two in the Elephant Pass area. It was completely destroyed and nothing found today.
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The modest early Fort Belgica on top of a hill, overlooking the Fort Nassau below. Before Fort Belgica, there was a 16th-century Portuguese fort standing on a hill in Banda Neira. On September 4, 1611, Pieter Both, the first Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, instructed the construction of a new fort to fortify the hill which dominated the original Dutch fortress, Fort Nassau. This fort was to be named either Belgica or Nederland, and it became Fort Belgica.
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Visapur Fort is located adjacent to Lohagad Fort and one needs to walk around a long wall to get to this unique fort. Visapur Fort was built after Lohagad Fort during 1713–1720 CE by Balaji Vishwanath, who was the first Peshwa of the Maratha Empire. There is a long wall that forms a fortification around Visapur Fort. The hill on which this fort is built is also famous for its historical caves of Bhaje that existed even before the fort was built.
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Established as Camp Leona on March 13, 1849, Fort Inge was garrisoned intermittently until March 19, 1869. The fort served as a base for United States Army troops assigned to protect the southern overland mail route along the San Antonio-El Paso Road from Indian raids. The camp was renamed Fort Inge in honor of Lieutenant Zebulon M. P. Inge a West Point officer killed in the Mexican–American War. Other forts in the frontier fort system were Forts Griffin, Concho, Belknap, Chadbourne, Fort Stockton, Fort Davis, Fort Bliss, Fort Mason, McKavett, Clark, Fort McIntosh, Richardson and Phantom Hill in Texas, and Fort Sill in Oklahoma.
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Fort Atkinson High School is a public high school in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. It is part of the Fort Atkinson School District.
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Fort Rock Restaurant Fort Rock is an unincorporated community in Lake County, Oregon, United States, southeast of Fort Rock State Natural Area.
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Fort Branch Marlette High School, commonly known as Fort Branch High School, was a public high school located in Fort Branch, Indiana.
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Video tour of Fort Nelson Park The Fort Nelson Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution is named for the fort.
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Location of Fort Braden Fort Braden store, date unknown Fort Braden is a former community in western Leon County, Florida, United States.
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Carradale Point Fort is a promontory vitrified fort on Carradale Point near Carradale, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The fort measures by internally.
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The entrance of fort de Vancia Military leaders saw an urgent need to construct four additional forts: The Fort du Mont Verdun in 1874 to the north, the Fort de Bron and Fort de Feyzin in 1875 to the east, and the Fort de Vancia in 1876. Other projects started in 1878 include the Batterie de la Freta, connected to fort du Mont Verdun; the Batterie de Sathonay and Batterie de Sermenaz, connected to Fort de Vancia; the Fort du Bruissin; the Fort de Corbas; and the Batteries de Parilly and Lessignas. Map of Lyon in 1888 The construction of Fort du Paillet began in 1883, then Fort de Meyzieu and Fort de Genas the following year. Picric acid began to be used on the battlefield at this time.
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Remains of Fort Kongenstein Fort Kongenstein () was a Danish trading fort located in Ada Foah, Ghana built in 1783. A greater portion of the fort has since been washed away by the sea waves.
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See Fort Parker massacre. The Fort holds an annual Christmas event at the site of old Fort Parker every December. The original fort has been re-built on the original site to exact specifications.
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This fort was near the Pequest River on the south side of the river near the Belvidere- Riverton Bridge. This fort was built in 1757. The second fort was Ellison's Fort built of stone in Knowlton Township. This fort is located at the Delaware River Family Campground.
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Kannur Fort or St.Angelo's Fort is about three km south of Kannur city. This fort was built in 1505 by the Portuguese. The Dutch captured the fort in 1663 and modernized it. In 2015, thousands of abandoned cannonballs were discovered from the fort during an excavation.
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Asheri Fort / Asheri is a fort located 102 km from Mumbai and 88 km from Thane. It is in Palghar district, of Maharashtra. This fort is an important fort in Palghar district. The fort is located on the hills near Mendhavan Khind on Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway.
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The Old Fort and Ten Pound Island, 1850s painting of Fort Defiance by Fitz Henry Lane Fort Defiance was a fort that existed from 1794 to after 1865 on Fort Point in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The location protecting the inner harbor was also called Watch House Point.
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Ahivant Fort / अहिवंत किल्ला is a fort located 55km from Nashik, in Nashik district, of Maharashtra. This fort is an important fort in Nashik district. The three forts Achala, Ahivant, and Mohandar are very close by. The other two forts were constructed to guard the Ahivant fort.
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Homer's Fort was a French and Indian War era stockade fort erected by settlers five miles upstream on the Cacapon River from Fort Edwards near present-day Hooks Mills in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. Historically, Homer's Fort was also referred to as Fort MacKay.
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His daughter, Chandrakala, was married to King Vikram at this fort. The fort was under the control of the Bahmani Sultanate in 14th century. In 1635 the Moghul army took Chandor fort along with Indrai fort. In 1665 Chanwad fort was taken by the Maratha Empire.
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This fort was again captured by Adil Shah after the surrender of Shahaji at Mahuli Fort. The fort was under Mughals in 1633. in 1670 the chieftain of King Shivaji, Moropant Pingale, won the fort from Moghuls. In 1688 the fort was again captured by Moghuls.
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Hemagudda Fort, about 20 km from Kanakagiri is next to the Kammatadurga Fort of Gandugali Kumara Rama. The fort was constructed in the 14th century. The fort has a temple of Durga Devi celebrating Dasara.
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Engraving of Fort Basinger, 1883 Fort Basinger is an unincorporated town in Highlands County, Florida that arose around the Second and Third Seminole War fortification: Fort Basinger. The fort was situated north-west of Okeechobee.
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Vairatgad fort is a fort situated near to the town of Wai in Maharashtra, India.Vairatgad Fort vairatgad.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2 January 2012 The top of the fort is very small. There are remnants of old buildings.
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Khandar Fort is an ancient fort located in Khandar Tehsil, Sawai Madhopur district, Rajasthan, India. This fort is on the boundary of Ranthambore National Park. The fort has three big entrances, but they are damaged.
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Fort Louvois was opened to the public in 1972. In 2010, the storm Xynthia damaged Fort Louvois. The storm flooded the fort and swept away the drawbridge. Still, the fort received 26,000 visitors in 2010.
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Fort Zeelandia included an “inner fort” and an “outer fort”. The inner fort was a square and 3-layer construction. The lowest was for storage of ammunition and food. The second features a blank wall.
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The new fort would have been also called Fort St. Angelo, and would be manned with the garrison of the old fort. He drew up plans for the proposed fort, but they were never implemented.
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Fort Massachusetts no longer stands, and it is located on private land not open to the public. The Fort Garland Museum located in Fort Garland, Colorado has a full model of Fort Massachusetts on display.
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Fort Cascades is one of several forts built to protect the portage around the Cascade Rapids. Others are Fort Raines and Fort Lugenbeel.
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Inactivated 1 September 1948 at Fort Clayton. Activated 4 January 1950 at Fort Kobbe, Canal Zone. Inactivated 26 May 1956 at Fort Kobbe.
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The fort on the Tennessee River was named "Fort Henry" in the Senator's honor (see Battle of Fort Henry). He died in 1880.
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Fort Kissimmee was a fort in Highlands County, Florida. The fort was situated east of Avon Park and adjacent to the Kissimmee River.
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Fort Rock Valley Historical Homestead Museum and the small community of Fort Rock are one mile south of Fort Rock State Natural Area.
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The fort was almost complete before work began on Fort Elson in 1855. The estimated cost of Fort Gomer was £92,000 in 1869.
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Richmond also has the Fort Bend County Law Library."Fort Bend County Law Library." Fort Bend County Libraries. Retrieved on May 14, 2010.
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The nearby Anacostia Community Museum is located in Fort Stanton as well as the nearby Fort Stanton Recreation Center and Fort Stanton Pool.
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Fortifications of Lyon The extensive system of fortifications of Lyon included: # Fort de la Duchère # Fort de Caluire # Fort de Montessuy # Redoute Bel-Air # Fort de Sainte-Foy # Lunette du Petit Sainte-Foy # Fort Saint-Irénée # Lunette du Fossoyeur # Fort de Loyasse # Fort de Vaise # Fort Saint-Jean # Bastion Saint- Laurent # Redoute du Haut-Rhône # Redoute de la Tête d'Or # Lunette des Charpennes # Fort des Brotteaux # Redoute de la Part-Dieu # Fort Montluc # Redoute des Hirondelles # Fort Lamothe # Fort du Colombier # Fort de la Vitriolerie The fortifications of Lyon were improved according to Rohault de Fleury's plans. The existing Croix-Rousse fort retained its layout, but the bastion of St-Jean on the Saône side was made into a powerful artillery position. The Fourvière fort was rebuilt from 1834 to 1838, and the outworks progressively improved until 1854. On the right bank of the Saône the fortifications were Sainte-Foy, now the CRS barracks, Petit Sainte-Foy, Saint- Irénée (1831), Vaise (1835), Loyasse (1838) and Duchère (1844), now disappeared.
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Other forts in the frontier fort system were Forts Griffin, Concho, Belknap, Chadbourne, Fort Stockton, Fort Davis, Fort Bliss, McKavett, Richardson, Fort McIntosh, Fort Inge and Phantom Hill in Texas, and Fort Sill in Oklahoma.Carter, R.G., On the Border with Mackenzie, 1935, Washington D.C.: Enyon Printing Co. There were "sub posts or intermediate stations" including Bothwick's Station on Salt Creek between Fort Richardson and Fort Belknap, Camp Wichita near Buffalo Springs between Fort Richardson and Red River Station, and Mountain Pass between Fort Concho and Fort Griffin. The Seminole-Negro Indian Scouts were headquartered at Fort Clark from 1870 to 1914. The Black Seminoles had spent twenty years protecting the northern Mexican frontier state of Coahuila before being recruited by the United States Army to serve as scouts. Under Lt. John Lapham Bullis, who commanded them from 1873 to 1881, the scouts played a decisive role in the Indian campaigns.
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One of the Endicott program's policies was to officially assign each fort and battery a name, in most cases a deceased Regular Army or Continental Army officer's name; the fort's name usually included the entire military reservation it was on. In the 1890s and early 1900s the Fort at Willets Point became Fort Totten, the Fort at Sandy Hook became Fort Hancock, and the entire Signal Hill area (except Fort Tompkins) became Fort Wadsworth (with the previous Fort Wadsworth renamed Battery Weed). Another renaming occurred in 1904 as one of Elihu Root's last acts as Secretary of War, that of reverting Fort Columbus to its original name of Fort Jay. In addition to Forts Totten, Hancock, and Wadsworth, new batteries were built at Fort Hamilton, Fort Schuyler, and the new Fort Slocum on Davids' Island near New Rochelle, New York, which was in the approach to Forts Totten and Schuyler.
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Sadaura Fort is an ancient fort in Sadaura, as seen here.
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Fort Chipewyan Airport, , is located northeast of Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, Canada.
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Fort Macleod Airport, , is located southwest of Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada.
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Fort Albany Airport, , is located adjacent to Fort Albany, Ontario, Canada.
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State troops were mobilized to garrison Fort Adams and Fort Greene.
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"Her Legacy: Women of Fort Collins" Zonta Club, Fort Collins CO.
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Fort Mohave is served by the Fort Mojave-Mesa Fire Department.
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The Fort Alice () is a fort in Sri Aman, Sarawak, Malaysia.
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Al Jalali Fort is also known as the Ash Sharqiya Fort.
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Fort Selkirk Aerodrome is an aerodrome located Fort Selkirk, Yukon, Canada.
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The Fort Devens Cemetery is the post cemetery for Fort Devens.
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The British established Fort George in the 1790s to replace Fort Niagara, although many of its structures were demolished in May 1813, during the Battle of Fort George. After the battle, American forces occupied the fort for seven months before withdrawing in December 1813. Although the British regained the fort shortly afterwards, little effort was put into its reconstruction after they captured Fort Niagara the following week. The poor wartime design of Fort George led its replacement by Fort Mississauga in the 1820s; although Fort George continued to see limited use from the military until the end of the First World War.
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Early in 1782, Argo joined Captain Thomas Shirley in the 50-gun ship and the sloop-of-war off the Dutch Gold Coast. Britain was at war with The Netherlands and before Argo arrived Shirley captured the small Dutch forts at Mouri (Fort Nassau - 20 guns), Kormantin (Courmantyne or Fort Amsterdam - 32 guns), Apam (Fort Lijdzaamheid or Fort Patience - 22 guns), Senya Beraku (Berku, or Fort Barracco, or Fort Goede Hoop - 18 guns), and Accra (Fort Crêvecoeur or Ussher Fort - 32 guns). Argo provided a landing party of 50 men who assisted Governor Mills to take Komenda (Fort Komenda).
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Fort Cape Disappointment was expanded and renamed Fort Canby in 1875. By 1906, when construction finished under the Endicott program, Fort Canby became part of the three-fort Harbor Defenses of the Columbia River as a subpost of Fort Stevens along with Fort Columbia. The fort was further expanded during World War II. After being decommissioned in the years following World War II, the fort was turned over to the state for use as a state park in the early 1950s. Workers with the Civilian Conservation Corps helped restore the fort and improved roads and trails during the 1930s.
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The Upper Mississippi River during the War of 1812. 1: Fort Belle Fontaine U.S. headquarters; 2: Fort Osage, abandoned 1813; 3: Fort Madison, defeated 1813; 4: Fort Shelby, defeated 1814; 5: Battle of Rock Island Rapids, July 1814 and the Battle of Credit Island, Sept. 1814; 6: Fort Johnson, abandoned 1814; 7: Fort Cap au Gris and the Battle of the Sink Hole, May 1815. Fort Osage (also known as Fort Clark or Fort Sibley) was an early 19th-century factory trading post system run by the United States Government, on the American frontier being located in present-day Sibley, Missouri.
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In the northwest of the state were several forts, Fort Bragg on the Mendocino County coast supporting Fort Wright. Further north on the coast of Humboldt County was Fort Humboldt, established to maintain peace between the Native Americans and new settlers and Headquarters of the Humboldt Military District supporting other forts in the area. Ulysses S. Grant was briefly stationed here prior to the war. Fort Humboldt supported Camp Curtis, Fort Gaston, Camp Lyon, Fort Baker, Fort Iaqua, Fort Anderson, and Fort Seward which were the base of operations for the soldiers in the Bald Hills War.
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Fort Garry's last MLA before dissolution was Kerri Irvin-Ross of the NDP, who was re-elected in the 2007 provincial election with 53% of the vote. Following the 2008 electoral boundary redistribution, Fort Garry was largely divided between the new ridings of Fort Garry-Riverview and Fort Richmond, with a portion going to St. Norbert. Following the 2018 redistribution, the riding was re-created from Fort Garry-Riverview, Fort Rouge, River Heights, and Fort Richmond. Fort Garry was contested in the 2019 provincial election.
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Fort Crawford was also associated with a string of forts built along the Fox-Wisconsin Waterway, which included Fort Winnebago in Portage, Wisconsin and Fort Howard in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The site of the second fort has been preserved and holds the Fort Crawford Museum, located in the Second Fort Crawford Military Hospital. This is a 1930s reconstruction of the hospital serving the second fort. This building contains the only surviving building fragments of either fort, and it was designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1960.
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Fort Dickinson was a Pennamite fort with four small blockhouses, armed with four guns, manned by 100 men constructed as part of the Pennamite Wars. Wyoming Forts. A-Fort Durkee, B-Fort Wyoming or Wilkesbarre, C-Fort Ogden, D-Kingston Village, E-Forty Fort, G-battleground, H-Fort Jenkins, I-Monocasy Island, J-Pittstown stockades, G-Queen Esther's Rock. In 1769, Major John Durkee and his men erected Fort Durkee on the eastern bank of the Susquehanna River at the town of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
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Fort Billingsport at American Forts Network The fort was never completed. Following their victory at the Battle of Brandywine and a few subsequent minor engagements, the British occupied Philadelphia unopposed on September 26, 1777. Three lines of chevaux de frise and three forts (Fort Billingsport, Fort Mercer, and Fort Mifflin) still blocked their naval line of communications via the Delaware River. One line of chevaux was at Marcus Hook, the second line was at Fort Billingsport, and the third line was between Fort Mifflin and Fort Mercer.
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The Cochin Municipal Corporation was formed on 1 November 1967 merging municipalities of Fort Kochi, Mattancherry and Ernakulam. The municipalities of Fort Kochi and Mattancherry were one among the oldest in the country. The map of Fort Kochi City Municipality under Dutch with Fort Stormburg (Kochi Fort) seen below. This was the first municipality in the country formed in 1664The Fort Kochi had its first municipality established under Dutch influence on 18 April 1664 which was limited within Dutch occupied Kochi Stormburg Fort (Immanuel Fort).
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XLVIII, Part I, Operations in Louisiana and the Trans-Mississippi States and Territories. January 1 to June 30, 1865, War Department, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896 pp.749, 1043-1044 The regiment was attached to the Department of New Mexico and on garrison duty by detachments at Fort Union, Fort Selden, Fort Craig, Fort Bowie, Fort Cummings, Fort McRae, Fort Goodwin and other points in that Department during its entire term of service. Company “K” garrisoned Fort Lyon, Colorado, from September, 1864, to February, 1865.
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The fort was encircled during daylight hours, but received supporting fire from the Fort d'Andoy, Fort de Malonne and the Fort de Dave. Nevertheless, German artillery was placed within 500 metres of the fort, destroying each turret in turn. The fort continued to resist with machine guns in the ditches, but the fort lost electric power at midday. After sabotaging their remaining weapons and destroying documents, the garrison surrendered at 12:10.
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Fort Sellers was a small stockade on the east side of Pattersons Creek at the confluence with the Potomac River, in Franklin District, in present-day Mineral County, West Virginia. The fort was erected by Colonel Washington. Fort Sellers was one of a chain of four forts protecting the frontier. Fort Ohio was the first in the chain with Fort Sellers being the second and Fort Ashby and Fort Cocke being the outermost forts.
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Roxbury High Fort is a historic fort site on Beech Glen Street at Fort Avenue in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The site now contains a small park and the Cochituate Standpipe, also known as Fort Hill Tower, built in 1869. The fort site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The site inspired the name of the Fort Hill neighborhood, which surrounds the area of the High Fort.
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Fort Frederick was a fort in Albany, New York from 1676–1789. Sitting atop State Street Hill (Capitol Hill) it replaced the earlier decaying Fort Orange along the Hudson River. The fort was named for Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, son of King George II. The fort was referred to as Fort Albany in the 1936 novel Drums Along the Mohawk. Several historical markers have been placed west of the location of the fort.
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The British left a burning powder trail to destroy Fort Griswold's magazine, but a militiaman entered the fort and extinguished the fire.Caulkins, p. 566 Fort Trumbull was extensively modified in the 19th century, and both it and Fort Griswold are now preserved in state parks.Connecticut DEP: Fort Trumbull State ParkConnecticut DEP: Fort Griswold Battlefield State Park The Fort Griswold park also includes the Groton Monument, erected in the 1820s to commemorate the battle.
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The first fort was demolished about 1800. During the War of 1812, Fort Dearborn (in present Chicago) was evacuated and the residents tried to reach Fort Wayne, but were massacred before they arrived. Fort Wayne was next besieged by the Indian forces of Tecumseh during the Siege of Fort Wayne. Captain James Rhea was in charge of the fort and considered surrendering the fort, but his two lieutenants relieved him of duty.
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Gopalgad Fort / Anjanvel Fort () is a fort located from Chiplun, in Ratnagiri district, of Maharashtra. This fort is an important fort in Ratnagiri district. The Fort is located on a prominent and commanding point for guarding the trade route along the Vashishti River, which runs till Gavilgad near Chiplun and the Dabhol port which was a busy route in medieval times. It is a fort located on a hill near the sea.
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Following the war, under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the harbour defences remained in the control of British government. These Treaty Port installations, including Fort Carlisle, were handed-over to the Irish authorities in 1938. The fort was renamed Fort Davis for Thomas Davis - who was the chief organiser of the Young Ireland movement. (Similarly, "Fort Westmoreland" on Spike Island was renamed "Fort Mitchell", and "Fort Camden" near Crosshaven was renamed "Fort Meagher").
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Old Fort Yargo The Fort Yargo building, constructed as part of the original Fort, is an two-story log blockhouse. The logs used to construct the Fort are around 10 inches thick and are joined at the corners by interlocking wedge shaped notches. Portholes are located on the Fort to aide defense. Local citizens and the Fort Yargo Living History Society are working today to restore Fort Yargo and some out buildings.
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This is in Walpack Township. About six miles north of Walpack Fort is Fort Nominack 1756, which is located just north of Jager Road and Old Mine Road in Sandyston Township. The next fort was Fort Shipeconk 1757 located 4 miles north of the previous fort. A fortified house owned by Captain Abraham Shimer was very close to Fort Shipeconk.
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Fort Charles was said to have a few names. Passage Fort and Fort Cromwell were among those few. Fort Charles was the first of six forts to be built manned by a garrison in Jamaica. Fort Charles was the last name the fort received in honor of the restoration of the British Monarchy in King Charles II to the English throne.
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The Fort Smashley are one of the NRDL In-House teams created in 2011. Fort Smashleys Won their first Season comp in 2013 against the newcomers the Bogey Rollers. The name "Fort Smashleys" is a play on Fort Scratchley, a Fort which is based on the harbor of Newcastle, Australia. This name was chosen for the symbolism that Fort Scratchley has in Newcastle.
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Holabird performed frontier and scouting duties at Fort Brown, Fort Duncan and Fort McIntosh from 1849 to 1850. He received his permanent commission as a second lieutenant on June 10, 1850. From 1850 to 1858, Holabird performed quartermaster, frontier, and scouting duties at Ringgold Barracks, Fort Terrett, Fort Duncan, and Fort McKavett. He was promoted to first lieutenant on May 31, 1855.
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A map of the area of operations of the La Vérendrye family. Fort Paskoya or Paskoyac or Pasquia was a French fort and trading post on the lower Saskatchewan River above Cedar Lake. Around 1740 La Vérendrye built four forts to control the chain of lakes west of Lake Winnipeg. These were Fort Pascoya, Fort Bourbon, Fort Dauphin and Fort La Reine.
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Fort Greble lost a 10-inch gun (replaced by Fort Wetherill's gun in 1918) and its three 6-inch disappearing guns. Fort Kearny lost four of its six 6-inch disappearing guns. The mortar batteries at Fort Adams and Fort Greble were all halved in size (to eight and four mortars respectively) to improve the rate of fire.Various fort articles at FortWiki.
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Hari Singh Nalwa's Fort and haveli. A small fort cum residence was built during the reign of Hari Singh Nalwa, and was built for his use as a fort and residence. The fort itself is located on a small hillock and overlooks the entire temple complex. The fort is rectangular and features four bastions, one in each corner of the fort.
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Anna Shelton (August 20, 1861 – August 28, 1939) was an American businesswoman who founded several women's clubs in Fort Worth, Texas, most notably The Woman's Club of Fort Worth. She was active in Fort Worth's park league, the Fort Worth Library Association, and the Fort Worth Art Association. Shelton became one of Fort Worth's first female real estate developers and homebuilders.
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By the time of the American Civil War, Fort Moultrie, Fort Sumter, Fort Johnson, and Castle Pinckney surrounded and defended Charleston. Fort Moultrie began to record meteorological observations in the early 1820s. For fifty years the Army detained Native American prisoners at Fort Moultrie. Seminole Indian fighter Osceola and some fellow Seminoles were captured in late 1837 and transferred to the fort.
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A temporary wooden stockade fort was constructed, also named Fort Louis after the old fort up river. In 1723, construction of a new brick fort with a stone foundation began, renamed later as Fort Condé in honor of Louis Henri de Bourbon, duc de Bourbon and prince de Condé. The fort guarded Mobile and its citizens for almost 100 years, from 1723-1820.
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Its southern coast was fortified by the Round Tower, the Square Tower, Southsea Castle, Lumps Fort and Fort Cumberland. Four sea forts were built in the Solent by Lord Palmerston: Spitbank Fort, St Helens Fort, Horse Sand Fort and No Man's Land Fort. The resort of Southsea is south of the island, and Eastney is east. Eastney Lake covered nearly in 1626.
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When Union forces abandoned Fort McRee in 1861, they also abandoned Fort Barrancas, pulling back to Fort Pickens. This fort was also occupied by Florida and Alabama militia forces, who were subsequently integrated into the Confederate forces. In May 1862, after hearing that the Union Army had taken New Orleans, Confederate troops abandoned Pensacola and Fort Barrancas. The fort reverted to Union control.
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Fort Levett and Ram Island Ledge. From the Ottawa House, Cushing Island, ME., 1909. Children look on as a heavy gun is moved to Fort Williams via South Portland's trolley tracks. 12-inch mortars, similar to those at Fort Preble and Fort McKinley. 10-inch gun M1888 on disappearing carriage M1896, similar to guns at Fort Williams and Fort Levett.
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The southern harbor entrance was defended by three forts: Fort Williams in Cape Elizabeth with Fort Levett (sometimes misspelled Fort Leavitt) on Cushing Island at the harbor's mouth, and a totally rebuilt Fort Preble in South Portland further up the channel. The northern entrance was defended by Fort McKinley on Great Diamond Island with Fort Lyon on nearby Cow Island.
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They were transported in the river steamer General Jessup to Fort Yuma. Many soldiers remained to begin construction on the Beale's Crossing fort, which was named Fort Mohave.: soldiers remained to build a fort; : the fort was initially called Fort Colorado. Although Irataba visited the garrison several times and argued for their release, the hostages were held for more than a year.
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On the eastern side of the fort is the main gate of the fort which is chiseled from the parent rock. There are many rock-cut water cisterns on the fort. The hidden entrance gate on the eastern side of the fort leads the path to Bhorgad fort.
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The Fort Taber Historical Association Museum is located at Fort Taber Park, and features a miniature model of the fort, uniforms from different eras during the fort's active use, photos and military memorabilia. It is operated by the Fort Taber/Fort Rodman Historical Association and opened in 2004.
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Fort Sisseton was originally named Fort Wadsworth until it was changed to Fort Sisseton on August 29, 1876. The name was changed due to the fact a Fort Wadsworth already existed in New York, and to honor the Sisseton band of Sioux that provided scouts to the fort.
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Shivgad Fort ( ) is a fort located 89km from Kolhapur, in Kolhapur district, of Maharashtra. This fort was an important fort in Kolhapur district as a watch over for the Phonda ghat trade route from Kolhapur to coastal ports. The fort is surrounded by thick forest and hill slopes.
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It appears that no part of the original Fort Detroit remained after this time. Fort Lernoult was officially renamed as Fort Detroit in 1805, then renamed Fort Shelby in 1813. Soon after its use by the military ended, the fort was demolished by the City of Detroit in 1827.
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Shivaji Maharaj built this fort immediately after the Sindhudurg fort was built. This fort was used to look over the Karli creek and the Vengurla port. This fort was later captured by Sawant of Sawantwadi. In 1748, Ismail Khan, who was working under the Portuguese, captured this fort.
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Companies A, B, C, G, and I detached June 10, 1862. Company A on escort duty to Fort Union, New Mexico. Company B in mountains near Denver and built Fort Halleck. Company C to Fort Riley, Kansas; Company G to Fort Lyon, Colorado, and Company I to Fort Laramie.
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Goa Fort () is a fort located 15 km from Dapoli, in Ratnagiri district, of Maharashtra. This fort is one of the three forts built to guard the Suvarnadurg fort, the other two forts are Kanakdurg and Fatte durg. The fort is a main tourist attraction in the Harne village.
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Fort Reno also known as Fort Connor or Old Fort Reno, was a wooden fort established on August 15, 1865 by the United States Army in Dakota Territory in present-day Johnson County, Wyoming. The fort was built to protect travelers on the Bozeman Trail from Native American tribes.
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Siddavatam Fort Siddavatam Fort, constructed in 1303 CE, lies on the banks of the Pennar River. The fort extends over an area of . Visitors can view gateways and decorated pillars at the two ends of the fort. Top of the fort has been adorned with carvings of Gajalakshmi.
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Makrandgad Fort / Madhumakrandgad मकरंदगड is a fort near Pratapgad Fort. It is located 156km from Pune, in Satara district, of Maharashtra. The fort is located in the midst of the famous Javli forest. The trek to this fort is an easy one day trek for visitors at Mahabaleshwar.
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Kurdugad Fort ( ) is a fort located from Mumbai and 113km from Pune in Raigad district, of Maharashtra. This fort was an important fort in Kolhapur district as a watch over for the trade route from Pune to coastal ports. The fort is surrounded by thick forest and hill slopes.
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It is one of the shrines of the Vaippu Sthalams sung by Tamil Saivite Nayanar Sundarar. The Fort which was known as Athiyamān Fort later became Athaman Fort. This temple is also known as Fort Temple, Kottai (Kottai means Fort) Easwaran Temple, Thakadur Kamatchi Temple and Kottai Sivan Temple.
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Fort Clinton and Fort Montgomery are right of center on this 1777 map Fort Clinton was an American Revolutionary War fort erected by the Continental Army on the west bank of the Hudson River in 1776.
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The fort was abandoned in 1796. The present-day village of Fort Recovery, Ohio developed around the fort and along the river. It includes sites and monuments to commemorate the fort and battles in the area.
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A post office called Hamiltons Fort was in operation between 1859 and 1913. Variant names were "Hamilton Fort", "Fort Hamilton", "Fort Hamblin", "Hamblin", "Hambleton", and "Hamilton". The community was named after John Hamilton, a pioneer settler.
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Companies A, D, and G at Fort Kearney, Nebraska. Companies B and F at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Company C at Fort Riley until April, then at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Companies E and K at Aubrey, Kansas.
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The Sewri Fort (also spelled Sewree Fort) (Marathi: ) is a fort in Mumbai built by the British at Sewri. Built in 1680, fort served as a watch tower, atop a quarried hill overlooking the Mumbai harbour.
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It became known as Government Hill until it was renamed Fort Canning in 1861 when a fort was built on the site. Today it is the location of the Fort Canning Reservoir and Fort Canning Park.
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Jacqueline Peterson, Jennifer S. H. Brown, Many roads to Red River (2001), p69 Protecting the Pays d'en Haut were four forts: Fort Presque Isle (1753), Fort Le Boeuf (1753), Fort Duquesne (1754), and Fort Machault (1754).
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Fort Garry-Riverview was eliminated by redistribution in 2018 and its territory went to parts of the re-created Fort Garry and Fort Rouge.
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Fort Worth Library operates the Fort Worth East Regional Library. The facility opened on October 25, 1996."East Regional Library." City of Fort Worth.
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Colonel Daniel Brodhead had replaced McIntosh as commander at Fort Pitt and felt the fort was inadequate for mounting an attack on Fort Detroit.
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Fort Defiance High School is a public school located in Fort Defiance, Virginia. It is often referred to by its initials, FDHS or Fort.
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His other military assignments included Fort Jackson, South Korea, Fort Ord, Fort Hood, and bases in Hawaii. He retired from the army in 1983.
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He was survived by his wife and five children.Matthew Fort, Cotswold Life His children included the journalist Matthew Fort and the writer Tom Fort.
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Fort Pierre on the Missouri. Painting by Karl Bodmer, who visited the fort in 1833. View from the plains. Fort Pierre, South Dakota, 1857.
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Fort Randolph (Panama) was a Coast Artillery Corps fort built to defend the northern end of the Panama canal in conjunction with Fort Sherman.
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Trymbakgad Fort/Brahmagiri Fort ( ) is a fort located 30 km from Nashik, in Nashik district, of Maharashtra, India. This is an important fort in Nashik district. It is located on a hill adjoining the famous Trimbakeshwar temple.
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Fort Lee Museum The Fort Lee Museum is a historic museum in Fort Lee, New Jersey on Palisade Avenue within Monument Park. The museum opened in April 1999 and is operated by the Fort Lee Historical Society.
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The Nagaur Fort is of historical importance. Nagaur fort is the fort built by the ancient Kshatriya of India. The original maker of the fort is Naagvansi Kshatriya. The Kshatriya rulers dominated Nagaur for a longer period.
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Fort Ellis was a United States Army fort established August 27, 1867, east of present-day Bozeman, Montana. Troops from the fort participated in many major campaigns of the Indian Wars. The fort was closed in 1886.
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The fort is large but easy to ascent. There is hardly few structures left on the fort. There are good rock-cut granaries and store houses on the fort. There is no water available on the fort.
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The fort was named Fort Sainte Marie (AKA Fort La Tour) and was located on the east side of the river. To the west of the Saint John River, Fort Saint-Jean was later built (c. 1790).
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The unit has relocated to Fort Bragg, NC from Fort Knox, KY.
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Fort McMurray (Legend) Aerodrome, , is located northwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
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Fort Grahame Airport, , is located adjacent to Fort Grahame, British Columbia, Canada.
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Fort McMurray Water Aerodrome, , is located adjacent to Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
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Fort Ware Airport, , is located adjacent to Fort Ware, British Columbia, Canada.
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He was buried at the Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma.
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This fort was built to capture the Fort Bassein by Maratha Army.
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Fort Inge was a frontier fort in Uvalde County, Texas, United States.
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Udayakiri Fort There are two forts named Udayagiri Fort in South India.
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Fort Resolution Airport is located adjacent to Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories, Canada.
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Fort McPherson Airport is located south of Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories, Canada.
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The Baimiweng Fort () is a former fort in Zhongshan District, Keelung, Taiwan.
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The first log cabin was built by Ruben Spalding. The town of Breckenridge was established one mile south of the site, which is near the Wells Fargo Bank. It was first called Fort Independent or Fort Independence. The fort is also said to have been called Fort Breckenridge and Fort Meribeh.
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The fort is spread over an area of . The Fort is rectangular in shape with a dry moat on all the sides. The Fort walls are 12 feet high and 8 feet thick. The road to the fort ends near a small entrance on the western side of the fort.
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Markandya Fort/Markinda Fort/ Markanda fort (, , transliteration: Markandeya Qilа̄)is a fort located from Nashik, Nashik district, of Maharashtra. The base village is Mulane on the Wani-Kalwan Link Road. The nearest town is Wani, which is 5.5 km from Mulane village. This fort is opposite the holy Saptashringi hill..
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Fort Slemmer sometimes called Battery Slemmer was one of seven temporary earthwork forts part of the Civil War Defenses of Washington, D.C., during the Civil War built in the Northeast quadrant of the city at the beginning of the Civil War by the Union Army to protect the city from the Confederate Army. From west to east, the forts were as follow: Fort Slocum, Fort Totten, Fort Slemmer, Fort Bunker Hill, Fort Saratoga, Fort Thayer and Fort Lincoln. Unlike other forts, today very little remains of the structure.
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Fort Desaix is a Vauban fort and one of four forts that protect Fort-de- France, the capital of Martinique. The fort was built from 1768 to 1772 and sits on a hill, Morne Garnier, overlooking what was then Fort Royal.Laurence Verrand (2004) Fortifications Militaires de Martinique, 1635-1845, Journal of Caribbean Archeology, Special Publication #1 Fort Desaix was built in response to the successful British attack on Fort Royal in 1762 and was intended to prevent any future attacker from using Morne Garnier to site cannon that could then bombard Fort Royal from above.
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The reconstructed Fort Watauga at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park. Fort Watauga's palisade, parapet, and north corner cabin Fort Watauga, more properly Fort Caswell, was an American Revolutionary War fort that once stood at the Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga River in what is now Elizabethton, Tennessee. The fort was originally built in 1775–1776 by the area's frontier government, the Watauga Association, to help defend Watauga settlers from Native American (primarily Cherokee) attacks, which were in part instigated by the British. Fort Watauga was originally named Fort Caswell after North Carolina Governor Richard Caswell.
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Fort Clement, Fort Central and Fort Thirion faced west towards the Chinese positions at Lok-tao. Fort Tamsui and Eagle's Nest (Nid d'aigle) covered the approach to Keelung from the southwest along the main road from Tamsui. Cramoisy Pagoda, a large Chinese house converted into a fort and manned by Captain Cramoisy's marine infantry company, covered the southern approach to Keelung. Fort Ber, Fort Gardiol and Fort Bayard, a chain of forts collectively known as the 'Ber Lines', crowned the low range of hills that screened Keelung's eastern suburb of Sao-wan.
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The fort replaced Fort Petite Niagara, a small fortification built by the French which was burned by the retreating French prior to the Siege of Fort Niagara in 1759. The Old Stone Chimney from Fort Little Niagara was incorporated into Fort Schlosser. Fort Grey guarded the end of the portage in Lewiston, NY. Fort Niagara guards the mouth of the Niagara where it flows into Lake Ontario. Fort Schlosser was occupied by American troops at the start of the War of 1812, but was captured in 1813 and burned.
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Central fortification of James Fort James Fort () is an early 17th-century pentagonal bastion fort located on Castlepark peninsula in Kinsale harbour. Situated downstream from Kinsale on the River Bandon, the fort was built to defend the harbour and seaborne approaches of the town. Following the construction of Charles Fort on the opposite side of the harbour in the late 17th century, James Fort became known as the "old fort" (). Listed as a protected National Monument, and managed by the Office of Public Works, the fort is open to visitors.
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Fort Wayne, Indiana, is home to three minor league sports teams. These include the Fort Wayne Komets of the ECHL, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA G League, and the Fort Wayne TinCaps of baseball's Midwest League. Fort Wayne has also been home to three former professional sports teams. These include the NBA's Fort Wayne Pistons (now in Detroit), the Fort Wayne Daisies of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, and the Fort Wayne Kekiongas of the National Association of Professional Base Ball Players (an early predecessor to the current MLB).
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The results showed that the impacts of the new shells left craters 6 meters in diameter, and were capable of breaching the powder magazine to create a huge explosion. An expensive and more effective fortification material, reinforced concrete, was available; however, it was only used on the forts of the Maginot Line and certain strategic parts of the Lyon forts, such as the barracks of Cavalier de Vancia. The decree of 21 January 1887 by General Boulanger, then Minister of the Armies of the French Republic, renamed the military buildings to honor local military victors and victories. Therefore, Fort de Vaise became "Fort Clerc", Fort de Loyasse became "Fort Blandan" after Jean Pierre Hippolyte Blandan, Fort Saint-Jean was renamed "Fort Maupetit", Fort Saint-Irénée became "Fort Dubois-Crancé" after Edmond Louis Alexis Dubois-Crancé, Fort de la Vitriolerie became "Fort Chabert", fort de Villeurbanne became "Fort Montluc" after Blaise de Monluc, and the Barracks of Fort Part-Dieu became the "Barracks of Margaron" after Pierre Margaron.
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Visapur Fort (also called Visapoor Fort) is a hill fort near Visapur village in Maharashtra, India. It is a part of the Lohagad-Visapur fortification.
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Fort Myers Regional Library is located at 2450 First St., Fort Myers, FL 33901. The library is in the River District of downtown Fort Myers.
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Fort Lee Museum Monument Park at Palisade Avenue adjacent to the Fort Lee Museum. HSC produces programs in association with the Fort Lee Film Commission.
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In 1775, the Fort was renamed Fort Liberty. The British army occupied Newport from 1776 through 1779 and renamed it Fort George during that time.
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Downtown Fort Worth is the central business district of Fort Worth, Texas, United States. Most of Fort Worth's tallest buildings and skyscrapers are located downtown.
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Cornelius was born in Fort Meade, Florida. He attended Fort Meade High School, and he played for the Fort Meade Miners high school football team.
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The Fort Cobb News has served the town since 1958. Previous newspapers were: Caddo County Record, the Fort Cobb Express, and the Fort Cobb Record.
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3 SBML 68 pounder guns at Flagstaff Hill Fort Flagstaff Hill Fort is a former military fort at Flagstaff Point, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.
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Salota fort is a hill fort in Maharashtra, India. It is located in the Baglan region of Nashik. It lies close to the Salher fort.
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Operations against Fort Henry, Tenn., February 2-6, 1862. At Fort Henry February 6-12. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 12-16.
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The fort, and its surrounding grounds are presently operated by Parks Canada as the Fort George National Historic Site of Canada. The national historic site includes the fort, as well as a visitor reception centre situated outside the fort. The historic site's visitor reception centre is situated outside the fort. West of the fort is the Commons, of green space that separates the Fort George National Historic Site from Butler's Barracks, another National Historic Site of Canada.
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The American commander William Hull surrendered the fort in 1812, but it was reclaimed by the US in 1813. The Americans renamed it Fort Shelby in 1813, but references to "Fort Detroit" relating to the War of 1812 are to this fort. The earlier Fort Detroit, built by the French, had been abandoned by the British in 1779 in favor of Fort Lernoult. Fort Shelby was given to the city of Detroit in 1826 and dismantled in 1827.
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Loudon County, Tennessee, and its county seat, Loudon, are both named for the fort (Loudon County borders Monroe County to the north). The Tennessee Valley Authority's Fort Loudoun Dam, which stands to the north in Lenoir City, and its associated lake are also named for the fort. Other entities named for the fort include Fort Loudoun Electric Cooperative, a local electricity distributor, Fort Loudoun Medical Center in Lenoir City, and Fort Loudoun Middle School in Loudon.
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Fort Brady was a frontier fort established in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan to guard against British incursions from Canada. The original location of the fort, known as Old Fort Brady, was along the Saint Mary's River. Fort Brady was located at this site from 1822 until 1893, when it was moved to a new location on higher ground, known as New Fort Brady. The fort was located at the new site from 1893 until its close in 1944.
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Recognizing its superiority, the British burned their own Fort Lawrence and moved into Fort Beauséjour, renaming it Fort Cumberland.History: Fort Beauséjour – Fort Cumberland National Historic Site of Canada. Parks Canada, Government of Canada Acadia's Great Upheaval began in Beaubassin immediately after this battle. The southern dock of the Chignecto Ship Railway, on the Missaguash River, Fort Lawrence Two decades later, Jonathan Eddy tried to bring the American Revolutionary War to Nova Scotia with Battle of Fort Cumberland.
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Battery Revere article at FortWiki.com Two of the Fort Mott disappearing guns were deployed at Fort Cape Spear, St. John's, Newfoundland and remain there. The remaining disappearing gun from Fort Mott and one barbette gun from Fort Flagler were deployed at Fort Prével on the Gaspé Peninsula in Quebec. Two of the barbette guns from Fort Worden were deployed to Fort McNutt on McNutts Island, Nova Scotia and remain there, although only part of one still exists.
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That September, he led the Legion from Fort Defiance and marched unopposed for two days to the Kekionga, the Native American city where Harmar had been defeated four years earlier. Here, the Legion constructed Fort Wayne. Wayne appointed LTC Jean François Hamtramck as commandant of Fort Wayne and departed in late October, arriving at Fort Greenville on 2 November 1794. That Winter, the Legion reinforced the line of defensive forts with Fort St. Marys, Fort Loramie, and Fort Piqua.
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The 1972 Doctor Who serial The Sea Devils used the fort as a filming location for several scenes. Other sea forts include Spitbank Fort, St Helens Fort and Horse Sand Fort. An October 2018 report stated that "the 22-suite No Man’s [was] open for business, whether overnight stays, corporate events or weddings".Solent Forts an amazing visit off the Hampshire coast In 2020, No Man’s Land Fort, Spitbank Fort and Horse Sand Fort were listed for sale.
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A line of seven army posts were established in 1848-49 after the Mexican War to protect the settlers of West Texas and included Fort Worth, Fort Graham, Fort Gates, Fort Croghan, Fort Martin Scott, Fort Lincoln and Fort Duncan.Crimmins, M.L., 1943, The First Line of Army Posts Established in West Texas in 1849, Abilene: West Texas Historical Association, Vol. XIX, pp. 121-127 Other famous officers stationed here include Richard Irving Dodge and William Steele.
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Air Mikisew was an airline based in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. It operated scheduled passenger services in the Fort McMurray/Fort Chipewyan region. Its main base was the Fort McMurray Airport. Mikisew is the Cree word for eagle.
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Fort Similkameen is the site of a former Hudson's Bay Company fort located in the Similkameen region of British Columbia. The fort was also called Fort Keremeos situated near the Similkameen River close to the City of Keremeos.
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After the war Fort Klapperkop and Fort Schanskop continued to be used for military purposes, but were neglected. On 8 July 1938 the two forts were declared provincial heritage sites. Fort Klapperkop was restored in 1966 and converted to a military museum and Fort Schanskop followed in 1978. Initially there were plans to convert Fort Wonderboompoort and Fort Daspoortrand into prisons but these were never carried out.
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The only remaining building associated with Camp Collins is "Auntie" Stone's cabin,City of Fort Collins, Old Fort Site, 19. now located at the Heritage Center at the Fort Collins Museum in downtown Fort Collins. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 1988. In 1991, "Auntie Stone Street" in southwest Fort Collins was named in her honor, "the founding mother" of Fort Collins.
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Following the Revolution the fort was called Castle Fort or Fort Castle. The state gave Fort Point, on which the fort stood, to the federal government in 1791. In 1800, the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard was established upriver on Fernald's Island (now part of Seavey's Island), and the fort was rebuilt under the Second System of US fortifications. Walls were doubled in height and new brick buildings added.
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Fort Dearborn at FortWiki.com The fort was part of the Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, along with Fort Stark, Fort Constitution, and Fort Foster. In 1940-1944 the Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth were garrisoned by the 22nd Coast Artillery Regiment. The first battery at Fort Dearborn was called Battery Dearborn, and consisted of four 155 mm towed guns on "Panama mounts", which were circular concrete platforms.
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The Aurora College has community learning centres in several communities, which deliver academic upgrading and community-based courses and programs, depending on demand and funding. Community learning centres are located in Aklavik, Deline, Fort Good Hope, Fort McPherson, Ulukhaktok, Norman Wells, Tulita, Tuktoyaktuk, Tsiigehtchic, Fort Providence, Fort Resolution, Fort Simpson, Hay River, Lutselk'e, Fort Liard and Hay River Reserve, Behchoko, Whatì, Gamèti, Wekweeti, and Dettah/N'Dilo.
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By 1900, the fort was part of a three fort concept, the first forts of the Coast Defenses of the Delaware, working closely with Fort Mott in Pennsville, New Jersey, and Fort DuPont in Delaware City, Delaware. The fort and the island currently belong to the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) and encompass a living history museum, located in Fort Delaware State Park.
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From Turkey Creek on it was a running battle across Kansas and Nebraska, and soldiers from all surrounding forts (Fort Wallace, Fort Hays, Fort Dodge, Fort Riley, and Fort Kearney) were in pursuit of the Cheyenne. About ten thousand soldiers and three thousand settlers chased the Cheyenne both day and night.Wright, Peter M. (1968). The Pursuit of Dull Knife from Fort Reno in 1878-1879, pp141-154.
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These landmarks include: Kansas River, Big Blue River, Fort Kearney, Chimney Rock, Fort Laramie, Independence Rock, South Pass, Fort Bridger, Green River, Soda Springs, Fort Hall, Snake River, Fort Boise, Grande Ronde Valley in the Blue Mountains, Fort Walla Walla, and The Dalles. When approaching Oregon's Willamette Valley, travelers can either float a raft through the Columbia River Gorge or take the Barlow Road.
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There are few rock cut cisterns and a cave on the fort. There is no significant construction on the fort, except for a Wada made from stone masonry and the ruined main gate. The pathway to the fort is made of rock cut steps. From the top of this fort Kalsubai peak, Patta, Aundha, Madangad Fort, Alang Fort and Ratangad forts are easily visible.
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This posting would be one of the last large scale presence of Army troops since the 1898 gold rush and before the telegraph was replaced with a series of wireless stations. The regiment deployed about two companies each to Fort Seward in Haines, Fort Liscomb in Valdez, Fort St. Michael in St. Michael, Fort Davis in Nome, Fort Gibbon in Tanana, and Fort Egbert in Eagle.
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On July 25, 1759, the French surrendered Fort Niagara. In August 1759, the commander of Fort Presque Isle sent word to Fort Le Boeuf and Fort Machault to abandon their forts. The French burned Fort Machault to the ground and retreated to Canada in anticipation of a British expedition north from the Forks of the Ohio. In 1760, the British built Fort Venango near this site.
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However, by the time the fort was constructed, settlers had found easier trails that led into the valley. In 1856 construction began on a new fort located six miles south of Fort Massachusetts. The new fort would consist of twenty-two one-story buildings built out of adobe. Completed in 1858, the new fort was named Fort Garland in honor of Colonel John Garland.
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The Sakamkam Fort Sakamkam Fort is a historic fort in Sakamkam, just north of Fujairah City, Emirate of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. The fort, on a hilly position, became ruined, but has now been restored. It has a round watchtower, with views of the modern Fujairah City, where Fujairah Fort is located. Sakamkam Fort is close to the Fujairah Free Zone, to the east.
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Before the onset of World War II (WWII), Fort Pasir Panjang was subsequently upgraded to Labrador Battery. Tank obstacles, land mines and beach defences were put in place around the Fort. Air bases and garrisons were quickly sited in Malaya to counter the Japanese invasion threat. In anticipation of a coastal attack, 11 forts and gun batteries protected the coastal south of Singapore: #Fort Pasir Panjang #Fort Siloso #Mount Imbiah Battery #Fort Serapong #Fort Connaught #Fort Canning #Fullerton #Palmer #Faber Fire Command #Fort Silingsing #Fort Teregah By the eve of the Japanese invasion, Singapore had become one of the most fortified countries in the world.
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Prior to the Revolution there was only one significant fort in Rhode Island: Fort Anne (later Fort George, eventually Fort Wolcott) on Goat Island in Newport harbor. The site was first fortified with an earthen battery in 1700, replaced by Fort Anne (named for the reigning Queen of England) in 1702. It was gradually enlarged until in 1727 it was described as a 50-gun stone fort, which in 1730 was renamed Fort George, after George II.Roberts, pp. 706-707Duchesneau, John T., History of Fort Wolcott website In 1764 and 1769 two attacks on British ships by persons dissatisfied with British rule took place at and near the fort.
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Following the Fort Riley expedition, Sutherland was assigned to duty in New Mexico, and served at posts including Fort Webster, Fort Fillmore, Fort Craig, Fort Stanton, and Fort Marcy. Sutherland served in New Mexico during the period when use of the Santa Fe Trail enabled white Americans to begin settling the Southwestern United States, and he took part in military actions against the Apache and Comanche tribes of Native Americans who resisted. Sutherland was promoted to captain in 1857. Immediately prior to the American Civil War, Sutherland served at Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, followed by postings to Fort Davis and Fort Duncan in Texas.
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During this and subsequent periods of British occupation, the fort bore the name Fort Edward. On 11 February 1763, after the Treaty of Paris returned Martinique to French control, the British left and the fort resumed its name of Fort Royal. The French proceeded to construct a second fort, Fort Bourbon, on Morne Garnier to protect Fort Saint Louis. In 1793, with the advent of the French Revolution, the fort's name was changed to Fort de la Republique. Capture of Fort Saint Louis, Martinique, 1794, Artist: Nicholas Pocock In February 1794, the British Admiral John Jervis attacked Martinique, taking it after a 28-day siege.
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Lamu Fort is a fort in the town. Fumo Madi ibn Abi Bakr, the sultan of Pate, started to build the fort on the seafront, to protect members of his unpopular government. He died in 1809, before the first storey of the fort was completed. The fort was completed by the early 1820s.
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The ruins of Fort Longueuil in 1825. Fort Longueuil was a stone fort that stood in Longueuil, Canada from 1690 to 1810. Fort Longueuil was recognized as a National Historic Site of Canada on May 25, 1923. The historic site includes the archaeological site of the fort, which was demolished in 1810.
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Hosdurg fort Hosdurg Fort is a fort in Kanhangad which is part of Kasaragod district in Kerala state. Hosdurg Fort with its round bastion looks imposing from a distance. Somashekara Nayaka from the Keladi Nayaka dynasty of Ikkeri built this fort. The place is made well known by the Nithyanandasram with 45 caves.
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In late July 1863, a force of men under First Lt. Jason B. Bond began building a new fort a short distance away, Fort Blair (Fort Baxter (Kansas)). This new fort was completed in August and the troops moved from Camp Ben Butler to Fort Blair.Kyrias, p. 4; The Baxter Springs Story (N.
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Pisola Fort () is a fort located from Nashik, in the Nashik district of Maharashtra, India. This fort lies exactly on the borders of Dhule & Nashik District. One side is in Sakri Taluka & another is in Satana Taluka. Though this fort is an important fort in Nashik district, it is less visited by trekkers.
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1775 British map showing Fort Hill in the right-center 1842 map showing the location of Fort Hill (item 15, in the southeast of downtown) Removal of Fort Hill, Boston, 1869 Fort Point is a neighborhood or district of Boston, Massachusetts, and where a fort stood which guarded the city in colonial times.
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Year-round access is available to Fort Smith by road on the Mackenzie Highway, which connects to Highway 5 near Hay River, Northwest Territories. Commercial flights are available to Fort Smith and Fort Chipewyan from Edmonton. Winter access is also available using winter and ice roads from Fort McMurray through Fort Chipewyan.
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In 1960, the Department of Defense transferred Fort Moultrie to the National Park Service. NPS manages the historic fort as a unit of Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park. "The National Park Service accepted jurisdiction of Fort Moultrie in 1960 under authority of the Historic Sites Act of 1935 .", p.9.
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Following a period of caretaking status, the fort was garrisoned for a brief time during World War I. Nearby Fort DuPont was the main defense site, with Fort Delaware and Fort Mott serving as a sub-posts, according to army records.Mackie, Brendan., Peter K. Morrill, Laura M. Lee. Images of America: Fort DuPont.
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One such fort was Fort Howe,Fort Frederick was destroyed and rebuilt at Fort Howe. at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy at what is now Saint John, New Brunswick. As soon as the fort was built, it was immediately pillaged and burned by American privateers (August, 1775).Bold Privateers, p.
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Fort Mercer at RevolutionaryWarNewJersey.com Fort Mercer was built and Fort Mifflin rebuilt and garrisoned to protect a line of chevaux de frise obstacles across the Delaware River. Fort Billingsport was built downriver to protect another line of these obstacles. Fort Mercer had earthen walls with a surrounding ditch, topped with a log palisade.
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A passage at the Hill Fort, Kesroli. The Hill Fort of Kesroli is a 14th- century fort located in Alwar, Rajasthan, India. It is now a heritage hotel managed by Neemrana Hotels group.,Hill Fort Kesroli Neemrana Hotels website.
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It closed September 28, 1910. The end point was Fort Colville, a U.S. Army post located three miles north of current Colville, Washington. Fort Colville closed in 1882. The road became the Fort Walla Walla–Fort Colville Military Road.
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The Sassi Punnu Fort SassiPunnu Fort Sassi Punnu Fort ( , ) is a historical site and touristic place near Turbat city in Turbat Tehsil, Kech District, Balochistan, Pakistan .
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The fort was (by a small margin) the second largest fort on Hadrian's Wall. The largest fort was Uxelodunum, not far distant in Stanwix in Carlisle.
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Fort Sturgeon was burnt in 1780 and Rocky Mountain House in 1860. Fort Pitt and Fort Carlton were burnt during the North West Rebellion in 1885.
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The Fort Montbarey is a fortified stronghold, built between 1777 and 1784, to the west of Brest. The fort is similar to the related Questel Fort.
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No separate history is known about this fort. The fort adjoins Salher fort. This part of hill was fortified to provide additional protection from the enemy.
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In the March 2005, units of the 39th BCT started their rotation back to Fort Carson, Colorado, Fort Hood, Texas, and Fort Sill, Oklahoma for demobilization.
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Dallas′s ship's bell is displayed at Naval Operational Support Center Fort Worth at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Expedition to Fort Fisher, N.C., December 7–25. 2nd Expedition to Fort Fisher, N.C., January 3–15, 1865. Assault and capture of Fort Fisher January 15.
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Approach to the fort The fort from the Golden Gate Bridge deck Fort Point is a popular filming location. It is also mentioned in other media.
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Fort McMurray (South Liege) Aerodrome, , is located northwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
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Fort McMurray (North Liege) Aerodrome, , is located northwest of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
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St. Michaels is served by the Fort Defiance Indian Hospital at Fort Defiance.
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Fort Grahame Water Aerodrome, ~~~~, was located adjacent to Fort Grahame, British Columbia, Canada.
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Fort Langley Water Aerodrome, , is located adjacent to Fort Langley, British Columbia, Canada.
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Fort James was established in 1865 as a cavalry fort in South Dakota.
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Fort Ware Water Aerodrome, , is located adjacent to Fort Ware, British Columbia, Canada.
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The Fort Sheridan Water Tower is a water tower in Fort Sheridan, Illinois.
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Fort Severn Airport, , is located northwest of Fort Severn First Nation, Ontario, Canada.
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Soon afterward, the English established a second fort, Fort Algernon, in Kecoughtan territory.
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Board of Trustees, Fort Foote Baptist Church, Fort Washington. Three children; two grandchildren.
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The St. John's Fort () is a historical fort in Melaka City, Melaka, Malaysia.
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The Sawar Fort is a fort in the city of Sawar, Rajasthan, India.
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The Anping Small Fort () is a former fort in Anping District, Tainan, Taiwan.
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Fort Simpson Airport is located east southeast of Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada.
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Sabalgarh means place of strong fort. "Sabal" means strong and "Garh" means fort.
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The fort is also named Holland Castle or Gun Emplacement of Fort Holland.
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The Gongzi Liao Fort () is a former fort in Xinyi District, Keelung, Taiwan.
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The group of new coastal forts were constructed at the beginning of World War I. These were (clockwise): Taarbæk Fort, connecting to the northern fort line; Flakfortet, at sea beyond Middelgrundsfortet; and Dragør Fort, Kongelundsfortet, Mosede Fort to the south.
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Fort as seen from a distance Alexander Fort is a fort in Razmak, North Waziristan Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas in Pakistan. The British forces established the fort to control warrior tribes on both sides of the Shora Alqad.
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The Fort was maintained by the Ministry of Forests, Government of Tamilnadu. In the fort, one can see deer, Peacock, monkeys etc. Vattakkottai The word 'Vattakkottai' means Circle Fort. The Fort is circle in shape and the name came thus.
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The Governor of Inverness or Governor of Fort George and Fort Augustus was a British Army officer who commanded the garrisons at Fort George and Fort Augustus in Inverness-shire. The office became a sinecure and was abolished in 1833.
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Union troops staged at Fort Pender for their advance against Fort Anderson (North Carolina) and thence into Wilmington, which fell on 22 February 1865. The Confederacy surrendered in spring 1865, and the name of Fort Pender reverted to Fort Johnston.
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Fort Albert (map reference ) is a tower fort nestling under the cliffs south- west of Fort Victoria on the Isle of Wight, England. It was also known as Cliff End Fort, named after the Northern extremity of Colwell Bay (Cliff's End).
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A company under Major Finney was dispatched in fall, 1785 from Fort Pitt to build the fort. The fort was abandoned sometime before the Symmes Purchase in 1788. Today, the site is the coal yard of the Miami Fort Power Plant.
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Walls of the fort are almost 6 to 7 feet wide. Earlier the fort was unpainted and was coloured pink later. A famous durga mata temple is also on the fort. About 300 stairs are here to climb on the fort.
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Fort Mill High School Fort Mill is the primary community within the Fort Mill School District, which also serves children from the nearby community of Tega Cay. Fort Mill has a public library, a branch of the York County Library.
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The Bu Maher Fort (, sometimes called Abu Maher Fort) is a fort situated in Halat Bu Maher, in the Kingdom of Bahrain. In 2012, the fort was identified as part of the Bahrain pearling trail, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Fort Ste. Anne was a former French military fort located at present-day Englishtown, Victoria County, Nova Scotia, Canada. The fort was built by Captain Charles Daniel (1629) after he raided Baleine. The fort was occupied from 1639 to 1641.
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Fort de Verny sur fort-de-verny.org. Fort Verny is currently the only fort of the fortified belt to be open to the public.Un circuit touristique à l’assaut de sept forts sur republicain-lorrain.fr (article publié le 23/01/2014).
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Shirgaon Fort / Shirgao Fort () is a fort located 6.5km from Palghar, in Palghar district, of Maharashtra. This fort is in very good condition. The outer walls, steps, parapets, bastions etc. in solid masonry are in excellent order and worth seeing.
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After the siege of Vasai Fort by Chimaji Appa, the Maratha army captured this fort on 10 January 1739. The Fort was captured by British Army in 1818. The half buried fort in the sandy soil was unearthed in 2008–09.
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The Willden family returned to Willden Fort to assist with the construction of Cove Fort. Willden Fort also briefly housed the telegraph office during the construction of Cove Fort, making it the site of the first telegraph in Millard County, Utah.
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The fort features a cannon named "Jaivana"(Jaivana Cannon), which was manufactured in the fort precincts and was then the world's largest cannon on wheels. Jaigarh Fort and Amer Fort are connected by subterranean passages and considered as one complex.
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Entrance to Fort de La Prée Fort de La Prée from the south. Fort de La Prée, 1722 map. Fort de La Prée, built in 1625, is located near the eastern end of the Île de Ré, in France.Fissel, Mark Charles.
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Fort Independence is a granite bastion fort that provided harbor defenses for Boston, Massachusetts. Located on Castle Island, Fort Independence is one of the oldest continuously fortified sites of English origin in the United States.Wilson, 312.Fort Constitution at NorthAmericanForts.
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Fort York () is an early 19th-century military fortification in the Fort York neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The fort was used by the British Army and the Canadian militia for its garrisons, and to defend the entrance of the Toronto Harbour. The fort features stone-lined earthwork walls and eight historical buildings within them, including two blockhouses. The fort forms a part of Fort York National Historic Site, a that includes the fort, Garrison Common, military cemeteries, and a visitor centre.
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Numerous forts, some of which date back to that time and that incorporate Vauban's designs elements sit on the six hills that surround the city: Fort de Trois Châtels, Fort Chaudanne, Fort du Petit Chaudanne, Fort Griffon, Fort des Justices, Fort de Beauregard and Fort de Brégille. The citadel itself has two dry moats, with an outer and inner court. In the evenings, the illuminated Citadelle stands above the city as a landmark and a testament to Vauban's genius as a military engineer.
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Under this program, construction of Fort Baldwin on the headland above Fort Popham began in 1905 with longer-range guns, which eventually rendered Fort Popham obsolete.FortWiki article on Fort Baldwin However, at the time Fort Baldwin was built, Fort Popham remained important due to the minefield facilities. Fort Popham was probably part of the Coast Defenses of the Kennebec command at some point. However, references indicate this command was combined with the Coast Defenses of Portland at some time prior to 1917.
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39, 85 The long separation damaged their relationship, and they would never be close.Van der Kiste, p. 112 1728 also saw the foundation of Fredericksburg, Virginia, which was named after himhis other namesakes are Prince Frederick, Maryland (1722), Fort Frederick, Maine (1729–30), Fort Frederick, South Carolina (1730–34), Fort Frederick, New York (completed 1735) and Fort Frederica, Georgia (founded 1736), while Fort Frederick, Maryland, Point Frederick, Ontario, Fort Frederick, Ontario and Fort Frederick, New Brunswick were also named after him posthumously.
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While the fort no longer exists, parts of the wood foundations were known as late as 1880. The fort constituted a block house marking the halfway point on the road between Fort Edward and Fort William Henry at the head of Lake George. This fort system, erected by the British, was built to secure the colony's northern territories from French incursions during the French and Indian War. A restored fort house complex is available for viewing in the nearby town of Fort Ann.
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Maine's Fort Point State Park is located on Fort Point, a smaller peninsula extending eastward from the cape, that includes both the colonial-era Fort Pownall and the Fort Point Light Station. In 1760, Massachusetts governor Thomas Pownall led the construction of a fort on Cape Jellison, which he named Fort Pownall after himself. It was intended to secure the area for European settlement by driving off the remaining Norridgewock and Penobscot Indians. No battles ever took place at the fort.
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The Fort de la Redoute Ruinée (literally "fort of the ruined redoubt") was a French fort overlooking the Col de la Traversette near La Rosière in the Alps between 1892 and 1945. It was built out of the ruins of the Fort de la Traversette, constructed in 1630 by Savoy. In 1792, during the French Revolutionary Wars, the Savoyards garrisoned the old fort with fifty men. Nonetheless, it fell to the French army in 1794 and was renamed Fort Libre ("fort free").
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In contrast to other Hispanic nationalities, Panamanians are heavily concentrated in Army base cities. These cities include Fayetteville, NC - Fort Bragg, Killeen, TX - Fort Hood, Columbus, GA - Fort Stewart, Colorado Springs, CO - Fort Carson, Clarksville, TN - Fort Campbell, El Paso, TX - Fort Bliss and in the vicinity of Fort Dix in New Jersey. Cities home to Navy and Air Force bases also lay claim to a concentration of Panamanians. These include San Antonio, Hampton Roads, Jacksonville, San Diego and Tampa.
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Kumbalgarh is situated 82 km northwest of Udaipur by road. It was the most important fort in Mewar after Chittorgarh Fort. In 2013, at the 37th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Kumbhalgarh Fort, along with five other forts of Rajasthan, was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the group Hill Forts of Rajasthan. The fort is among the largest fort complexes in the world, and the second largest fort in India after Chittor Fort.
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Fort Meagher (then Fort Camden) By the mid-19th century the defences had been renamed to Fort Carlisle (for Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle a previous Lord Lieutenant of Ireland). In the 1850s, a Royal Commission gave renewed consideration to the strategic importance of the harbour, and proposed enhancements to the defences at Fort Mitchell (Spike Island), Fort Camden (Crosshaven), and Fort Carlisle. During the 1860s Fort Carlisle was therefore redeveloped along the lines of other "Palmerston Forts" in the region.
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"Northern Colorado Mormons break ground on Fort Collins temple". Published by Fort Collins Coloradoan.Sterzer, Rachel (August 24, 2013). "Elder Rasband breaks ground for Fort Collins Colorado Temple".
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During the war, along the former border of Acadia, the Kennebec River, the British built Fort Halifax (Winslow), Fort Shirley (Dresden, formerly Frankfurt) and Fort Western (Augusta).
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This fort is situated south of Galna fort. Very little history is known about this fort. It was captured by the British under Colonel Wallace in 1818.
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After the war, the fort was again deserted. The fort was later disassembled and some of its wood was used to build parts of downtown Fort Myers.
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Fort McMurray Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 32 or the Fort McMurray Catholic School District (FMCSD) is the Catholic school board in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada.
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One of at least 12 cannons at the fort Fort Charles is an abandoned British fort on the island of Nevis. It is now mostly in ruins.
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The Texas Department of Transportation operates the Fort Worth District Office in Fort Worth."Fort Worth District Office." Texas Department of Transportation. Retrieved on January 11, 2010.
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Fort William Station Sidings is a railroad stabling point in Fort William, Scotland, on the West Highland Line near Fort William station. Its depot code is FW.
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Fort Diggings Hollow is a valley in Crawford County in the U.S. state of Missouri. Fort Diggings Hollow derives its name from Pat Fort, a local prospector.
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Historic California Posts: Camp Lincoln (Long's Camp, Fort Long, Lincoln's Fort, Fort Lincoln) The Smith River Reservation was discontinued by act of Congress in July 28, 1868.
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Fort Madison Community School District serves the city;"Fort Madison." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on September 16, 2018. its high school is Fort Madison High School.
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Fort Madison Community School District serves the city;"Fort Madison." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on September 16, 2018. its high school is Fort Madison High School.
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Fort Madison Community School District serves the city;"Fort Madison." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on September 16, 2018. its high school is Fort Madison High School.
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Surviving Mougin casemates exist at Fort du Mont Bart (gun missing, replica in place), Fort de Condé-sur- Aisne (gun remains, training mechanism missing), Fort de Joux (two casemates, guns and mounts missing), Fort Tête de Chien (gun missing), Fort des Ayvelles (destroyed) and the Batterie de l'Eperon (two casemates, parts of the mounting remain).
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In 1795, the British East India Company took possession of the fort. In 1823 Fort St. Thomas accepted a lease by Travancore from the British Government for a period of twenty years. Fort St. Thomas was originally around tall. Today, the remains of the fort, popularly known as "Tangasseri fort" remain facing the beach.
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There are no bastions, walls or houses on the fort. There is no evidence of fortification except for a small stone wall on the southern side. A small water pond is situated in the center. From the top of the fort are seen Kohoj fort, Takmak fort, Asheri fort, Mahalaxmi pinnacle and the Arabian sea.
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The defenses at Valdivia consisted of a number of forts and defensive positions. On the South side of the harbour were four forts - Fort Inglés, Fort San Carlos, Fort Amargos and Fort Chorocomayo. Further inland was Corral Castle to defend against a landward assault. On the Northern side was the stone walled Fort Niebla.
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Since Fort Sully was part of an existing fort, it was technically termed a battery instead of a fort. It was named for Gen. Alfred Sully, who was stationed at Fort Leavenworth at the outbreak of the Civil War but transferred soon after.U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Historical Marker located at Fort Leavenworth, KS Gen.
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The Guernsey Martellos are smaller than the British towers, with the Fort Saumarez and Fort Hommet towers being smaller than the Fort Grey tower. Each mounted a 24-pounder carronade on the roof to protect the battery. Fort Saumarez and Fort Hommet also have exterior staircases up to the second floor.Clements (1998), p. 87.
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Sahaji was defeated and surrendered to Khanjamam at Mahuli fort in 1636 and this fort was surrendered to the Moghuls. In 1670 Peshva Moropant Pingle a chieftain of King Shivaji captured this fort. Moghul army tried to capture this fort after a long siege from 1682 to 1684. Finally, the fort was surrendered to Moghul.
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Engaged in patrol duty during battle of Fort Donelson, Tennessee. Expedition to destroy railroad bridge over Tennessee River February 14–16. 1862. Duty at Fort Henry and Fort Heiman, Tennessee, until February 5, 1863, and at Fort Donelson, Tennessee, until June 5, 1863. Moved from Fort Henry to Savannah, Tennessee, March 25-April 1, 1862.
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Palahidu Fort Palahidu Fort is one of the historical heritages of the Binongko community that is situated in Palahidu Village, Binongko District. The Fort nestles on the northern part cliff of the Binongko Island seashore. Wali Fort Wali Fort is one of the historical sites that constitutes a heritage of the Togo Binongko community.
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Peb Fort / Vikatgad Fort() is a fort located 19km from Karjat, in Raigad district, of Maharashtra. This fort is in continuation with the Malang gad, Tauli Hill and Chanderi fort of the Matheran Hill Range. Vikatgad is a favourite destination for one-day trekkers. The trek path to Vikatgad is along deep ravines and cliffs.
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The British, however, built a new fort on the site and named it Fort Pitt, after William Pitt the Elder. "A Plan of the New Fort at Pitts- Burgh", drawn by cartographer John Rocque and published in 1765. "Fort Pitt in 1795", from Durant's 1876 "History of Allegheny County" Blockhouse. Part of the excavated fort.
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The Guernsey Martellos are smaller than the British towers, with the Fort Saumarez and Fort Hommet towers being smaller than the Fort Grey tower. Each mounted a 24-pounder carronade on the roof to protect the battery. Fort Saumarez and Fort Hommet also have exterior staircases up to the second floor.Clements (1999), p. 87.
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The fort is part of the interior belt of forts, one of two belts securing Verdun. Fort Souville was part of the first sector (Northeast of the city), serving as the first sector commander's headquarters, connected to central command via telephone. Fort Souville is located south of Fort Douaumont and southwest of Fort Vaux.
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Fort Witsen, also Fort Tacaray, was a fort on the Dutch Gold Coast, established in 1665 near Takoradi. This fort was destroyed after a few years, and in 1684 the site was abandoned. A map from 1791 shows, however, that the Dutch had renewed their presence in the fort again.Dutch National Archives, object number: VEL0759.
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Cannon in Sabalgarh fort Sabalgarh Fort is built in the Rajasthani style. It has three main gates, and many temples are located within the fort, such as Jagannath Temple. Other historical buildings in the fort include Naval Singh Haveli and the Royal Court (Kacheri).The complex is a fine example of eighteenth century fort planning.
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Provisions were supplied from Fort Smith, Boggy Depot, Fort Cobb, Fort Arbuckle, and Fort Washita. However, the Confederates failed to stop a 200-wagon Federal supply train in an engagement known as the Battle of Cabin Creek. The supply train reached Fort Gibson about the same time as General Blunt himself arrived, accompanied by more troops and artillery. Federal forces at the fort totalled only about 3,000 men.
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Mouse Fort Mouse Fort (Dutch: Muizenfort) is a Dutch fort in Muiden. The fort is part of the Stelling van Amsterdam, the UNESCO World Heritage site that consists of a set of forts around the city of Amsterdam. The fort is made of masonry and covered with sand on the east side. The fort has nine casemates, of which the two artillery casemates with three embrasures each, are the most important.
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The 10 inch RMLs at Fort St. Catherine were not replaced as the 9.2 inch RBLs placed at Fort Victoria made St. Catherine's and Fort Albert unnecessary. the RMLs were pushed over the side of the fort in the 1940s and have lain since rusting on the surrounding slopes and shoreline. The 10 inch RMLs now mounted in the fort were taken from Fort Albert in the 1960s.
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The Fort of Pessegueiro Island dominates the beach and coast of Pessegueiro, an area of southern Porto Covo. The island and fort are located opposite another fort, referred to as the Fort of Pessegueiro. Of the fort that remains on the island, the existing structure exists in ruins. It is a star-shaped fort, consisting of four symmetrical, triangular bulwarks and with casemates in the central part of the fortification.
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A Panorama view of Palakkad Fort from top of the fort. There is a large ground between the Fort and the Palakkad Town hall, known as Kota Maidanam (Fort Maidan/Fort Grounds). The ground is now used to stage cricket matches, exhibitions and public meetings. An open air auditorium called "Rappadi", currently under the preservation of the Archeological Survey of India, is also located within the spacious grounds of the Fort.
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University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University, 2005. pg. 249. Lee and his regiment were also dispatched to other camps, including Fort Martin Scott, Fort Worth, Fort Mason, and Fort Chadbourne. The 8th US Infantry was ordered in October 1854 to establish a fort in the Davis Mountains, which was further west, entering Apache territory. During his four years at Fort Davis, he spent time sketching and watercoloring.
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Fort Nathan Hale, also known as Fort Hale Park, Black Rock, is a city park located on the east shore of New Haven Harbor in New Haven, Connecticut. It includes the site of a 1659 fort, a Revolutionary War-era fort, and a Civil War-era fort. The fort was named after Nathan Hale, Connecticut's official hero. Since 1921, the site has been owned by the state of Connecticut.
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The fort is spread on rocky and hilly area of 4 Sq kilometers and there are fort buildings spread across the top most part of the hill. The fort was well built with cannons on the upper side of the fort. There are several remains of the walls and building blocks inside the fort. There are several temples inside the fort like Veerabhadra Temple, Narasimha Temple and Chowdeswari Temple.
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Over the next several weeks the expedition seized, with minimal resistance, four small Dutch forts: Moree (Fort Nassau - 20 guns), Kormantin (Courmantyne or Fort Amsterdam - 32 guns), Apam (Fort Lijdzaamheid or Fort Patience - 22 guns), Senya Beraku (Fort Goede Hoop - 18 guns), and Accra (Fort Crêvecoeur - 32 guns).Crooks (1973), pp.51 and 62. Leaving those facilities garrisoned with personnel from Cape Coast, Shirley then sailed for the West Indies.
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The pair of 18-pounders that defended Stonington Borough in the War of 1812 remain on display in a town park. In New Haven, Fort Nathan Hale and Black Rock Fort are also open to the public. The site of Fort Stamford in Stamford has some remains of the fort. A park is at the site of Fort Saybrook in Old Saybrook, but little or nothing remains of the fort.
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The fort was formally named after French General Michel Ordener. The Fort de Vézelois is similar to the Fort de Bessoncourt and was designed to support Bessoncourt and the Fort du Bois d'Oye, covering the road from Basel and the Mulhouse railway line. It was garrisoned by between 500 and 600 men. The fort received concrete cover in 1888-89, its artillery dispersed to batteries outside the fort.
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Twiggs volunteered for service as a captain in the War of 1812 and made a career in the military. In 1816, Twiggs was ordered by Major General Edmund P. Gaines to set out from Fort Montgomery and establish a new fort on the border of the Alabama Territory and Spanish West Florida. This new fort was known as Fort Crawford. After serving at Fort Crawford, Twiggs became commandant of Fort Scott.
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Strawberry Plains August 14-18. Ream's Station August 25. In the lines before Petersburg at Fort Hell until October 1. At Battery 16 and Fort Alexander Hays until November 22. At Fort Haskell until January 31, 1865, and at Forts Sedgwick and Haskell until April 2. Actions at Fort Sedgwick September 30, 1864. Battery 16 October 3-12. Fort Haskell November 27 and March 29, 1865. Fort Sedgwick April 1-2.
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He commanded in succession, Fort St. Mary's (1795 - ), Fort Wayne, and Fort Dearborn. He was promoted to captain on 1 July 1797 and transferred to Fort Lernoult in Detroit. In Summer 1803, he was sent with his company of the 1st Infantry from Fort Detroit to Lake Michigan, where he completed Fort Dearborn before the close of the year, on the site of the future city of Chicago.
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Delaware acquired the fort from the United States government in 1947 after the federal government declared it a surplus site. Today, Fort Delaware State Park encompasses all of Pea Patch Island, including the Fort. As of 2018, transportation to Fort Delaware from Delaware City and Fort Mott is provided by a seasonal passenger ferry, the Forts Ferry Crossing. Once at the island, visitors are brought to the fort on a jitney.
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This is a natural harbour known for large fishing and marketing. It is conjectured that the Kanakadurga fort and other land side forts such as Bankot fort, Fategad fort and Gova fort were built primarily as lookout forts for the security of the Suvarnadurg fort. There is no landing jetty at the Suvarnadurga fort. However, the landing is on the shores of the sandy beach of the rocky island.
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Junagarh Fort is a fort in the city of Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. The fort was originally called Chintamani and was renamed Junagarh or "Old Fort" in the early 20th century when the ruling family moved to Lalgarh Palace outside the fort limits. It is one of the few major forts in Rajasthan which is not built on a hilltop. The modern city of Bikaner has developed around the fort.
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Fort Lyon was composed of two 19th-century military fort complexes in southeastern Colorado. The initial fort, also called Fort Wise, operated from 1860 to 1867. After a flood in 1866, a new fort was built near Las Animas, Colorado, which operated as a military post until 1897. It has been used as a United States Army fort, a sanatorium, a neuropsychiatry facility, and a minimum security prison.
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Bowen is buried at Fort Richardson National Cemetery in Fort Richardson, Anchorage Borough, Alaska.
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Fort Nelson/Gordon Field Airport, , is located near to Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.
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Fort Nelson/Mobil Sierra Airport, ~~~~, was located northeast of Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.
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In the state legislature Fort Jones is in , and . Federally, Fort Jones is in .
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In the state legislature, Fort Bragg is in , and . Federally, Fort Bragg is in .
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The Jahazpur Fort is a Mewar fort in the city of Jahazpur, Rajasthan, India.
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Major de Tousard also designed Fort Adams and Fort Hamilton in Newport, Rhode Island.
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Fort Charlotte, Mobile ( and ) is a partially-reconstructed 18th-century fort in Mobile, Alabama.
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Fort Good Hope Airport is located southwest of Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories, Canada.
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The MJHL expands to Fort Frances, with the Fort Frances Royals joining the league.
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In the state legislature, Fort Bidwell is in , and . Federally, Fort Bidwell is in .
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They were partnered with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department and Fort Lauderdale Parks & Recreation.
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The remainder of Harris' trip parallelled Fletcher's experience at Fort Providence and Fort Rae.
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Afterward, the commander of the fort wrote to the commandant of Fort Laramie in southeast Wyoming, Colonel William O. Collins, suggesting that a site several miles farther down the river would make a good location for the fort. The post was manned originally by two companies of the 11th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry and never had walls. Nineteenth-century bird's-eye view of Fort Collins Fort Collins, facing west (1875) Poudre Valley Bank, at Linden and Walnut, in Fort Collins (1908) Settlers began arriving in the vicinity of the fort nearly immediately. The fort was decommissioned in 1867.
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Fort James Jackson (usually shortened to Fort Jackson and informally known as Old Fort Jackson) is a restored nineteenth-century fort located one mile east of Savannah, Georgia, on the Savannah River. It hosts the Fort Jackson Maritime Museum. Named in honor of James Jackson (1757–1806), a British-born political figure in Georgia, Fort Jackson was constructed between 1808 and 1812 to protect the city of Savannah from attack by sea. During the American Civil War, it became one of three Confederate forts that defended Savannah from Union forces (the other two were Fort McAllister and Fort Pulaski).
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The Hinglaj goddess Hinglaj Fort Fatehburj Hinglaj Fort Darbar Hall Hinglaj Fort Surajkund Hinglaj Fort surrounded by deep forests Hinglaj Fort Rani Mahal Hinglajgarh Tirtham, a Deep Jyoti Stambh Hinglajgarh (Hindi: हिंगलाजगढ़) or Hinglaj Fort (Hindi: हिंगलाज क़िला Hinglaj Qila) is an ancient fort situated near village Navali in Bhanpura tehsil of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh. Its coordinates are latitude 25°30' N and Longitude 65°31' E. It is situated 165 km from Mandsaur town and 26 km from Bhanpura town in Madhya Pradesh.Rajendra Verma:Mandsaur District Gazetteer, p. 289 This fort was at its peak of grandeur during Parmara rule.
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Monuments in the Basavakalyan Fort The fort is strategically built as a defence structure in a camouflaged setting, which is not discernible till the enemy is at close quarters of the fort. This gives advantage for the defence forces holed up in the fort to repulse enemy attacks. This strategy of locating the fort in naturally camouflaged locations was popular in the forts built in the Deccan. In the Kalyan or Basvakalyan fort, as an economy measure, the defences of the fort were built by inter-connecting large boulders scattered on the hills with strong fort walls.
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The fort was finished by 17 October, and was capable of withstanding 24-pound cannons. It was named Fort Wayne and placed under command of Jean François Hamtramck, who had been commandant of Fort Knox in Vincennes and had commanded the left wing at the Battle of Fallen Timbers. The fort was officially dedicated 22 October, the fourth anniversary of Harmar's Defeat, and the day is considered the founding of the modern city of Fort Wayne, Indiana. That winter, Wayne also reinforced his line of defensive forts with Fort St. Marys, Fort Loramie, and Fort Piqua.
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The first fortified belt of Metz consists of forts Fort Saint-Privat (1870), Fort de Queuleu (1867), Fort Bordes (1870), Fort de Saint-Julien (1867), Fort Gambetta, Fort Déroulède, Fort Decaen, Fort de Plappeville (1867) and Group Fortifications of Saint-Quentin (1867), most of them unfinished in 1870, when the Franco-Prussian War broke out. During the Annexation Metz, oscillated between a German garrison of 15,000 and 20,000 men at the beginning of the period, and will exceed 25,000 men just before the First World War. Gradually Metz becomes the premier stronghold of the German Reich.
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There is a documented controversy about the location and names of the Civil War fortifications at Randolph, Fort Wright and Fort Randolph. A publication dated 1868 mentions Fort Wright and claims that it was formerly named Fort Pillow and was located on the first Chickasaw Bluff, the author treats Fort Randolph as a separate fortification on the second Chickasaw Bluff. The known location of Fort Pillow and the location of Randolph are about apart. A recent publication dated 2009 suggests that only one fortification existed at Randolph which was first named Fort Randolph and later became known as Fort Wright.
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Fort Pillow was located on the first Chickasaw Bluff and the coordinates provided for Fort Wright and Fort Randolph place both on the second Chickasaw Bluff about south of Fort Pillow. As for the differences in the locations provided for Fort Wright and Fort Randolph, and for the different stages of completion reported for both fortifications at a similar date, it is assumed for this article that Fort Randolph and Fort Wright were in close proximity to each other due to the geological features the second Chickasaw Bluff provided, but that they were two distinct places.
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Construction of the fort began in the summer of 1862, as a result of the discovery that the guns of Fort Pennsylvania (better- known as Fort Reno) and Fort DeRussy could not adequately cover the hilly terrain between Rock Creek and the Rockville Turnpike. To fix the situation, an intermediate fort was built to cover the dead ground. This fort would become known as Fort Kearny. On September 4, 1862, the 15th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment was bivouacked adjacent to the hill selected for the fort and was assigned to do the initial construction work.
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Fort Davis (Irish: Dún an Dáibhisigh; previously Fort Carlisle), is a coastal defence fortification close to Whitegate, County Cork, Ireland. Together with similar structures at Fort Mitchell (Spike Island), Fort Camden (Crosshaven), and Templebreedy Battery (also close to Crosshaven), the fort was built to defend the mouth of Cork Harbour. Though used as a fortification from the early 17th century, the current structures of the 74 acre site date primarily from the 1860s. Originally named Fort Carlisle and operated by the British Armed Forces, the fort was handed-over to the Irish Defence Forces in 1938, and renamed Fort Davis.
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Fort Raines was one of several of forts built to protect this portage road. Others included Fort Cascades, located near present-day North Bonneville, Washington, and Fort Lugenbeel.
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The highways travel concurrently to Spanish Fort. : in Mobile : in Spanish Fort : in Spanish Fort : in Daphne. US 90/US 98 travels concurrently through Daphne. ;Florida : in Pensacola.
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Globemaster Air Cargo operated freight services to the following domestic scheduled destinations in January 2005: Edmonton, Fort Nelson, Fort McMurray, Fort St John, Grand Prairie, Inuvik and Yellowknife.
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It takes about an hour to reach the entrance gate of the fort. The night stay on the fort can be made in the temple on the fort.
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After the siege of the fort The fort was designed by Capt. John McCrady. In 1861 Gen. Robert E. Lee inspected the fort and recommended making it stronger.
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Expedition to Fort Pillow, Tennessee, April 13–17. Operations against Fort Pillow April 17-June 5. Capture of Fort Pillow June 5. Occupation of Memphis, Tennessee, June 6.
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The Fort Wayne Hoosiers (originally the Fort Wayne Caseys) were an American basketball team based in Fort Wayne, Indiana that was a member of the American Basketball League.
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Fort Juniper was a fort that existed from 1775 in Salem, Massachusetts during the American Revolutionary War. It was also known as Fort Number One during its existence.
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These 'guard ships' were withdrawn and the harbour forts (probably including Fort Westmoreland, Fort Carlisle, and Fort Camden (Crosshaven) were handed over to the Irish Government in 1938.
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Fort of São Tiago, Funchal. Fort of São Tiago: Door of arms. The Fort of São Tiago () is located in the historical centre (Zona Velha) of Funchal, Madeira.
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Annaji Datto was assigned the job of capturing the Panhala fort before the Afzal episode. In 1659, Annaji captured the Panhala fort and Pawangad fort from the Mughals.
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Several forts were built along the Bozeman including Fort Reno (1865), Fort Phil Kearny (1866), Fort C. F. Smith (1866), Fort Ellis (1867) and staffed by the U.S. Cavalry. The establishment of these forts culminated in Red Cloud's War from 1866 - 1868.
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Roger Willock, USMC, The Bermuda Maritime Museum Press, The Bermuda Maritime Museum. Forts Victoria and Albert overlook Fort St. Catherine's, on the headland below. Fort Victoria is landward of Fort Albert, and the Western Redoubt (also known as Fort William) is behind it.
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National Park Service marker for Fort Gregg Fort Gregg was a Confederate fort located near Petersburg, Virginia. The battle for Fort Gregg occurred on April 2, 1865 as part of the Third Battle of Petersburg in Dinwiddie County near the outskirts of Petersburg.
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The Fort de Bron is a fortification built between 1875 and 1877, located in the commune of Bron. It is part of the second belt of fortifications around Lyon, which also includes Fort de Vancia, Fort de Feyzin and Fort du Mont Verdun.
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Grace Wolfin, c. 1924, Fort Bidwell Agency The Fort Bidwell Indian Community has a federal reservation, the Fort Bidwell Reservation, in Modoc County, near the town of Fort Bidwell, California. The reservation is large. Approximately 108 tribal members live on the reservation.
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Part of the remains of the walls of Fort Charlotte Fort Charlotte is a fort built on Harrigan's Hill (above Macnamara), Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The fort was named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, who was the wife of King George III.
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In 1759, French military forces abandoned the fort to move to Fort Lévis. Ultimately the British besieged that fort and Montréal. After the British victories of 1760, the French ceded their Canadian territory to Great Britain. The British renamed it Fort Oswegatchie.
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The fort lent its name to the community of Fort Shaw, Montana, which grew up around it. Fort Shaw is part of the Fort Shaw Historic District and Cemetery, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 11, 1985.
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12-inch gun at Battery 519, Fort Miles. 16-inch Mark 7 gun at Fort Miles in 2015. As of 2018, Fort Mott, Fort Delaware, and Delaware City are connected by a seasonal passenger ferry, the Forts Ferry Crossing.Forts Ferry Crossing at VisitNJ.
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JITC facilities are located at Fort Huachuca, Arizona and Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. An additional JITC mission used to exist at Indian Head, Maryland, but was closed in December 2016 resulting in testing moved to Fort Huachuca, Arizona or Fort Meade, Maryland.
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The sign at Landguard Fort Felixstowe Landguard Fort from Landguard Point Landguard Fort is a fort at the mouth of the River Orwell outside Felixstowe, Suffolk, designed to guard the entrance to the port of Harwich. It is now open to the public.
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Nivati Fort ( ) is a fort located 10 km south of Malvan in Sindhudurg district, of Maharashtra. This fort is located on the hill near the Nivati village. The fort is spread over an area of 4-5 acres and covered with dense bushes.
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Headquarters and Troops C, E, F, H and K, going to Fort Grant, Arizona.; B and I to Fort Bayard, New Mexico; D to Fort Apache, Arizona; and G to San Carlos. Troop A was at Fort Myer, Virginia, and was not moved.
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Two locations in Doaba Daudzai were officially classified as 'towns', Fort Shankargarh and Fort Michni. According to the 1881 census of British India, Fort Shankargarh had 1,367 inhabitants (879 male, 488 female) and Fort Michni had 208 inhabitants (205 male, 3 female).
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The Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park, better known simply as Fort Taylor (or Fort Zach to locals) is a Florida State Park and National Historic Landmark centered on a Civil War-era fort located near the southern tip of Key West, Florida.
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Fort Nez Percés was subsequently rebuilt with adobe bricks.Oregon Historical Society: Fort Nez Percé; URL last accessed April 10, 2006. The buildings inside the fort were constructed of a wooden frame with adobe brick walls.Garth, Thomas R. Archeological Excavations at Fort Walla Walla.
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Fort Independence (Boston) at FortWiki.comWade, p. 242 In 1808-1812 Fort Warren (renamed Fort Winthrop in 1834) was built on Governor's Island under the second system of US fortifications, with 12 guns in the fort and 20 guns in two water batteries.Wade, pp.
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Assaults on Fort Wagner, Morris Island, S.C., July 11 and 18. Siege of Forts Wagner and Gregg, and operations against Fort Sumter and Charleston, July 18-September 7. Boat Expedition against Fort Gregg August 17. Bombardment of Fort Sumter August 17–23.
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The Hathras Fort is an 18th-century fort. The fort was constructed by Jat king Raja Dayaram Singh, and is located in the town of Hathras in Uttar Pradesh. Commonly known as Kila Gate, Hathras Fort is one of best tourist site.
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Fort Dumpling site in 2017. Fort Wetherill is a former coast artillery fort that occupies the southern portion of the eastern tip of Conanicut Island in Jamestown, Rhode Island. It sits atop high granite cliffs, overlooking the entrance to Narragansett Bay. Fort Dumpling from the American Revolutionary War occupied the site until it was built over by Fort Wetherill.
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There is a Big fort in Utila known as ‘Ranaon ki Garhi’. The fort was constructed by Gohad ruler Maharaja Bhim Singh Rana around 1740. The fort is situated on a hillock and surrounded by deep ditch to protect it. The Jat rulers of Gohad had constructed this fort for the central defence of Gohad Fort.
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The Morni fort has four towers. The inside of the fort was improved in 1814 during the time when the King of Sirmur came to the fort to hide after he was overthrown from Nahan by Gurkhas. The fort remains cool during summers because of its well ventilated domes. The fort also has a well/reservoir.
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Vijayraghavgarh has a historic fort built in 1826. One can visit the fort while traveling from Bandhavgarh (92 km) to Khajuraho via Satna. Vijayraghavgarh fort was constructed by the son of Maihar king Bisan Singh: Thakur Prayag Das. The fort is made up to sandstone and is surrounded by a deep trench like the Red Fort of Delhi.
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A 1716 map with the fort (Alignment) Fort Louis or Fort Saint Louis was a French fort that stood in Pondicherry on the eastern coast of India. The fort was built around 1701 by François Martin and completed posthumously around 1706. A canal separated the native and European settlements. It was destroyed by the English in 1761.
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Fort Halifax was constructed as a subpost along the Susquehanna with three other forts, Fort Harris, Fort Hunter, and Fort Augusta. The fort was originally named "Camp at Armstrong" until General Morris changed it in 1756. It was a square log stockade with four bastions. It was dismantled in 1763 having become superfluous at war's end.
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Kutlehar Fort also known as Forts of Solasingi is a fort in Himachal Pradesh, India, built by Sansar Chandra, the ruler of Kangra. Maharaja Ranjit Singh renovated the fort in the year 1809. The fort is situated on Solasingi Dhar Range at 1162m altitude above sea level. The ceilings of the fort are made of huge stone slabs.
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The date at which the Dunbeg fort was built is very uncertain, although its structure resembles other Western Stone Forts. It may have been built around the same time as Iron Age blockhouse forts in Scotland such as the Crosskirk Fort in Caithness and the Clickimin Fort, Ness of Burgi Fort and Huxter Fort in Shetland.
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Entrance to Fort Oranje. Fort Oranje is a 17th-century Dutch fort located at the center of Ternate City on the island of Ternate, one of the Moluccas in Indonesia. The fort is the largest in Ternate Island. Fort Oranje was once the capital of Dutch East India Company's trade empire in Asia until it was moved to Batavia.
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Madh Fort is a small fort in northern Mumbai, India situated at Madh Island. It was built by the Portuguese in Portuguese occupied India. They lost it during the war against Maratha empire when the Maratha Empire captured it in February 1739. The British occupied Salsette Island, Thana Fort, Fort Versova, and the island fort of Karanja in 1774.
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With the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775, the fort was renamed as Fort Liberty. In 1776, American patriots armed Fort Liberty with 25 guns and built various breastworks to defend the City of Newport. In December 1776 the British army occupied Newport without resistance and renamed the fort "Fort George." The British left Newport in November 1779.
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Fort George, Brunswick, Maine c. 1715 William Lithgow (judge) - served at Fort George Fort GeorgeSome documents have also referred to this outpost as Fort St. George. See Bridge, 1884 p.79 was a British colonial fort, erected in 1715 - 1737, that was located in Pejepscot (Brunswick), when Maine was under jurisdiction of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
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In 1671 Dilerkhan encircled the fort with Moghul Army but, was defeated. However, MahabatKhan captured this fort. This fort was under the Peshwas for a long time until the British forces captured it in 1818. In 1819 Captain Mackintosh destroyed the steps, bastion and the walls of the fort making the ascent of the fort impracticable.
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In 1671 Dilerkhan encircled the fort with Moghul Army but, was defeated. However, MahabatKhan captured this fort. This fort was under the Peshwas for a long time until the British forces captured it in 1818. In 1819 Captain Mackintosh destroyed the steps, bastion and the walls of the fort making the ascent of the fort impracticable.
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Matthew Fort (born 29 January 1947) is a British food writer and critic.Reviews - The Guardian, by Matthew Fort Biting Talk - Why I'm a Michelin Man - Writers and critics - Celebrities and articles - Food - Waitrose.com Matthew Fort is the son of the Conservative MP Richard Fort, who died when he was 12. His brother is the writer Tom Fort.
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They returned to Fort Chadbourne in March. February 1853 monthly return of the 8th Infantry Regiment and Fort Martin Scott monthly return for March 1853 In 1853, Army inspectors recommended that the fort be closed. The last monthly return for the fort was November 1853. The Eighth Military Department ordered that Fort Martin Scott close in December 1853.
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This fort was likely where Sacagawea died; she had been the guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Fort Lisa superseded Fort Raymond as the uppermost post of the Missouri Fur Company on the Missouri River. In 1812 Lisa built a replacement fort downriver near present-day North Omaha, Nebraska, which he also named Fort Lisa.
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The Fort is in a dilapidated state. Few remains of the bastion, fort walls, and the water cistern are seen on the fort. There is a temple of Bhavangadeshwar temple on the highest point on the fort. It takes about an hour to walk around the parapet wall and visit all the places of the fort.
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There are few rock cut cisterns and caves on the fort, There is one 14 feet long cannon lying on the fort. There is no significant construction on the fort. The pathway to the fort is made of rock cut steps. From the top of this fort Mangi-Tungi, Salher, Salota, Mora, Mulher, Nhavigad forts are easily seen.
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The fort is fortified with many bastions, which also have small built-in rooms. The central part of the fort has two granaries and a decrepit building. From the Chor Darwaja, steps lead to the fort. Locations of old palaces in the fort area are inferred from the large number of foundation plinths seen in the fort area.
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Wyoming Forts. A-Fort Durkee, B-Fort Wyoming or Wilkesbarre, C-Fort Ogden, D-Kingston Village, E-Forty Fort, G-battleground, H-Fort Jenkins, I-Monocasy Island, J-Pittstown stockades, G-Queen Esther's Rock. Lime Ridge is a census- designated place (CDP) in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 890 at the 2010 census.
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Six forts of Rajasthan, namely, Amber Fort, Chittor Fort, Gagron Fort, Jaisalmer Fort, Kumbhalgarh and Ranthambore Fort were included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list during the 37th meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Phnom Penh during June 2013. They were recognized as a serial cultural property and examples of Rajput military hill architecture.
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In 1857, he was stationed again in Fort McHenry moving to Florida in 1858. In the summer of 1858, he received a transfer to Fort Moultrie, South Carolina. Fort Moultrie was located near Fort Sumter and Charleston, South Carolina. He remained in South Carolina until Fort Sumter was evacuated at the beginning of the Civil War, in 1861.
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Fort Madison Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Fort Madison, Iowa.Home. Fort Madison Community School District. Retrieved on September 16, 2018. "Central Office 1930 Avenue M Fort Madison, IA 52627" Mostly in Lee County, with a small portion in Henry County, it serves Fort Madison, Houghton, St. Paul, and West Point.
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Nearly a thousand French and Canadiens and a thousand Native Americans mustered at Fort Machault. The British, however, began a siege of Fort Niagara. The fall of Fort Niagara in summer 1759, however, made the French presence in the Ohio Country untenable. The assault on Fort Pitt was abandoned, and available forces were sent to relieve Fort Niagara.
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Immediately after the Battle of Fort Beauséjour (1755), Robert Monckton sent a detachment to take Fort Menagoueche. French Officer De Boishebert knew that he faced a superior force so he burned the fort and retreated up the river to undertake guerrilla warfare. The destruction of Fort Menagoueche left Louisbourg as the last French fort in Acadia.
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Days of Defiance: Sumter, Secession, and the Coming of the Civil War. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. . p. 206. Slemmer moved his men to this fort, Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island on January 10. On January 12, 1861, Florida state troops took over Fort Barrancas, Fort McRee and demanded the surrender of Fort Pickens, which Slemmer refused.
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Two M1890MI 12-inch mortars at Fort DeSoto, FL, similar to those at Fort Preble. One of the six-inch disappearing gun emplacements of Battery Rivardi In 1896–1906 several modern Endicott era coast defense batteries were installed at the fort as part of the Coast Defenses of Portland, which also included Fort Williams, Fort McKinley, and Fort Levett. The star fort was demolished to make room for these batteries. Batteries Kearny and Chase totaled sixteen 12-inch mortars (305 mm) and were completed in 1901.
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There are about 20 historic buildings (houses, castles, forts and fortress) distributed in its villages. Most of these historic buildings have deteriorated and need to be restored. The most famous forts are: A’Suwaiq fort, Al Tharmad fort, Al Hilal fort, Al Mghabsha fort, Al Borusheed fort. Also, there is an old mosque called Al Sabbara. This mosque was built during the reign of Ahmed bin Sa’aeed. A’Suwaiq fort: It mediates A’Suwaiq, in A’Suwaiq souq (old market), and the entrance of the fort facing the sea.
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The 150th Ohio Infantry was organized at Camp Taylor near Cleveland, Ohio, and mustered in May 5, 1864, for 100 days service under the command of Colonel William H. Hayward. The regiment left Ohio for Washington, D.C., May 7, and was assigned to garrison duty at Fort Lincoln, Fort Saratoga, Fort Thayer, Fort Bunker Hill, Fort Slocum, Fort Totten, and Fort Stevens, Defenses of Washington, until August. It was attached to 1st Brigade, Haskins' Division, XXII Corps, to July. 2nd Brigade, Haskins' Division, XXII Corps, to August.
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Before the orders arrived, Fort Evegnée was captured after a bombardment. IX Corps isolated Fort Pontisse on 12 August and began a bombardment of Forts Pontisse and Fléron during the afternoon, with coastal mortars and Big Bertha siege howitzers. The VII Corps heavy artillery began to fire on Fort Chaudfontaine, Fort Pontisse was surrendered and IX Corps crossed the Meuse to attack Fort Liers. Fort Liers fell in the morning of 14 August and the garrison of Fort Fléron surrendered in the afternoon, after a bombardment.
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Other forts in the southwestern frontier fort system were Lancaster, Richardson, Concho, Belknap, Chadbourne, Stockton, Davis, Bliss, McKavett, Clark, McIntosh, Inge, and Phantom Hill in Texas, and Fort Sill in Oklahoma.Carter, R.G., On the Border with Mackenzie, 1935, Washington D.C.: Enyon Printing Co., p. 48 There were "sub posts or intermediate stations" including Bothwick's Station on Salt Creek between Fort Richardson and Fort Belknap, Camp Wichita, near Buffalo Springs between Fort Richardson and Red River Station, and Mountain Pass between Fort Concho and Fort Griffin.
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205 Fort Getty went into caretaker status soon after completion, but was garrisoned in World War I as a sub-post of Fort Greble. Early in World War II the fort's location was largely superseded by new defenses centered on Fort Church and Fort Greene. In 1942 the 12-inch guns were scrapped, Battery House's 6-inch guns were relocated to Fort Varnum, and Battery Whiting's 3-inch guns were relocated to Fort Burnside. The fort became a prisoner-of-war camp for German prisoners.
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Plymouth Sound from Heybook Bay Mount Batten, a former Royal Air Force flying boat and search and rescue base, is located at the northeast corner of the Sound. T. E. Lawrence was stationed here as Aircraftman Shaw. Over the years, the Sound has been defended by Drake's Island, Picklecombe Fort, Cawsand Fort, the Breakwater Fort, Fort Bovisand, Staddon Fort and Stamford Fort. A harbour and reservoir were built at Bovisand before the fort existed to supply men-o- war anchored in the Sound with fresh water.
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The district is named after the fort of Sindhudurg (which means "fort in the sea"), which lies on a rocky island just off the coast of Malvan. Sindhudurg fort, built in the 16th century by King Shivaji maharaj is the only fort which has Shivaji's temple inside the fort and a palm imprint of King Shivaji maharaj. Sindhudurg district has 37 forts, the highest number of forts in Maharashtra as well as all types of forts (Jaldurg – Sea), (Bhuikot – fort on land) and (Giri- fort on hilltop).
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Rice spent the remainder of the Indian Wars of the 1870s and 1880s mostly at Fort Keogh, Montana, Fort Totten, North Dakota, Fort Rice, North Dakota, and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1877 he was a military envoy to England and Russia. He was promoted to captain on 10 Mar 1883, and from 1888 through 1891 Edmund Rice was stationed in Texas at Fort McIntosh, Fort Bliss and finally in command of Fort Hancock. He was Commandant of the Columbian Guard at the 1893 World's Fair.
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British map showing operations on the Delaware River in 1777. Hessian map showing campaigns against Fort Mifflin and Fort Mercer (Redbank) in 1777. Monument in Fort Mercer, 2008 Fort Mercer was a fort on the Delaware River in New Jersey constructed by the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Built by Polish engineer Thaddeus Kosciuszko under the command of George Washington, Fort Mercer was built in 1777 to block the approach to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in concert with Fort Mifflin on the Pennsylvania side.
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Map of Civil War forts near Alexandria, showing Fort Albany (ca. September 1861) Fort Craig and surrounding area including Fort Albany (1865) Fort Albany Historical Marker Fort Albany was a bastioned earthwork that the Union Army built in Arlington County (known at the time as Alexandria County) in Virginia. The Army constructed the fort during May 1861 as part of its Civil War defenses of Washington (see Washington, D.C., in the American Civil War). The fort had a perimeter of 429 yards and emplacements for 12 guns.
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The Upper Mississippi River during the War of 1812. 1: Fort Belle Fontaine U.S. headquarters; 2: Fort Osage, abandoned 1813; 3: Fort Madison, defeated 1813; 4: Fort Shelby, defeated 1814; 5: Battle of Rock Island Rapids, July 1814 and the Battle of Credit Island, Sept. 1814; 6: Fort Johnson, abandoned 1814; 7: Fort Cap au Gris and the Battle of the Sink Hole, May 1815. Located on the south bank of the Missouri River, in present- day Missouri, Fort Belle Fontaine was first a Spanish military post.
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Fort Dodge, illustrated by William Williams, 1852. Fort Dodge traces its beginnings to 1850 when E Company of the 6th Infantry were sent from Fort Snelling to erect aand garrison a fort at the junction of the Des Moines River and Lizard Creek. It was originally named Fort Clarke but was renamed Fort Dodge because there was another fort with the same name in Texas. It was named after Henry Dodge, a governor of Wisconsin Territory (which had included Iowa until Iowa became a state in 1846).
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Fort Dupont neighborhood at the intersection of Ridge Road and C St. SE Map of Washington, D.C., with Fort Dupont highlighted in red Fort Dupont is a residential neighborhood located in southeast Washington, D.C., east of the Anacostia River. It is bounded by East Capitol Street to the north, Fort Dupont Park to the south, Minnesota Avenue to the west, and Fort Chaplin Park to the east and northeast. Fort Dupont is adjacent to Fort Dupont Park, the grounds of a Civil War-era fort that was constructed for the defense of Washington. Fort Dupont is a distinct neighborhood from the nearby Dupont Park, although both border the park and take their name from it.
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A stone blockhouse was added in 1727, and was called Fort Burnet. A triangular stone wall, ten feet (3 m) high and three feet (1 m) wide was added in 1741, and the entire enclosure was called Fort Pepperrell (a marker can be found designating the area of Fort Oswego on the north west side of the river along a sidewalk). Besides these expansions, Fort Ontario was started in 1755 as a palisade on the high ground on the north east side of the river, and Fort George was added to the bluff located a half mile (800 m) to the southwest from Fort Oswego. Fort George was also called Fort Rascal or the West Fort.
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Fort Médoc Royal Guard Fort Médoc is a fort built by Vauban, nearby Cussac- Fort-Médoc, in Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. The earthworks were started in 1689 and construction of the fort itself in 1691. The fort was an element of the "lock" intended to protect Bordeaux form the risk of invasion from the river, having been built on the left bank of the Gironde estuary, complementing Fort Paté, and the Blaye Citadel, which is located on the right hand bank of the Gironde. With the Citadel of Blaye, its city walls and Fort Paté, Fort Médoc was listed in 2008 as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, as part of the "Fortifications of Vauban" group.
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The name Fort York is a retronym, with the fortifications initially called the Garrison, the Garrison at York, or the Fort at York, the latter two taking its name from the settlement the fort protected. After new fortifications were built in 1841, residents of Toronto referred to the older fortifications as the Old Fort, in order to distinguish it from the new fort. Usage of the term Fort York to refer to the old fort emerged during the 1870s. The site was referred to as Old Fort York from the time it was converted to historic museum in the early 20th century to 1970, when the Toronto Historical Society re- branded the site as Historic Fort York.
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Fort Gomer was one of the Palmerston Forts, in Gosport, England, the southernmost and first-built Polygonal fort in the defence line to the west of Gosport.My Gosport It was located on land immediately to the west of the present Gomer Lane. Fort Gomer was the most southerly fort in the line of five which formed part of the ‘Sea Front and Spithead Defences’, Inner Line, Land Front, Left Flank. This line of forts was later known as the Gomer-Elson Line or 'Gosport Advanced Line' This consisted of, from south to north, Fort Gomer, Fort Grange, Fort Rowner, Fort Brockhurst and Fort Elson. An inscription above the main entrance through the barrack block read `Erected AD 1853’.
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Location of studios and offices for KXAS (as well as KXTX), in Fort Worth, just south of DFW Airport Fort Worth and Dallas share the same media market. The city's magazine is Fort Worth, Texas Magazine, which publishes information about Fort Worth events, social activity, fashion, dining, and culture. Headquarters of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Fort Worth has one major daily newspaper, Fort Worth Star- Telegram, founded in 1906 as Fort Worth Star. It dominates the western half of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, and The Dallas Morning News dominates the east. The Star-Telegram is the 45th-most widely circulated newspaper in the United States, with a daily circulation of 210,990 and a Sunday circulation of 304,200.
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To prevent future such problems, Jackson had Fort Gadsden built within the walls of the former British, then Negro Fort. This was a U.S. fort built in Spanish Florida.
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Occupation of Canoe Station March 27. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely April 2–8. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12.
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Fort Washington is a census-designated place in Fresno County, California. Fort Washington sits at an elevation of . The 2010 United States census reported Fort Washington's population was 233.
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Further Adhesions were in 1900 on May 13 at Fort St. John, June 8 at Lesser Slave Lake, June 23 at Fort Vermilion and July 25 at Fort Resolution.
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Marker memorializing Abraham Lincoln's visit to the fort Fort Stevens, formerly named Fort Massachusetts, was part of the extensive fortifications built around Washington, D.C., during the American Civil War.
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Its headquarters for the Columbia Department was relocated from Fort Vancouver to Fort Victoria, in present-day British Columbia. Today the site of the fort is now Wallula, Washington.
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Defense of Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, April 12-13, 1861. Evacuation of Fort Sumter April 13. Reached Fort Hamilton, N.Y. Harbor, April 19. Moved to Chambersburg, Pa., June 3.
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The governor of Kete tried to escape to nearby Lopardion (modern Ulubat) fort. But Osman arrested and later executed him in front of the fort; the fort subsequently surrendered.
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The history of the fort is similar to that of Rajdher fort.This fort was surrendered to British forces by Maratha Army after the fall of Trymbak fort in 1818.
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Waiyaki helped Lugard identify a piece of land on which to built a fort. The fort at Dagoretti was the seventh IBEAC fort and the first north of Machakos.
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Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Benning, Inactivated 25 January 1949 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
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The fort is home to the Fort Belknap Archives, which house records from North Texas.
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Fort Macleod (Alcock Farm) Airport, , is located about south-southeast of Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada.
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National Park Service: Fort Morris Today it is a state park, Fort Morris Historic Site.
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Very less history of this fort is known. This fort was used as watch tower.
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He was stationed at Camp Sheridan and Fort Robinson and later at Fort D.A. Russell.
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She is now on display at the Fort Smith Trolley Museum in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
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She manages and coaches gymnastics. She operates Sokol Fort Worth gymnastics in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Fort St. James (Perison) Airport, , is located south of Fort St. James, British Columbia, Canada.
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Fort Erie Airport, ~~~~, is a former airport which was located near Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada.
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A former fort of the United States Army, Fort Williams operated from 1872 to 1964.
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Bombardment of Fort Fisher January 13-15. Assault and capture of Fort Fisher January 15.
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The fort, located on what is now Beech Glen Street, gave Fort Hill its name.
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Les Amis du Château Fort de Guise, Château Fort de Guise, Editions Ouest-France, 2014.
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Garrison duty at Fort Willard and Fort Strong, defenses of Washington, D.C. until October 1865.
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Reynolds was born in Fort Walton Beach, Florida and attended Fort Walton Beach High School.
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Fort is married to Darla Livingston Fort and has three children: Annie, Jackson and Miles.
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The Huguenot Fort is a historic fortification site on Fort Hill Road in Oxford, Massachusetts.
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It was near Fort Fisher and North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher and Kure Beach.
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Fort Dodge Middle School and Fort Dodge Senior High School are the district's secondary schools.
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The Meuse valley was a route by which France or Germany could be invaded and after the Franco-Prussian War, General Henri Alexis Brialmont fortified the valley at Liège and Namur, to deter France and Germany from violating Belgian sovereignty. The Fortified Position of Namur (FPN) was built from about from the centre of Namur, to a standard design of triangular and quadrilateral shapes, to minimize the number of defensive batteries in the fort ditches, with the point facing outwards. On the left bank of the Meuse lay the modernised forts of Fort de Malonne, Fort de Saint-Héribert and Fort de Suarlée, the unmodernised Fort d'Emines and Fort de Cognelée and the modernized Fort de Marchovelette. On the right bank were Fort de Maizeret, Fort d'Andoy and Fort de Dave, all modernized.
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The mission and trading post at Sault Ste. Marie (1688) would later be split by the Canada–US border. The French settlements in the Pays d'en Haut among and south of the Great Lakes were Fort Niagara (1678) (near modern Youngstown, New York), Fort Crevecoeur (1680) (near the present site of Creve Coeur, Illinois, a suburb of Peoria, Illinois), Fort Saint Antoine (1686) (on Lake Pepin in Wisconsin), Fort St. Joseph (1691) (on the southernmost point of St. Joseph Island, Ontario on Lake Huron), Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit (1701) (today's Detroit, Michigan), Fort Michilimackinac (1715) (on the Straits of Mackinac at Mackinaw City, Michigan), Fort Miami (1715) (modern Fort Wayne, Indiana), Fort La Baye (1717) (today's Green Bay, Wisconsin), and Fort Beauharnois (1727) (in Florence Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota).
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Fort Bayard in Washington D.C., was named in his honor. Bayard Street in Pacific Beach, San Diego, California and in his hometown, Seneca Falls, New York, were named after him. Fort Bayard Park, which replaced the fort, is also named in his memory, as well as Bayard, New Mexico, Fort Bayard, New Mexico, and Fort Bayard National Cemetery. The latter is now part of the Fort Bayard Historic District, a commemoration of the Buffalo Soldiers.
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The hotel beside the fort is called the Fort Garry Hotel, which was originally constructed for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway company. The two streets on either side of the hotel are Fort Street and Garry Street. Many companies have adopted the name, such as Fort Garry Industries and the Fort Garry Brewing Company. The Fort Garry Horse has been a component of the Winnipeg military garrison throughout the 20th and into the 21st centuries.
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This expedition was too ambushed in the Battle of Credit Island and forced to retreat southwards. The Upper Mississippi River during the War of 1812. 1: Fort Belle Fontaine U.S. headquarters; 2: Fort Osage; 3: Fort Madison; 4: Fort Shelby; 5: Battle of Rock Island Rapids, July 1814 and the Battle of Credit Island, Sept. 1814; 6: Fort Johnson; 7: Fort Cap au Gris and the Battle of the Sink Hole, May 1815.
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Fort Sturgeon (1776–1780) was the first trading post on the North Saskatchewan River. It was located about 4 miles west of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. It and was also called Peter Pond Fort, Fort Pond, Fort la Prairie, Fort des Prairies, Lower Settlement and Fort Sturgeon River. It was located on the north bank of the river just east of the mouth of the Sturgeon River (Saskatchewan) in the Aspen parkland country.
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In 1943 Fort Mott was disarmed, losing its remaining three 12-inch guns, the fort being superseded by Fort Miles at Cape Henlopen.Berhow, p. 230 As with most post-Civil War US coastal fortifications outside the Philippines, Fort Mott's guns were fired only for training and testing, never in battle. As of 2018, Fort Mott is connected with Fort Delaware and Delaware City by a seasonal passenger ferry, the Forts Ferry Crossing.
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After Ignacio Delinó took control of the post in 1790, he built a new fort about a half mile back from the river, Fort San Estevan, to replace the ruined Fort Carlos. By February 1793, the site of the former fort was entirely eroded into the river. When the United States took over the territory in 1803 by the Louisiana Purchase, it renamed Fort San Estevan as Fort Madison. It abandoned it after 1810.
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Georges Island and Fort Warren Fort Warren is a historic fort on the Georges Island at the entrance to Boston Harbor. The fort is named for Revolutionary War hero Dr. Joseph Warren, who sent Paul Revere on his famous ride, and was later killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. The name was transferred in 1833 from the first Fort Warren - built in 1808 - which was renamed Fort Winthrop.Fort Warren at NorthAmericanForts.
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By 1692, the English regained control of the region, and Sir William Phipps ordered construction of Fort William Henry to replace Fort Charles (the original fort built in 1677 by order of Governor Andros). The English built Fort William Henry as a fortress to protect the northern boundary of New England. The fort was the largest in New England. The Massachusetts government used one third of its budget to build the fort.
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While currently known as Dixon, Illinois, the town was named Dixon's Ferry at the time of the construction of the fort. On May 22, 1832, Fort Dixon was officially named as a base by General Henry Atkinson. Because the site was centrally located between Fort Dearborn, Fort Armstrong, and Fort Clark, General Atkinson established Fort Dixon as his command post. Additionally, the Illinois militia used the ferry to transport troops and supplies across the river.
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Fort Tompkins is a fort on Staten Island in New York City, within what is now Fort Wadsworth at the Narrows. Fort Tompkins (and its predecessor of the same name) guarded the landward approaches to other forts in the area from 1808 through circa 1898. The current fort was built 1847-1861, and was operational as a fort until superseded by new defenses circa 1898. It is now part of the Gateway National Recreation Area.
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View of the Dutch Fort towards the ocean Front view of the ruins of the Dutch Fort The Dutch Fort is a fort in Pangkor Island, Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia. The ruins are the remnants of an outpost of Dutch attempts to control trade in the Malay peninsula. In the Malay language, the fort is called Kota Belanda. The Dutch called it Fort Dindingh, after the Dinding River, on the mainland of Perak, Malaysia.
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Shivaji, who during one of his campaigns was passing through the fort seized the fort, in 1678, as some of his advance scouting parties were ambushed by the garrison stationed in the fort. He later restored the fort on condition of tribute payment. Under force, in 1761, the fort came under the control of Basalat Jung of Adoni. The Nayaka chieftain of the fort quarrelled with Basalat Jung and refused to pay the tribute money.
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Fort San Domingo is an historic fortress in Tamsui District, New Taipei, Taiwan. It was originally a wooden fort built in 1628 by the Spanish Empire, who named it "Fort San Domingo". However the fort was then destroyed by the Spanish themselves, after losing the Second Battle of San Salvador to the Dutch Empire in 1642. After the battle, in 1644, The Dutch rebuilt a fort in the original site, and renamed it "Fort Antonio".
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Fort Victoria is a former military fort on the Isle of Wight, England (), built to guard the Solent. The earliest fort on the site was a coastal fort known as Sharpenode Bulwark built in 1545-7 by Henry VIII, but these defences had fallen into disrepair by the 17th century. Fort Victoria was built in the 1850s. It was a brick-built triangular fort with two seaward batteries meeting at a right angle.
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Three new forts were being planned as their replacements. Only one fort, Fort Fulton, (which was in active service prior to Poinsett's letter) actually served as a replacement for Fort Hanson and Fort Peyton. The other two replacement forts were never established. Fort Hanson was abandoned in 1840 and later burned to the ground by the Seminoles, and Fort Peyton was abandoned in May 1840 and burned to the ground on February 14, 1842.
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HMS Condor, seeing that Invincible was within range of the guns at Fort Marabout, sailed to within 1,200 feet of the fort and began furiously firing at the fort. When Fort Marabout's guns were disabled, the flagship signaled "Well Done, Condor." The Condors action allowed the ships to finish off Fort Mex. With the Mex Fort's guns silenced, HMS Sultan signaled to Invincible to attack Fort Adda, which she did with the assistance of Temeraire.
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Fort Rowner is one of the Palmerston Forts, in Gosport, England. Built circa 1858 as part of the outer defence line for Gosport along with Fort Brockhurst and Fort Elson to the North East and Fort Grange and Fort Gomer to the South West. The fort was later used as a barracks and then by the Royal Navy as a Degaussing establishment. It has been a Grade II Listed Building since 1983.
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Fort Curtis was occupied until the Confederate troops advanced into Missouri in 1864. The fort was then abandoned and the Union troops were relocated to Fort Davidson, about 2.5 miles north at the town of Pilot Knob. Fort Curtis was briefly used as an observation post by Confederate Soldiers just before, during and shortly after the Battle of Pilot Knob. Today, the location of Fort Hovey/Fort Curtis is marked with a waymarker.
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Fort Madison was founded at the location of the first U.S. military fort in the upper Mississippi region. -- A biographical sketch of the first settler and founder of the new Fort Madison A replica of the fort stands along the river.Old Fort Madison: Sheaffer Pens were developed and made in Fort Madison for many years. The city is the location of the Iowa State Penitentiary—the state's maximum security prison for men.
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But the Valiant Cheros refused, vowing to fight on to death to protect their Raja and the fort. The Chero warriors stationed at new fort returned to the old fort due to water scarcity. This provided opportunity to British force to occupy the new fort. Since the new fort was located on the hillock, it allowed Captain Camac an opportunity to gauge to actual strength of Chero warriors stationed inside the old fort.
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The fort can be divided into the lower fort and upper fort. The upper fort was built upon the crest of the hill. It is roughly square, 180m long on each side. It has several permanent buildings, including a temple to the god Mahadev.
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Fort Benton High School is a high school in Fort Benton, Montana. Home of the Mighty Longhorns, the Fort Benton School District serves students living in Fort Benton, Loma, and Carter, with total population nearing 2,000 people. It is located north east of Great Falls.
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Mudgal fort. Mudgal fort. The most important place of interest at Mudgal is the fort. In the construction of the fort at Mudgal, advantage was taken of a hillock on the top of which were built houses of the royalty and a wall with bastions.
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The Fort de Suarlée is located about northwest of the center of Namur. The fort, one of the larger Brialmont forts, is a triangle, similar to the Fort de Boncelles. It commands the Brussels- Namur train line. A deep by ditch encircles the fort.
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Bhagwantgad Fort ( ) is a fort located 18 km from Malvan, in Sindhudurg district, of Maharashtra. This fort is located on the northern bank of Gad river or Kalaval creek. The fort is spread over an area of 1.5 acres and covered with dense vegetation.
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Fort leaves to rescue Elicia. Fort enters deep into the Genie Production Factory, and finally encounters Elicia, now in a deep coma. With Wicca's help, Fort enters Elicia's unconscious field. Fort frees her mind by defeating her fears, which appear as a final monster.
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On 11 January 1688, this fort was captured by Moghul army headed by Matabarkhan. He appointed Govindsingh of Bhagur as the chief of the fort. Later this fort was captured by Peshwas in 1761. Finally in 1818 this fort was won by the British.
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Near Fort Smith July 31, 1864. (One section at Clarksville June and July 1864. One section remained at Fort Scott and participated in the pursuit of Price.) Battle of Westport October 23, and pursuit beyond Fort Scott. Joined battery at Fort Smith June 1865.
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Fort Dansborg, built by the 17th century Danish admiral Ove Gjedde. Construction of Fort Dansborg started in 1620. Many parts of the fort have been reconstructed several times. Dansborg is the second largest Danish fort ever constructed, with Kronborg in Helsingør being the largest.
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Bharatgad Fort ( ) is a fort located 18km from Malvan, in Sindhudurg district, of Maharashtra. This fort is located on the southern bank of Gad river or Kalaval creek. The fort is spread over an area of 4-5 acres and covered with mango orchard.
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Friends of Fort Griswold – Monument and Museum Both forts are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.NRHP listing numbers: 72001333 (Fort Trumbull), 70000694 (Fort Griswold), There is a plaque on the main gate at Fort Griswold listing the fort's defenders and their fates.
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Friedrichsburg is situated in the western Pregel in this map of Königsberg from 1905. Fort Friedrichsburg in modern Kaliningrad Fort Friedrichsburg or Feste Friedrichsburg was a fort in Königsberg, Germany. The only remnant of the former fort is the Friedrichsburg Gate (, ) in Kaliningrad, Russia.
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The path to the fort passes through open area devoid of any vegetation. This fort has peculiar stone piled structure. The path on the fort passes between the piles. On the southern part of the fort are three rooms built in stone without any roof.
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Fort Leonardo (), also known as Fort San Leonardo or Fort San Anard, is a polygonal fort in Żabbar, Malta. It was built between 1872 and 1878 by the British between the villages of San Leonardo and Żonqor above the shore east of Grand Harbour.
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Willden Fort Willden Fort was a wooden-palisade fort constructed on Cove Creek in Utah in 1860 by Charles William Willden and his son Ellott. It was occupied from 1860 to 1865, abandoned, then occupied briefly in 1867 during the construction of Cove Fort.
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Nanded Fort / Nandgiri Fort ()is a fort located on the banks of Godavari river from Nanded city . Nanded is situated from Pune. Nanded is connected by rail, air, and road to major cities in India. The fort is about from the Nanded Railway Station.
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In the autumn of 1860, the 5th Regiment marched south into New Mexico Territory for operations against the Navajos. Selden served at Fort Defiance, and Fort Fauntleroy, in 1860, Fort Defiance, in 1860‑61, in Edward Canby's Navajo Expedition and again Fort Fauntleroy in 1861.
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WOBC is held at multiple locations throughout the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command. For example, Signal WOBC is taught at Fort Gordon, Georgia, Aviation WOBC is taught at Fort Rucker, Alabama, and others are taught at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
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This fort is also accessible from village Hanmantpada in Devla taluka (15 km) which has simple and easy access to the fort. The fort is recognizable for its typical shape.
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Indori fort was built by Sarsenapati Khandojirao Yesajirao Dabhade in the year 1720-21. The fort also has a mint building inside the fort which is in a dilapidated state.
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St. Angelo Fort (also known as Kannur Fort or Kannur Kotta) is a fort facing the Arabian Sea, situated 3 km from Kannur, a city in Kerala state, south India.
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Campaign against Mobile and its defenses March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Fort Blakely April 9. Capture of Mobile April 12.
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Mason citizens recycled material from the fort when building their own homes. A restoration of the fort began in 1975. Today, the fort belongs to the Mason County Historical Society.
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A 1781 British map of fortifications erected by them on the Elizabeth River indicates that they rebuilt Fort Nelson, and shows a fort on the future site of Fort Norfolk.
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Fort Jackson, South Carolina There are surviving examples in Fort Benning, Georgia. One surviving T30 is at the Detroit Arsenal in Warren, MI. Another is at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
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The Fort Gaines Cemetery Site is a prehistoric mound, an archeological site, within the Fort Gaines Cemetery in Fort Gaines, Georgia. As of 1974 it had not been excavated. With .
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John Hamilton (1755) Fort Lawrence was a British fort built during Father Le Loutre's War and located on the Isthmus of Chignecto (in the modern-day community of Fort Lawrence).
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The Fort Smith Airport is located near Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, Canada. Runway 03/21 has no winter service. The Fort Smith (District) Heliport is located southeast of the airport.
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A group of friends six friends visit Bhangarh Fort. While visiting the Fort, they accidentally enter and get traped in the strictly prohibited and actually haunted area of the Fort.
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Fort Constitution, later renamed Fort Lee, was planned opposite Fort Washington on the Hudson River. The forts were intended to discourage the British ships from sailing up the Hudson River.
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Fort McCarthy is a fort from the colonial British Gold Coast period in present-day Ghana. The fort is a ruin in Cape Coast, of the Central Region of Ghana.
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He attended Fort Pierce Central High School in Fort Pierce, Florida,databaseFootball.com, Players, Alonzo Mitz . Retrieved March 18, 2011. and played high school football for the Fort Pierce Central Cobras.
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Later, he assisted in purchasing the PFC assets, which besides Fort Spokane included its headquarters of Fort Astoria and Fort Okanogan."McMillan, James". Encyclopedia of British Columbia (2000). Harbour Publishing.
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On June 2, 1763, as part of the larger movement known as Pontiac's Rebellion, a group of Ojibwe staged a game of bag'gat'tway (lacrosse) outside the fort as a ruse to gain entrance. After gaining entrance to the fort, they killed most of the British inhabitants and held the fort for a year before the British retook it. The British eventually deemed the wooden fort on the mainland too vulnerable to attack, and in 1781 they built Fort Mackinac, a limestone fort on nearby Mackinac Island. Fort Michilimackinac was abandoned after the move.
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History of Fort Randolph The fort, along with Fort Pitt and Fort Henry, was intended to prevent Indian raids into western Virginia and Pennsylvania. Gravesite of Cornstalk at Tu- Endie-Wei State Park in Point Pleasant, near where Fort Randolph stood. The forts failed to deter raids. In November 1776, Andrew Donnally and Archer Mathews, commissaries for the fort, described the difficulties of supplying the fort with food and provisions due to the constant threat of Indian attack. In 1777, the Americans made preparations for an offensive expedition into the Ohio Country.
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Rajgad (literal meaning Ruling Fort) is a hill fort situated in the Pune district of Maharashtra, India. Formerly known as Murumdev, the fort was the capital of the Maratha Empire under the rule of Shivaji for almost 26 years, after which the capital was moved to the Raigad Fort. Treasures discovered from an adjacent fort called Torna were used to completely build and fortify the Rajgad Fort. The Rajgad Fort is located around to the south-west of Pune and about west of Nasrapur in the Sahyadris range.
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In this map based on an 1861 sketch of Pensacola Bay defenses, Fort McRee can be seen at left. Fort McRee was a historic military fort constructed by the United States on the eastern tip of Perdido Key to defend Pensacola and its important natural harbor. In the defense of Pensacola Bay, Fort McRee was accompanied by Fort Pickens, located across Pensacola Pass on Santa Rosa Island, and Fort Barrancas, located across Pensacola Bay on the grounds of what is now Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola. Fort Pickens was the largest of these.
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Fort Greene (Newport) at American Forts Network Fort Adams was completed in 1799, Fort Dumpling was completed in 1798, and Fort Greene was mostly complete when work was halted in 1800. In 1798 Fort Wolcott was renamed for the last time, after the recently deceased Oliver Wolcott, Governor of Connecticut and a general in the revolution. The fort was also refurbished with 38 guns.Fort Wolcott at American Forts Network Around 1806 a war scare with Great Britain prompted another round of fort construction that was later called the second system of US fortifications.
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The West Passage had three 10-inch disappearing guns and eight 12-inch mortars at Fort Greble, with three 12-inch disappearing guns at Fort Getty. Medium caliber weapons in the initial design were five 6-inch (152 mm) guns at Fort Wetherill (two disappearing, two on pedestal mounts), three 6-inch disappearing guns at Fort Greble, and two 6-inch pedestal guns at Fort Getty, along with six 6-inch disappearing guns at Fort Kearny. Each fort had at least one battery of 3-inch (76 mm) guns to defend the minefields against minesweepers.
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Spåkenes coastal fort, artillery bunker Spåkenes coastal fort, blown up bunker Spåkenes coastal fort, command bunker Spåkenes coastal fort, new path Spåkenes coastal fort, new path Spåkenes coastal fort, command bunker and new path Spåkenes coastal fort is a ruined coastal fortress built by German forces during World War II in Northern Norway. Spåkenes lies on the Spåkenes peninsula, which extends to the middle of the fjord Lyngen. It is on the hill Storbakken, the highest point of Spåkenes. Spåkenes is located on the border of Gáivuotna–Kåfjord and Nordreisa in Troms county.
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Cane Hill November 28. 2nd Section moved from Fort Scott to Pea Ridge, Arkansas, October 12–19, 1862, returning to Fort Scott December 3–10, 1862.) Scout from Creek Agency to Jasper County, Missouri, May 16–19, 1863 (1 section). Sherwood May 19. (1 section moved to Baxter Springs May 6, returning to Fort Scott June 24.) Fort Gibson May 22. Near Fort Gibson May 28. Operations about Fort Gibson June 6–20. Greenleaf Prairie June 16. One section moved to Fort Gibson with supply train June 19-July 4.
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The fort supported a complement of 900 officers and men, who were barracked in the Caserne Pellegrin at the base of the fort and in the Fort Moyenne. Looking at the Fort Moyenne in the pictures, the left-hand building was for the soldiers and NCO’s, the right-hand building for the officers. The buildings were supplied with piped drinking water from a “source captee” at the top of the mountain, which fed huge tanks at the Fort Supérieur and the Fort Moyenne. Electricity came to the fort in 1908.
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Fort Washington, located near the community of Fort Washington, Maryland, was for many decades the only defensive fort protecting Washington D.C. The original fort, overlooking the Potomac River, was completed in 1809, and was begun as Fort Warburton, but renamed in 1808. During the War of 1812, the fort was destroyed by its own garrison during a British advance. The current historic fort—maintained by the National Park Service—was initially constructed in 1824. It is a stone structure with a good cannon shot down the Potomac River.
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Camden Fort Meagher is a coastal defence fortification close to Crosshaven, County Cork, Ireland. Together with similar structures at Fort Mitchell (Spike Island), Fort Davis (Whitegate), and Templebreedy Battery (also close to Crosshaven), the fort was built to defend the mouth of Cork Harbour. Though originally constructed in the 16th century, the current structures of the fort date to the 1860s. Originally named Fort Camden and operated by the British Armed Forces, the fort (along with other Treaty Port installations) was handed-over to the Irish Defence Forces in 1938.
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The Corps remains the authority over works on the Mississippi River and other rivers. The embarrassing defeat of Fort Madison, in what is now Iowa, and Fort McKay, in Prairie du Chien, led to the fortification of the Mississippi, with the expansion of Fort Belle Fontaine, near St. Louis, and the construction of Fort Armstrong (1816) and Fort Edwards (1816), in Illinois; Fort Crawford (1816), in Prairie du Chien; and Fort Snelling (1819) in Minnesota. The removal of all Indians from the Mississippi Valley became a top priority for the American government.Prucha, Francis P. (1969).
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The 'White Fort', so called by the French to distinguish it from Fort San Domingo, the seventeenth-century Spanish 'Red Fort' that had become the premises of the British consulate in Tamsui, was a shore battery that commanded the entrance to the Tamsui River. To the northeast, defending the town against a landing, was a fort still under construction, the 'New Fort' (Fort Neuf). Although the New Fort was only partly armed, it had an excellent all-round field of fire. Other important fortification works had been built on all the neighbouring ridges.
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Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1850 He came to the Pacific coast of Canada from Edinburgh by way of Panama in 1852, and was for a time employed by Breck & Ogden of Portland, Oregon. In June 1853, he joined the HBC at Fort Vancouver (Vancouver, Wash.) as an apprentice clerk. He was stationed at different times at old Fort Vancouver on the Columbia River, Fort Hall, Utah, and at Fort Boisé. He was transferred to Victoria, British Columbia in 1858 and was subsequently in charge of Fort Hope, Fort Yale and Fort Kamloops.
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In the Treaty of Hartford, the border of New Netherland was retracted to western Connecticut and by 1653, the English had overtaken the Dutch trading post. Expansion along the Delaware River beyond Fort Nassau did not begin until the 1650s, after the takeover of a Swedish colony which had been established at Fort Christina in 1638. Settlements at Fort Nassau and the short-lived Fort Beversreede were abandoned and consolidated at Fort Casimir. By 1655 Fort Christina, sitting in what is today Wilmington, had already been renamed Fort Altena.
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Mr. Lincoln's Forts: A Guide to the Civil War Defenses of Washington. Rev. ed. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2008. Fort Stanton was built on "Garfield Heights" (now Fort Stanton Park), and a military road (now Morris Road SE, Erie Street SE, Fort Place SE, Bruce Place SE, and Ainger Place SE) constructed from Monroe Street to provide better access to the river and Navy Yard Bridge (11th Street Bridges) and to link Fort Stanton with its subsidiary batteries, Fort Ricketts and Fort Snyder, and nearby Fort Wagner (now the site of Stanton Elementary School).
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The Fort Henry Guard was founded in 1938 by Ronald L. Way, after Fort Henry was restored as part of a government-sponsored work program during the Great Depression. During the Second World War, the fort was used by the Canadian military as a prisoner of war camp. The Guard ceased to exist during this time, and many of the original members of the Fort Henry Guard served overseas. The fort reopened as a living museum in 1948, and the Fort Henry Guard has manned the fort every summer since.
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Jaigarh Fort is situated on the promontory called the Cheel ka Teela (Hill of Eagles) of the Aravalli range; it overlooks the Amer Fort and the Maota Lake, near Amer in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. The fort was built by Jai Singh II in 1726 to protect the Amer Fort and its palace complex and was named after him. The fort, rugged and similar in structural design to the Amer Fort, is also known as Victory Fort. It has a length of along the north–south direction and a width of .
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Fort Pointe-aux-Trembles was a French fort built during the 17th century in New France.
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His letters from Fort Inge and Fort Ewell have been preserved by the Maryland Historical Society.
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Fort Charles was built between 1650 and 1660, the first fort constructed in Port Royal, Jamaica.
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Fort Nelson (Parker Lake) Water Aerodrome, , is located west northwest of Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.
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Fort Collins Brewery (abbreviated as FCB) was a craft beer brewery located in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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The King Friedrich Wilhelm I Fort, originally known as Quednau, is the largest fort of Königsberg.
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The Fort is a historic restaurant in Morrison, Colorado. The structure was inspired by Bent's Fort.
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The battlefield is preserved at Fort Necessity National Battlefield, and includes a reconstruction of Fort Necessity.
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He died at age 83 and was buried in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
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The basic shape of Crownhill Fort is a heptagon, incorporating many advanced Victorian fort design ideas.
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Chandwad Fort (Chandor fort; चांदवड किल्ला) is located 10 km from Chandwad, Nashik district, of Maharashtra.
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Fort Dan Domingo is located near Hobe Fort, which was built during the late Qing era.
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By the 1740s, the British began construction of New Fort which overlaid the former Fort Louis.
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They then attacked the rest of the fort, and in little time, the fort was captured.
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The mission was moved from Fort Riley to Fort Polk, LA, in the summer of 2009.
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He was reinterred at Fort Smith National Cemetery in Fort Smith, Arkansas on March 11, 1949.
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After the establishment of Fort Meade, Annapolis Junction was sometime referred to as Fort Meade Junction.
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Large communities include, Fort St. John, Grande Prairie, Fort McMurray, Hayriver, La Ronge, and The Pas.
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Not much history of the fort is known. Shivaji Maharaj halted on this fort in 1670.
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The Garderhøj Fort () is Danish fortification, and was part of Copenhagen's fortifications. Facade of the fort.
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Pacco Qillo (, , Strong Fort), formally known as Pakka Qilla, is a fort in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan.
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Daytona Beach's lone home game (the season opener) would be held at Lawnwood Stadium in Fort Pierce. The season finally began on June 9, 2012, with a matchup between Daytona Beach and Fort Lauderdale in Fort Pierce. Fort Lauderdale won the contest on a last-second field goal, by Garrett Ewald of Coral Springs. Fort Myers played its first game June 16.
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Fort Garry-Riverview was a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by the decennial electoral redistribution in 2008, out of parts of Lord Roberts and Fort Garry. It bordered the ridings of Fort Richmond, St. Norbert, Riel, St. Vital, St. Boniface, Fort Rouge, River Heights, and Fort Whyte. The riding's population in 2006 was 20,365.
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With the fall of Fort Gaines, Granger left a garrison at the fort and immediately moved against Fort Morgan to the east. After a two-week siege - the Siege of Fort Morgan - General Page surrendered his fort too on August 23. The loss of these two forts gave control of Mobile Bay and ended the bay's use as a port for the Confederates.
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Indori fort also known as Induri Fort ()is one of the many Land forts of Maharashtra state in India. Situated close to the hill station Lonavala and north of Pune, Indori fort rises to an elevation of above sea level. The fort is located on the banks of Indrayani river. The fort was under the Maratha empire for the majority of the time.
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Ramsej or Ramshej Fort (Ramshej - Rama's bed)() is a small fort located north- west of Nashik, in the Indian state of Maharashtra.There is a story that Lord Rama stayed for a while on this fort while going to Sri Lanka. This fort can be visited in a day from Nashik. This fort is located on the busy Nashik-Vapi Route.
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Fort aan den Ham The Fort along Den Ham is a fort that is part of the UNESCO World Heritage site of the Stelling van Amsterdam. It's located along the railroad from Uitgeest to Krommenie. The earthen walls date from 1896, the fort itself was finished in 1903. The fort was only used very briefly, during the First World War.
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Fort Burnside also hosted a US Navy indicator loop station for detecting submarines (Station 1H).Indicator loop website A battery of two 16-inch guns (406 mm), similar to those at Fort Church and Fort Greene and called BCN 110, was proposed for Fort Burnside but never built.Berhow, p. 205 With the war over, Fort Burnside's guns were scrapped in 1948.
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The artillery was placed on and behind the walls. The actual fort had a polygonal structure. The main building of the fort was the réduit within the fort with the quarters for the crew of the fort in peacetime and as last defence if the enemy had already penetrated within the perimeter of the fort. This réduit was manufactured in brick.
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The town of Fort Edward was established in 1818. In 1849, the community of Fort Edward set itself off from the town by incorporating as a village. The Fort Edward D&H; Train Station, Fort Miller Reformed Church Complex, St. James Episcopal Church, Rogers Island, Old Fort House, and Wing-Northup House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Eleven years later, in 1691, another fort was built by de Tonti and his cousin, François Daupin de la Forêt. It is believed the fort was near present-day Mary and Adams Streets. Called Fort St. Louis II, it is also known as Fort Pimiteoui. The fort, and the town established around it, was the first European settlement in Illinois.
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In 1942 Battery Gray with two guns was built at Fort Church in Little Compton, and in 1943 the similar Battery Hamilton was built at Fort Greene in Point Judith. These guns superseded all previous heavy artillery in Narragansett Bay, which was soon scrapped. New gun batteries at Fort Greene, Fort Church, and Fort Burnside largely superseded the smaller weapons.
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Bidar Fort is a fort situated in the Bidar, Karnataka, India. The fort, the city and the district are all affixed with the name Bidar. Sultan Alla-Ud Din Bahman of the Bahmanid Dynasty shifted his capital from Gulbarga to Bidar in 1427 and built his fort along with a number of Islamic monuments. There are over 30 monuments inside Bidar fort.
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Tippu Sultan reportedly took shelter in Kengeri Fort while at war with the British. When the English captured Bangalore, the fort was reportedly destroyed to prevent its use. In the survey report prepared by Colonel McKenzie and Bakunin, after death of Tippu, there is mention about remains of Kengeri Fort. The area is now recognised as fort area (Kengeri kote/Kengeri fort).
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Jamrud Fort Afridis at Jamrūd Fort (1866) by Charles Shepherd (photographer). Jamrūd Fort was strategically located at the eastern entrance to the Khyber Pass in present-day Pakistan Jamrud Fort in 1906 The Jamrud Fort is located beside Bab-e-Khyber at the entrance to the Khyber Pass from the Peshawar side in the tribal district of Khyber KPK, Pakistan.
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Fort Knox is one of only four Army posts (the others being Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Fort Meade, Maryland, and Fort Sam Houston, Texas) that still has a high school located on-post. Fort Knox High School, serving grades 9–12, was built in 1958 and has undergone only a handful of renovations since then, including a new building which was completed in 2007.
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Fort Washington Fort Washington was a fortified stockade with blockhouses built by order of Gen. Josiah Harmar starting in summer 1789 in what is now downtown Cincinnati, Ohio near the Ohio River. The physical location of the fort was facing the mouth of the Licking River, above present day Fort Washington Way. The fort was named in honor of President George Washington.
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In July 1860, the Army rented the facility and used it for storage of annuity goods for the Cheyenne and Arapaho. Barracks were built around the fort and additional defensive features were added, like diamond-shaped gun emplacements on newly-erected earthenworks that surrounded the fort. It was initially named Fort Flaunteroy. It was then named Fort Wise, and finally Fort Lyon.
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Hjalmar Appelgren. Rapola hill fort () is a hill fort in Sääksmäki in the municipality of Valkeakoski, Finland. Its walls have circled an area of 58 000 square meters and it is the biggest hill fort found in Finland.leftIn 1921 senator and archaeologist Julius Ailio raised the question in his article if the fort had been the main fort of Tavastians.
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Fort Strong (1) at NorthAmericanForts.com The old fort and the Long Island Head Battery were named for Massachusetts Governor Caleb Strong,Snow, Edward Rowe, Sailing Down Boston Bay, 1941. cf. p.24, Fort Strong on Long Island while the new fort was named for Major General George C. Strong in 1899. Until 1899, the fort was also named the Long Island Military Reservation.
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Fort Willem I is situated in the middle of a rice field. The main building is a pentagonal fort, sized around 178 x 178 meter. Small storage buildings are located around 94 meter away from the fort at each cardinal points. Unlike earlier 18th-century fort designs, the 19th-century Willem I Fort were designed for a mainly defensive and logistical purpose.
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Avchitgad:- The fort is situated near Roha. At the base of this fort is a village called Medha. The approximate height of this fort is 977 feet[1] It is a fairly easy trek through the jungle up to the fort which takes about an hour to climb. The great Maratha king Chhatrapati Shivaji is also believed to have reconstructed this fort.
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On February 17, 1777, he was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel, then to full colonelWallace, Historic American Buildings Survey - America's Industrial Heritage Project p. 3. by Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia. Subsequently, Gaddis took command of Fort Pickett, Fort Scott, Fort Stradler, Fort Jackson, and Fort Lindley.NSDAR, Lineage Book - National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, Volumes 59-60 p. 253.
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The fort was made defensively complex with guard rooms and barbicans, which was a novelty at that time. The fort consisted of three concentric irregular fort walls. The fort has seven gates, out of which five are in good shape. At the entrance to the fort, there is solid arch with balconies on the flanks accessed by series of steps on either side.
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1\. September 1980-October 1982, Assistant Brigade S1, Fort Lee, Va. 2\. October 1982-September 1983, Chief, Enlisted Management/Records, Fort Lee, Va. 3\. September 1983-January 1985, Chief, Army Community Services, Fort Lee, Va. 4\. January 1985-September 1985, Chief, Officer Management, Fort Devens, Mass. 5\. September 1985-January 1987, Company Commander, 382nd Personnel Services Company, Fort Devens, Mass. 6\.
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The Kot Diji Fort (; ;Fort of the Daughter), formally known as Fort Ahmadabad, is an 18th-century Talpur-era fort located in the town of Kot Diji in Khairpur District, Pakistan, about 25 miles east of the Indus River at the edge of the Thar Desert. The fort sits above a pre-Harappan Civilization archaeological site dating to 2500 to 2800 B.C.E.
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Gunpowder house, Fort D, Cape Girardeau, Missouri Fort D is the only surviving fortification built by Union troops in the area during the Civil War. Fort A was located slightly north of downtown Cape Girardeau on a high hill. A grist-grinding windmill was included in the fort. Fort B was located where Academic Hall now stands at Southeast Missouri State University.
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Fort Casimir surrendered to the Swedes and was renamed Fort Trinity (in Swedish Fort Trefaldighet). On June 21, 1654, the native peoples met with the Swedes to reaffirm their alliance. Stuyvesant led a Dutch force which retook the fort on September 11, 1655, renaming it New Amstel (in Dutch Nieuw Amstel). Fort Christina, located to the north fell on September 15, 1655.
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After the war, settlements started growing up around the fort. The fort was abandoned in 1819 with cessation of Indian hostilities and the modern city of Fort Wayne was platted in 1823. A replica of the fort as it existed in 1815 (called The Old Fort) was created in a different location in the city, and is a tourist attraction today.
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Madikeri Fort, Kodagu,India Madikeri Fort also called Mercara Fort was first founded by Mudduraja in the second half of the 17th century. He also built a palace inside the fort. It was eventually rebuilt and restructured in granite by Tipu Sultan who named the site as Jaffarabad. Mercara Fort is among the many forts, build or rebuild by Tipu Sultan.
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Fort McKay ( ) or Fort MacKay is a community in northeast Alberta, Canada that is located at the confluence of the Athabasca and MacKay rivers. It is approximately north of Fort McMurray via Highway 63 and Fort McKay Road. The community has an elevation of . The majority of the community is situated on lands of the Fort McKay First Nation (FMFN).
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In 1794 Castle William/Fort Adams was repaired to some extent.Fort Independence (Boston) at American Forts Network In 1797 or 1799 (references vary) President John Adams visited the fort. At that time it was renamed Fort Independence and a complete rebuilding was projected. The fort in Hull lost the name and was called either the Allerton Battery or "the French fort" afterwards.
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The Inner Pierhead Fort and inner breakwater. The Inner Pierhead Fort Inner Pierhead Fort is a 19th-century fort built to defend Portland Harbour at the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It is positioned on the end of the inner breakwater, which abuts from the former dockyard of HMNB Portland. The fort was constructed between 1859-1862, and is 100 ft in diameter.
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Mrugagad fort is a hill fort in Sudhagad taluka of Raigad district, Maharashtra, India. At a height of 1750 ft, the fort lies near falyan village, and is made of stone.The fort is very small in size and is in a form of spur radiating from the Western ghats. The fort is very close to the Lonavala, Khandala and Khopoli.
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The island was partway between Corregidor and the Cavite province shore south of that island. El Fraile was razed to the waterline and a "concrete battleship" structure built on it. Fort Drum was both the only sea fort and the only fort with turrets in the post-1885 US fort systems. Two turrets housing two guns each were atop the fort.
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In 1882, Żonqor Battery was built about a kilometre away from Fort Leonardo. The battery was manned by the gun crew and garrison stationed in Fort Leonardo. Fort Leonardo was used for coastal defence in World War II. On 17 May 1942, the fort helped repel an Italian E-boat attack. The fort remained in use by the British military until the 1970s.
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The Kurdugad Fort is also known as Vishramgad Fort. It was named after the goddess Krudai Devi whose temple is constructed at the base of the fort. The fort was constructed during the reign of Shivaji with the assistance of Sardar Baji Pasalkar. The Peshawas were in control of the Kurdugad Fort but it lost its importance once the British rule had begun.
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The top of the fort is a huge plateau. On the fort, there are two caves, a small temple and 11 water cisterns. Remnants of buildings are spread over the fort. Kalasubai, Aundh Fort, Patta and Bitangad are to the east of the fort, Harihar, Trymbakgad and Anjaneri to its north and Harishchandragad, Aajobagad, Khutta (pinnacle), Ratangad and Katrabai to its south.
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Day served at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri in 1854, then performed frontier duty at Fort Ridgely, Minnesota from 1854 to 1855. He was posted to Fort Ripley, Minnesota from 1855 to 1856. He then served in the Dakota Territory, performing duty at Fort Randall from 1856 to 1858, Fort Laramie from 1859 to 1860, and Fort Abercrombie from 1860 to 1861.
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The Ganjam Fort Map Located at , the Ganjam Fort (also called Potagarh Fort) is the main spot for tourists in Ganjam. This star fort is located 8 km from Chatrapur. The fort of Potagarh was the first Collectorate complex of Ganjam. Later on it was shifted to Berhampur in 1815 and subsequently to Chhatrapur in 1835, where it is still is.
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James Sinclair was appointed by Duncan Finlayson to guide the mostly Métis settler families to Fort Vancouver. In June 1841, the party left Fort Garry with 23 families consisting of 121 people. When they arrived at Fort Vancouver, they numbered 21 families of 116 people. Fourteen families were relocated to Fort Nisqually, while the remaining seven families were sent to Fort Cowlitz.
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A fourth Fort George was an encampment built on Staten Island around 1777 in the area of St. George, Staten Island, likely Fort Hill. The last Fort George was built in 1776 in New York City on Fort George Hill, near the current intersection of Audubon Avenue and West 192nd Street in Upper Manhattan. Briefly named Fort Clinton and finally Fort George, from 1895 to 1914 it was the site of the Fort George Amusement Park, and is now the location of George Washington Educational Campus and part of Highbridge Park. Fort George Hill is also the name of a present-day street in the area.
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At the height of the Vietnam War, Infantry OCS produced 7,000 officers annually from five student battalions, all located at Ft. Benning. Also, during the war, a female OCS was once again established; it was stood up at Fort McClellan, Alabama, as part of the WAC Center and School. Other OCS programs were located at Fort Gordon, Georgia (Signal Corps); Fort Sill, Oklahoma (Artillery), Fort Lee, Virginia (Quarter Master), Fort Eustis, Virginia (Transportation), Fort Knox, Kentucky (Armor), Fort Belvoir, Virginia (Engineer) and Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland (Ordnance). In April 1973, a branch immaterial OCS was established at Fort Benning, ending the Infantry and Field Artillery based courses.
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Fort Banks was a U.S. Coast Artillery fort located in Winthrop, Massachusetts. It served to defend Boston Harbor from enemy attack from the sea and was built in the 1890s during what is known as the Endicott period, a time in which the coast defenses of the United States were seriously expanded and upgraded with new technology.Other Coast Artillery forts defending Boston that were built or modernized during this period include Fort Warren on George's Island, Fort Andrews on Peddocks Island, Fort Strong on Long Island, Fort Dawes on Deer Island, and Fort Ruckman in Nahant. Today, the Fort Banks Mortar Battery is on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Idrakpur Fort Idrakpur Fort is a river fort situated in Munshiganj, Bangladesh. The fort was built approximately in 1660 A.D. According to a number of historians, the river fort was built by Mir Jumla II, a Subahdar of Bengal under the Mughal Empire, to establish the control of Mughal Empire in Munsiganj, and to defend Dhaka and Narayanganj from the pirates. The fort was a part of the triangular defence strategy for the vulnerable river route, from where the pirates used to attack Dhaka. The strategy was developed by Mir Jumla II with the help of the other two forts in Narayanganj- the Hajiganj Fort and the Sonakanda Fort.
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View of Fort Alexander from Kronstadt The fort's mission was to guard the Baltic waterway to Saint Petersburg south of naval base Kronstadt on Kotlin, in combination with Fort Peter I, Fort Risbank (later Fort Pavel I), Fort Kronshlot and the coastal battery Fort Constantin. The fort never participated in any military action. Still, it played a role in the Crimean War when it protected the Russian naval base in Kronstadt against attempts by the Royal Navy and French fleets. Waters surrounding Fort Alexander and other Kronstadt fortifications witnessed the first ever deployment of galvanic naval mines designed by Moritz von Jacobi and chemical-contact naval mines developed by Immanuel Nobel.
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The Battle of Laredo took place near the fort on March 19, 1864, when seventy-two men repelled three attacks from a force of two hundred Federal soldiers sent from Brownsville, Texas. On October 23, 1865, the post was re-occupied by federal troops of the 2nd Texas Cavalry. In the late 19th century, Several African American units among them the Tenth Cavalry, the "Buffalo Soldiers", were stationed at Fort McIntosh. Other forts in the frontier fort system were Forts Griffin, Concho, Belknap, Chadbourne, Fort Stockton, Fort Davis, Fort Bliss, McKavett, Clark, Richardson, Fort Inge and Phantom Hill in Texas, and Fort Sill in Oklahoma.
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Fort Dansborg, locally called Danish Fort, is a Danish fort located in the shores of Bay of Bengal in Tranquebar (Tharangambadi) in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Fort Dansborg was built in the land ceded by Thanjavur king Ragunatha Nayak in an agreement with Danish Admiral Ove Gjedde in 1620 and acted as the base for Danish settlement in the region during the early 17th century. The fort is the second largest Danish fort after Kronborg. The fort was sold to the British in 1845 and along with Tranquebar, the fort lost its significance as the town was not an active trading post for the British.
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Fort Hampton for reasons of an eroding facade and beach at Bogue Point. During a survey in February, 1826, the high tide mark lay over 200 feet to the rear of the spot where Fort Hampton stood. By 1834, Fort Hampton lay in now Beaufort inlet along the line of a 12-foot deep ship channel. Initially the new fort at Bogue Point was designated by the engineers to be 130 feet SW of Fort Hampton, by 1826 with Fort Hampton in the channel, the US Army Corps of Engineers elected to move 300 yards west of Fort Hampton where Fort Macon now stands.
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The city of Fort Worth continues to be known as "where the West begins". A line of seven army posts was established in 1848–49 after the Mexican War to protect the settlers of Texas along the western American Frontier and included Fort Worth, Fort Graham, Fort Gates, Fort Croghan, Fort Martin Scott, Fort Lincoln, and Fort Duncan.Crimmins, M.L., 1943, "The First Line of Army Posts Established in West Texas in 1849," Abilene: West Texas Historical Association, Vol. XIX, pp. 121–127 Originally, 10 forts had been proposed by Major General William Jenkins Worth (1794–1849), who commanded the Department of Texas in 1849.
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Major new defenses for Boston were built under the third system of US fortifications. In 1833 work was to begin on a rebuilding and expansion of Fort Independence as a granite fort, but commencement was delayed until 1836 due to funding problems cause by an inflation spike. The rebuilt fort was substantially complete by 1848, although repairs and other work continued until 1861.Parkman, pp. 19-20 Another large granite fort was begun in 1833 on George's Island and named Fort Warren; the previous fort of that name on Governor's Island was renamed Fort Winthrop. The new Fort Warren, designed for 300 guns, was completed in 1861.
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Fort Delimara from Marsaxlokk Bay The fort was built between 1876 and 1888 by the British. The main gate carries a date of 1881, but this is the date of completion of the gatehouse, not the commissioning of the fort. Fort Delimara was one of a ring of forts and batteries that protected Marsaxlokk harbour, along with Fort Tas-Silġ at the shoreward end of Delimara point, Fort San Lucian on Kbira point in the middle of Marsaxlokk bay, Fort Benghisa on Benghisa Point, and the Pinto and Ferreti batteries on the shores of Marsaxlokk Bay. The nearby 17th century Delimara Tower was demolished to clear Fort Delimara's line of fire.
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Examples include Fort Edmonton (Edmonton, Alberta), Fort Battleford (Battleford, Saskatchewan), Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and Cumberland House, Saskatchewan. Fur trade on the lower river: The first European to ascend the river as far as the forks was Louis-Joseph Gaultier de La Vérendrye in spring 1739. The main posts on the river were (landmarks in parentheses): (Saskatchewan River Forks) Fort Le Jonquière (?), Fort de la Corne, Cumberland House, Saskatchewan, (The Pas):second Fort Paskoya, (inflow to Cedar Lake:) first Fort Paskoya and second Fort Bourbon, (Cedar Lake), (inflow to Lake Winnipeg:) Grand Rapids, Manitoba, and first Fort Bourbon. There were also a number of temporary posts that have left few records.
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Occupation of Pollard March 26. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely April 1–9. Assault and capture of Fort Blakely April 9. March to Montgomery and Selma April 13–22.
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Chauler Fort () is a small fort located north of Nashik, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. This fort can be visited in a day from Nashik. The nearest town is Satana.
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Very less history of this fort is known. This fort was important to keep watch over the Trimbak- Wada trade route. This fort was in the Jawhar princely state till 1947.
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After Virginians took control of Fort Pitt, they called it Fort Dunmore, in honour of Virginia's Governor Lord Dunmore. The fort served as a staging ground in Dunmore's War of 1774.
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Fort Langley Airport is located adjacent to Fort Langley, British Columbia, Canada. It is a private airport with a single paved runway. It located adjacent to the Fort Langley Water Aerodrome.
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The Siddha cave and the place of origin of Godavari river are to be visited on the fort. This fort is joined to the Bhandardurg fort by a narrow natural bridge.
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The original Fort Travis was located on the east end of Galveston. The present location was the Confederate Fort Green In 1872 Bolivar Point Lighthouse was constructed north of Fort Travis.
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Fort Vause is a National Landmark, file #060-0017. The Fort Vause Archaeological Site was established in 1968. The second fort has been identified, and part of the first fort.Virginia Dept.
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He attended North Fort Myers High School in North Fort Myers,databaseFootball.com, Players, Jevon Kearse . Retrieved August 6, 2010. and played high school football for the North Fort Myers Red Knights.
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Sangni Fort overlooking a stream Sangni Fort also known as Sangani Killa is a fort of Sikh Period near the village Takal in Kallar Syedan Tehsil, Rawalpindi District, in Punjab, Pakistan.
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The gates and bastion are in good state. This fort is a private property. This fort has 9 bastions. the entire fort is protected by 20feet wide and 10feet deep moat.
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The brickwork of the fort received granite face-work. Emperor Nikolay I officially commissioned the fort on 27 July 1845; the fort was named to honor his brother, Emperor Alexander I.
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Fort San Antonio Abad (Spanish: Fuerte de San Antonio Abad)Sonido, Juned (2012-01-31). "The Other Fort: The Fort of San Antonio Abad". Baratillo Pamphlet. Retrieved on 2012-04-24.
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Expedition to Fort Fisher, N.C., December 6–24. Second Expedition to Fort Fisher January 3–15, 1865. Assault on and capture of Fort Fisher January 15. Sugar Loaf Battery February 11.
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He was the commandant of three French forts, namely; Fort Niagara, Fort Frontenac and Fort Chambly. He was also the first appointment to the post of king’s lieutenant at Trois-Rivières.
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Campaign against Mobile, Alabama, and its defenses March 17-April 12. Siege of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely March 26-April 8. Fort Blakely April 9. Occupation of Mobile April 12.
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The Fort of Ponta da Bandeira (Forte da Ponta da Bandeira), also known as Pau da Bandeira Fort (Flag's Mast Fort); Fort of Nossa Senhora da Penha de França (Our Lady of the Penha de França Fort); the Fort of Registo (Registry fort); or the Fort of Lagos is situated in the city of Lagos, in the Faro District of Portugal. It was built in the 17th century, as one of the main components of a system of maritime fortifications to defend the city, then headquarters of the military government of the Algarve. Significant restoration work has been carried out over the years and the fort is considered to be one of the best- preserved 17th century fortifications in the Algarve region.
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Fort Tuthill was built in 1930 as a training facility for National Guardsmen. During the summers, the fort would host up to 3,000 people from around the southwest. The fort closed around 1948. Fort Tuthill is now a county park and the site of a fairgrounds.
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Neither the original nor the second Fort Henry was ever attacked. The fort was once referred to as the "Citadel of Upper Canada". Imperial (British) troops were deployed at the site of Fort Henry from 1813 to 1870. The Canadian Militia then garrisoned the fort until 1891.
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Fort Payne is served by the Fort Payne City Schools system. Schools in the district include Wills Valley Elementary (K-2), Williams Avenue Elementary (3-4), Fort Payne Middle School (5-8), and Fort Payne High School (9-12). Jim Cunningham is the Superintendent of Education.
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Jackson County April 2. Companies B, O, H, I, and M marched to Fort Blount, Cherokee Nation, as escort to train, May 14–30. Near Fort Gibson May 20 and 25, and near Fort Blount May 30. Regiment moved to Fort Blount June 20-July 5.
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Site of the fort in 2018 The site of the fort is today located at the southeast corner of Fort Drive and Park Place; the grounds are currently occupied by the small neighborhood community center of Fair Haven. No visible remains of the fort can be found.
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Fort Thomas Independent School District or Fort Thomas Independent Schools is a school district headquartered in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, in the Greater Cincinnati area. It operates five schools, including three elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school."About our District." Fort Thomas Independent Schools.
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Mannar Fort (; Mannaram Balakotuwa) is located on Mannar Island, Sri Lanka. It was built by Portuguese in 1560. The fort fell to the Dutch in 1658, and they rebuilt the fort in 1696. In 1795 the British occupied the fort following the surrender by the Dutch.
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Junagarh Fort The Junagarh Fort was built around 1594 AD by Raja Rai Singh. The fort was originally called Chintamani. It is one of the few major forts in Rajasthan which was not built on hilly terrain. The modern city of Bikaner has developed around the fort.
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Cranganore Fort, otherwise known as Kodungallur Fort, or Kottapuram Fort, is situated in Kodungallur of Thrissur District in Kerala, India. The stone fort was built by the Portuguese in 1523, and was called Fortaleza da Sao Tome in colonial Portuguese India. Mar Thoma Sleeha (Thomas the Apostle).
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Vairagad is a small fort situated in the Gadchiroli district at the confluence of River Khobragadhi and Satnalas. The small dusty village by the name of the fort is adjacent to the fort. This fort is situated 180 km from Nagpur and 80 km from Chandrapur.
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The fort was established in the New Mexico Territory, on the Santa Fe Trail.Leo E. Oliva. FORT UNION AND THE FRONTIER ARMY IN THE SOUTHWEST: A Historic Resource Study Fort Union National Monument. Professional Papers No. 41, Division of History National Park Service Fort Union, New Mexico.
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Arrived at Fort Buford January 30. February 1, 1881, Troop A, Second Cavalry, left Camp Poplar River for Fort Buford with 53 Indian prisoners of war. Arrived February 4. Left Fort Buford February 10 and arrived at Fort Keogh February 19, 1881. Total distance marched, 230 miles.
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Marker denoting the fort Fort DeWolf was an American Civil War fort located just south of Shepherdsville, Kentucky. It was placed so that the L&N; railroad would bisect the fort, to better protect the vital railroad bridge over the Salt River. Image:Fort_DeWolf_1.JPG Image:Fort_DeWolf_2.JPG Image:Fort_DeWolf_3.
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The Moghul Emperor Aurangzeb sent his chieftain Mahabat Khan to win the fort. Mahabat Khan and DilerKhan opened battle front from either side of the fort. The attack was so fierce that the Ahivant fort was surrendered to Moghuls. Subsequently, the Achala fort was also surrendered.
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Tung fort is also named Kathingad fort. The word "Kathin" in Marathi means difficult. While climbing, one can experience the difficult challenge of reaching this fort. The fort is conical and has steep climbs with a very narrow route on the edge of the mountain throughout.
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Kvarven fort was one of these, along with Hellen Fort and batteries in Sandviken. Construction of Kvarven Fort began in 1895. The military bought the nearby farm Bakke in 1898, and turned its stately main building into the commander's quarters. The fort construction was completed in 1899.
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Vandan fort Dargah Gate Vandan Fort () is located in Satara District. This fort is situated on a hilly spur from the main ridge of Sahyadri. This fort is frequently visited by trekkers and pilgrims. The villages at the base are rich in sugarcane and other cultivation.
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Takmak Fort is Located in Palghar taluka of Palghar district in Maharashtra. The fort is situated on a north-south hill spur ending in a steep rise. The fort is in a ruined stste with few remains of fortification.This is a fort located from the Thane city.
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Close up of 1897 USGS map of Yosemite showing location of Fort Monroe. Fort Monroe is a historic site in Yosemite National Park. There are no longer remnants, it is a location only. The fort was not a military fort, but started as a stage station.
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The City of Fort Wayne established the Fort Wayne Public Transit Corporation as a public utility and purchased the assets of the private Fort Wayne Transit company in 1968. Citilink is one of the service marks used by the Fort Wayne PTC. Ridership in 2011 was 2,011,992.
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There were fifteen evaluations, which took place at Fort Benning, Fort Polk, Fort Irwin, Fort Lewis, and Yakima, Washington. The camouflage patterns were then rated on their blending, brightness, contrast, and detection by U.S. Army soldiers, during the daytime, and also at night using night vision devices.
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Fort Hamilton at Fort Wiki.com Bernard was previously a French military engineer under Napoleon, who had joined the US Army after Napoleon's defeat in 1815. Six years and a half million dollars later, the fort was ready to receive its garrison, initially Battery F of the 4th US Artillery. Fort Hamilton (now the Casemate Fort, Whiting Quadrangle) was designed primarily as a landward defense for Fort Lafayette, although it had a sea-facing front as well.
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The citizens of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta, elected one mayor, ten councillors, the five Fort McMurray Public School District trustees (in Fort McMurray), five of the Northland School Division No. 61's 23 school boards (outside Fort McMurray, three or five trustees each), and the five Fort McMurray Roman Catholic Separate School District No. 32 trustees (in Fort McMurray). Wood Buffalo includes Fort McMurray, an urban service area deemed equivalent of a city.
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The earliest recorded settlement on the site is a Cromwellian wooden fort built in 1654 as a base for British troops to "pacify" Clan Cameron after the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.Old Fort William And Cromwellian Barracks Visit Fort William (Tourist information site). The post-Glorious Revolution fort was named Fort William after William of Orange, who ordered that it be built to control the Highland clans. Lochaber History & Culture Visit Fort William, Scotland (Tourist information).
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Bengkulu City with Fort Marlborough in centerSouthwest arch entrance of Fort Marlborough The fort is made of bricks 50 to 180 centimeters in thickness. The 2000 Enggano earthquake, which registered 7.9 on the moment magnitude scale, and of 2007, with its 3.5-meter tsunami, had no effect on the strongly built fort. The fort has a rectangular layout, with an arrowhead-shaped bastion on each corner. The entrance to the fort is in the southwest, protected by a ravelin.
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Fort Selkirk Vent is a geological name for a cinder cone in central Yukon, Canada, located just east of Fort Selkirk along the Yukon River. Fort Selkirk Vent and the surrounding landscape lies in the Fort Selkirk Volcanic Field of the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province. During the Pleistocene period, eruptions of basaltic lava occurred. One of these several eruptions created Fort Selkirk Vent and no eruptions have originated from Fort Selkirk Vent since the Pleistocene period.
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The Union retained possession of Fort Monroe, at Old Point Comfort on the Virginia Peninsula.Fort Monroe was one of three major forts in seceded states that were still held by the Union; the others were Fort Zachary Taylor and Fort Pickens, both in Florida. They also held a small man-made island known as the Rip Raps, on the far side of the channel opposite Fort Monroe, and on this island they completed another fort, named Fort Wool.
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The Star-Telegram’s circulation area is the Fort Worth/Arlington metro area (four counties) and 14 surrounding counties. The newspaper's primary market is the four-county Fort Worth/Arlington metro area, as well as the Dallas and Fort Worth suburb of Grand Prairie. The Fort Worth/Arlington metro area is the western part of the fourth-largest U.S. metropolitan area, the Dallas/Fort Worth/Arlington Combined Statistical Area. Fort Worth/Arlington ranks 29th most populous as a metro area.
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Fort Vancouver remained the primary trading post on the Columbia, with Fort William generally ignored. Fort Hall, while later an important stop on the Oregon Trail, did not net much profits with Fort Boise undercutting his activities. In 1837, after selling Fort William and Fort Hall to the HBC, Wyeth returned to Boston in debt of $20,000 after five years of attempts at establishing a commercial outpost in the Oregon Country. The second expedition was scientifically useful.
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In 1853, the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment began constructing a new fort on a bluff nine miles downriver from Fort Conrad. The new fort was named in honor of Captain Louis S. Craig, an officer in the Mexican–American War who had been murdered by deserters in California in 1852. The new fort was garrisoned in 1854 with troops transferred from Fort Conrad. Life at remote Fort Craig was uncomfortable and lonely at best and deadly at worst.
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The Fort Wayne FireHawks were a professional indoor football team based in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The team joined the Continental Indoor Football League as an expansion team during the 2010 season. The FireHawks were the fourth attempt at indoor football in Fort Wayne after the original Fort Wayne Freedom (NIFL & UIF, 2003–06), Fort Wayne Fusion (af2, 2007), and the second Fort Wayne Freedom (CIFL, 2008–09). The Owner of the FireHawks was Championship Sports Enterprises LLC.
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Begun in 1843, the Fort Moyenne and Fort Supérieur were constructed over a 20-year period. The construction of Fort Moyenne spanned 1846–1862, and Fort Supérieure 1852–1860. The B12 and the underground stairway were also constructed at this time. The purpose of the fort was to lock the access to the Ubaye valley from the Cols, and the fort was so positioned to allow covering fire from the bronze cannons firing round shot that were installed there.
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1865 map of Fort Anderson Fort Anderson is a mid-19th-century earthen fort in the lower Cape Fear Region of North Carolina, located over the ruins of the colonial town of Brunswick in Brunswick County. It was used as a Confederate Fort during the American Civil War. The fort was pivotal in protecting the Cape Fear River inlets and Wilmington upstream. Earthen batteries comprise the fort and were used as platforms and shields for the Confederate cannons.
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The Fort Tompkins area was important as a mobilization center in the Civil War, and it was further fortified. New York City was not attacked in that war, so the fort did not see action. In the 1890s new gun batteries were built under the Endicott Program, and Fort Tompkins' role in the area's defense ceased. In 1902 the area was designated as Fort Wadsworth, with Fort Richmond (renamed Fort Wadsworth in 1865) becoming Battery Weed.
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Carter, R.G., On the Border with Mackenzie, 1935, Washington D.C.: Enyon Printing Co., p. 48 There were "sub posts or intermediate stations" including Bothwick's Station on Salt Creek between Fort Richardson and Fort Belknap, Camp Wichita near Buffalo Springs between Fort Richardson and Red River Station, and Mountain Pass between Fort Concho and Fort Griffin.Carter, p. 49 During World War I, the fort was used as a training base and saw over 15,000 recruits pass through the gates.
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The area of the fort is 3 hectares. The Fort is built on two levels - the Lower Fort, which is the larger one with its base touching the creek and a fresh water well inside, and the Upper Fort, which is smaller and on a hillock to keep watch on maritime activities in the surrounding waters. There is a dry moat 20feet deep around the fort. There are four gates to be passed to enter the fort.
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Fort Pitt was a fort in what is now the city of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The fort was built in 1758 during the French and Indian War, next to the site of Fort Duquesne. The French built Fort Duquesne at the beginning of that war, and it became a focal point due to its strategic river location. The Braddock expedition, a 1755 attempt to take Fort Duquesne, met with a bloody repulse at the Monongahela River.
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The Upper Mississippi River during the War of 1812. 1: Fort Bellefontaine U.S. headquarters; 2: Fort Osage, abandoned 1813; 3: Fort Madison, defeated 1813; 4: Fort Shelby, defeated 1814; 5: Battle of Rock Island Rapids, July 1814 and the Battle of Credit Island, Sept. 1814; 6: Fort Johnson, abandoned 1814; 7: Fort Cap au Gris and the Battle of the Sink Hole, May 1815. Campbell's Island is an island and unincorporated community in the Mississippi River.
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The City of Fort Stockton is served by the Fort Stockton Independent School District. Fort Stockton has two elementary schools, Alamo Elementary and Apache Elementary, both of which house grades K-3. Fort Stockton Intermediate School houses grades 4–5, while Fort Stockton Middle School houses grades 6-8 and Fort Stockton High School houses grades 9-12. The city and district share the old Alamo school building, using it for the Recreation Department to host Little League games.
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The Fort Garry/Fort Rouge Twins are a Canadian junior ice hockey team currently based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Established in 1970 as the Fort Garry/Fort Rouge Blues, the club is a charter member of the Manitoba Major Junior Hockey League (MMJHL). Since 2010, Century Arena has been the home of the Twins, who have won seven league championships. Fort Garry/Fort Rouge has also won the Art Moug Trophy (regular season title) five times.
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The village of Guysborough was first settled by French Europeans in 1634, led by Isaac de Razilly, a French nobleman and Navy officer who later became Governor of French Acadia. He built a fort named Fort St François à Canso at the entrance to the harbour. In 1655 Nicolas Denys, governor of the new St Lawrence Bay Province, built Fort Chedabuctou on Fort Point to serve as his capital. The fort was later replaced and renamed Fort St Louis.
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Fort Dearborn was a United States fort built in 1803 beside the Chicago River, in what is now Chicago, Illinois. It was constructed by troops under Captain John Whistler and named in honor of Henry Dearborn, then United States Secretary of War. The original fort was destroyed following the Battle of Fort Dearborn during the War of 1812, and a second fort was reconstructed on the same site in 1816. By 1837, the fort had been de-commissioned.
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Currently, the Ruins of Fort St. Barbara is in a recovery phase, while the Fort San Felipe remnants have appeared recently. Fort San Carlos does not seem to have left preserved evidence.
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Fort Kessel fell on October 4. On October 5, the bombardment of Fort Broechem started. On October 6, Fort Broechem was put out of action. The position of Antwerp then became untenable.
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The Eastern Point name may refer to the Eastern Point Fort, which was built in 1863 across the harbor. Fort Point is also used for the land Fort Defiance was built on.
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Garrison Fort Duschene and Fort Howard till October 27. Boydton Plank Road, Hatcher's Run, October 27–28. Warren's Raid on Weldon Railroad December 7–12. Garrison Fort Rice till February 5, 1865.
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Jalalgarh Fort is an almost 300 years old ruined fort located at 20 km north of Purnia, Bihar, India. The fort was built by Saif Khan, the Faujdar of Purnea in 1722.
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Expedition to Fort Fisher, N.C., December 7–27. Second Expedition to Fort Fisher, N.C., January 3–15, 1865. Assault on and capture of Fort Fisher January 15. Sugar Loaf Battery February 11.
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Blacknor Fort Blacknor Fort is a 20th-century fort on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England. It is located at Blacknor Point on the western side of Portland, close to Weston village.
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Buddhist-style wall paintings can be seen in forts and Noorbakhshi khanqahs, including Chaqchan Mosque in Khaplu, Amburik Mosque in Shigar, Khanqah e Muallah Shigar, Khaplu Fort, Shigar Fort and Skardu Fort.
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The fort was officially abandoned on April 19, 1819, and its contents shipped to Fort Detroit. The last of the old fort was demolished in 1852 to make way in the town.
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It was built in 1810 near the military installation Fort Washington (originally Fort Dearborn),Fort Dearborn at NorthAmericanForts.com, retrieved 26 Feb 2017. where Covington commanded the Regiment of Light Dragoons.Kempe, Helen Kerr.
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The main portion of the park, in Dover, Tennessee, commemorates the Battle of Fort Donelson (). Fort Heiman, in nearby Calloway County, Kentucky, was a Confederate battery in the Battle of Fort Henry.
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Fort Risban Fort Risban is a fort in Calais, France, located on the coast on the Avenue Raymond Poincaré at the port entrance. In English medieval accounts it is Risbanke or Risbank.
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1973 - Greenfield-Central 1974 - Blackford 1975 - Mishawaka Marian (2) 1976 - Mishawaka Marian (3) 1977 - Plymouth 1978 - Goshen 1979 - Blackford (2) 1980 - Franklin Central 1981 - Franklin Central (2) 1982 - Franklin Central (3) 1983 - Indianapolis Chatard 1984 - Indianapolis Chatard (2) 1985 - Fort Wayne Luers 1986 - Whitko 1987 - Rochester 1988 - Western Boone 1989 - Fort Wayne Luers (2) 1990 - Indianapolis Scecina 1991 - Indianapolis Scecina (2) 1992 - Fort Wayne Luers (3) 1993 - West Lafayette 1994 - Bremen (2) 1995 - North Montgomery 1996 - North Montgomery (2) 1997 - Jimtown (2) 1998 - Jimtown (3) 1999 - Fort Wayne Luers (4) 2000 - Evansville Mater Dei 2001 - Fort Wayne Luers (5) 2002 - Fort Wayne Luers (6) 2003 - Tri-West (2) 2004 - Tri-West (3) 2005 - Jimtown (4) 2006 - Fort Wayne Harding 2007 - Fort Wayne Luers (7) 2008 - Heritage Christian 2009 - Fort Wayne Luers (8) 2010 - Fort Wayne Luers (9) 2011 - Fort Wayne Luers (10) 2012 - Fort Wayne Luers (11) 2013 - Indianapolis Ritter (4) 2014 - Rensselaer Central 2015 - Monrovia 2016 - Indianapolis Ritter (5) 2017 - Southridge 2018 - Western Boone (2) 2019 - Western Boone (3) Some multiple champion listings occur across classifications.
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Fort Leavenworth USD 207 is a public unified school district headquartered in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, United States.
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St Catherine's Fort is a 19th century Palmerston Fort on St Catherine's Island, at Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
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Bahadurgad Fort () is a fort in Ahmednagar district near to Daund in the Maharashtra state of India.
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Bhupatgad Fort() is a fort in Palghar district in the Jawhar taluka in Maharashtra state of India.
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Bitangad Fort () is a fort in Nashik district in the Igatpuri taluka in Maharashtra state of India.
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Entrance to Fort Laramie National Historic Site In 1860 Fort Laramie served as a Pony Express station.
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Dun Guaidhre, Fort (n.d.). Local tradition associates the fort with Godred Crovan.Macniven (2013) p. 89 n. 101.
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Fort James is the only stone-built fort in the period of US expansion to the west.
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Northern Rockies Regional Airport (Fort Nelson Airport), , is located east northeast of Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.
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Fort St. John (Charlie Lake) Water Aerodrome, , is located northwest of Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada.
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The Fort William Mountain Festival is an annual festival of mountain culture held in Fort William, Scotland.
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Fort San Sebastian at Shama and Fort Santo Antonio at Axim followed in 1640 and 1642 respectively.
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A larger fort known as Bibra Roman Fort was located 500 metres south-west of Milefortlet 14.
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Its main base was Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, with a hub at Fort Wayne International Airport.
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Spanish Fort April 8. Fort Blakely April. Expedition from Blakely, Ala., to Georgetown, Ga., April 17-30.
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Included in this transformation was the move of the Armor School from Fort Knox to Fort Benning.
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Light's Fort. Lebanon Daily News, February 25, 1975. A view of the bronze plaque at Light's Fort.
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June 9, 2009. Retrieved July 4, 2011. Fort Bend County Libraries serves the Fort Bend County areas.
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William Fort or locally known as Chettuva Fort is located in Chettuva, Thrissur District of Kerala, India.
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Activated on 4 October 1950 at Fort Ord, California. Inactivated on 3 April 1956 at Fort Ord.
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He died at Fort Plain, New York, September 13, 1884. He was interred in Fort Plain Cemetery.
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Fort Shirley was a fort erected by the Province of Pennsylvania during the French and Indian War.
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Fort Harrison is also home to Fort Harrison VA Medical Center, where many Helena-area residents work.
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Golconda Fort Qutb Shahi tombs Taramati Baradari The Golconda Fort is the earliest example of the style.
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Fort Branch has a public library, a branch of the Fort Branch- Johnson Township Public Library system.
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The fort is made of stones rich in iron content which protects it from canon attacks. There is a secret tunnel believed to connect this fort with other forts. The defence strategy of the fort is exemplary. At one time this fort was owned by Jagjit Singh Rana.
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The first fort on this site was Abraham Shurte's Fort (1630–1633), a palisaded trading post that was burned down by pirates under Dixie Bull. The next fort on the site was Fort Pemaquid (1633–1676), which was destroyed in the Northwest Coast Campaign (1676) during King Philip's War.
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Songadh fort is a 16th-century fort in Songadh town of Tapi district, Gujarat, India. The fort gots its name from the Gujarati language terms son (gold) and gadh (fort). It is located near the Tapi River Ukai Dam at an elevation of 112 meters above sea level.
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Fort St. Anthony of Simbor is often confused with the better-known island fort located 1 nautical mile off Diu Fortress and which is also known as Fortim-do- Mar and Fort Pani Kota. The ruined fort has been earmarked for restoration by the authorities of Daman and Diu.
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Fort Montluc, also known as Fort de Villeurbanne, is a fort located in the 3rd arrondissement of Lyon. The fort was built in 1831 as part of the Ceintures de Lyon, which were a series of fortifications surrounding Lyon. It is currently used as a metropolitan police station.
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Gagron Fort (Hindi/Rajasthani: गागरोन का किला) is situated in Jhalawar district of Rajasthan, in the Hadoti region of India. It is an example of a hill and water fort. It is a hill and water fort, one of 12 kinds of Vedic fort architecture known as JalDurg.
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Belapur Fort is a fort near the township of Belapur in Navi Mumbai (New Bombay), Maharashtra, India. The fort was built by the Siddis of Janjira. It was later conquered by the Portuguese, and then Marathas. In the early 19th century, the fort was captured by the British.
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Wicca promises to break Fort free, provided he learns to control his genie power. Fort agrees. From this point onwards, the player can build and customize a party of up to four members (including Fort). Fort escapes into the Forest of Black Poison, and reaches the Town of Fatma.
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Fort activates an ancient flying machine and uses it to enter the castle from the air. Fort confronts and defeats various members of the genie troop. Legna finally appears and refuses to change his anti-human policies. Fort and Legna battle using their monsters, and Fort defeats Legna.
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Fort Belgica in the late 1990s Fort Belgica is a 17th-century fort in Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Maluku Islands (the Moluccas), Indonesia. The fort acted as a fortification system for the islands of Banda where during the period, the only place in the world where nutmeg was produced.
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Unused bridge pilings still exist in the creek. The Kilgore Fort House is also called the Kilgore Fort, but unlike the popular idea of a frontier fort, it had no walls around it. Instead it is simply a log home designed for defense, hence the term fort house.
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The Moghul Emperor Aurangzeb sent his chieftain Mahabat Khan to win the fort. Mahabat Khan and DilerKhan opened battle front from either side of the fort. The attack was so fierce that the fort was surrendered to Moghuls. In 1818 the fort was captured by British Colonel Prother.
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Fort Klamath area Fort Klamath is an unincorporated community between Crater Lake National Park and Upper Klamath Lake in Klamath County, Oregon, United States. The community is located about a mile northwest of Fort Klamath, the Oregon Trail military outpost. Fort Klamath post office was established January 6, 1879.
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At the beginning of the Civil War, the garrison at Fort Cobb consisted of four companies of Federal troops. Colonel Emory ordered two companies sent to Fort Washita. The other two remained at Fort Cobb. Fort Washita was occupied by Confederate troops from Texas on April 17, 1861.
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The New Englanders then retreated back into the fort. The Indians eventually retired up the river, viewing further attacks on the fort as useless. During their return to Norridgewock, the Indians attacked Fort Richmond with a three- hour siege. They burned homes and killed cattle, but the fort held.
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Fort Washington was located on the island. More recently, the area was known as a meeting place for gay paramours. Fort Washington and Fort Sullivan were built in 1775 and were named for George Washington and local war hero John Sullivan. Fort Washington was a star-shaped earthwork.
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Fort Loramie has one public high school, Fort Loramie High School, and one public grade school, Fort Loramie Elementary. The school also allows students to enroll into Upper Valley Career Center, a trade school in Piqua, Ohio. Fort Loramie has a public library, a branch of Shelby County Libraries.
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The army vacated the fort in 1962. Restoration began in 1982 following a failed commercial redevelopment venture, and 6-inch Mk VII guns have been re-installed in the fort to approximate the 1906 - 1941 armament. The fort is preserved and maintained by Lewes District Council as Newhaven Fort.
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Fort Parramatta in its current state Fort Parramatta was the name was given to a fort north of Wellington, New Zealand, in the 1840s. The remains of the fort are still visible on the Ngatitoa Domain in Porirua City, but the surrounding suburb name has been changed to "Paremata".
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Shiva temple Chandan and Vandan fort map Chandan Fort () is located in Satara District. This fort is situated on a hilly spur from the main ridge of Sahyadri. This fort is frequently visited by trekkers and pilgrims. The villages at the base are rich in sugarcane and other cultivation.
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Miller died on May 8, 1970 and is buried in Grandview Cemetery, Fort Collins in Fort Collins. Mark Miller burial site in Grandview Cemetery The bulk of Mark Miller's photographs were donated after his death to the Fort Collins Local History Archive located at the Fort Collins Museum.
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They left Fort Garry (modern Winnipeg) in June 1841 with 121 people that consisted of 23 families. When they arrived at Fort Vancouver, they then numbered 21 families of 116 people. Fourteen of them were relocated to Fort Nisqually, while the remaining seven families were sent to Fort Cowlitz.
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Bilot Fort is the second fort situated next to the town of Bilot Sharif and about 55 km north of Dera Ismail Khan in Pakistan. It was an ancient Hindu Fort with a famous temple inside its walls. The fort has disintegrated over time but the temple still stands.
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Each segment of the fort walls are in length, with heights ranging from , and are made of large, hewn stones. The fort is fortified with eight bastions. The fort measures in the north-south direction and in the east-west direction. The fort is surrounded by a moat.
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The Gopalgad Fort, also known as Anjanvel Fort () is a coastal fort, half of the fort is on a hill and the other half is directly adjacent to the Arabian Sea. Anjanwel has a tropical monsoon climate with 47% of humidity also due to its proximity to the sea.
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Rumour has it that there once was an underground corridor connecting Bhongir Fort to Golconda Fort.There is a statue placed at entry of the fort which came out in nearby diggings around fort.
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They were only able to hold the fort for a month before it was retaken by the British in October. Fort Morris/Fort George remained under the control of British forces until 1782.
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In 1935, the State of Florida bought 256 acres (1.0km2) that included the then-abandoned fort and the surrounding area. Fort Clinch State Park including the fort, opened to the public in 1938.
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Fort Le Duc or Fort LeDuc was a square fort and trading post built near Wetmore, Colorado. It was named after trapper Maurice LeDuc or Maurice LeDoux, and constructed around 1830 or 1835.
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The fort was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. The fort site was combined with the adjacent Richmond Hill State Park to create the Fort McAllister State Historic Park.
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Fort Calhoun is a city in Washington County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 908 at the 2010 census. The city includes Fort Atkinson, the first fort built west of the Missouri River.
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Rao Bikaji's first fort, 'Bikaji Ki Tekri' built in 1478 is now in ruins. A hundred years later a new fort was built about 1.5 km from the city centre, named Junagarh Fort.
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On the Bermuda Hundred front until December. 1st Expedition to Fort Fisher, N.C., December 7-27. 2nd Expedition to Fort Fisher, N.C., January 7-15, 1865. Bombardment of Fort Fisher January 13-15.
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Fort Pike Citadel. The United States constructed Fort Pike following the War of 1812 to protect passage on the Rigolets. The fort was abandoned in 1890 when it was no longer considered necessary.
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12 years 1887-1894 On October 20, 1894, Major Gageby and Companies B, C, and D of the Twelfth Infantry left Fort Sully en route to Fort Niobrara, Nebraska leaving Fort Sully abandoned.
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All these forts were maintained to keep watch on the Burhanpur-Surat ancient commercial road. The road passes between the two hill ranges. Mora fort is a small fort, close to Mulher fort.
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Gulpur has a historical background. It has a beautiful and historical fort with name 'Throachi Fort' that is located in the Throachi village. This fort is 2 kilometres away from the Gulpur city.
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Corregidor/Fort Mills with other forts inset. mortars of Battery Way, Fort Mills in 2007. gun on a disappearing carriage, generally similar to other 10-inch through 14-inch disappearing batteries. Fort Drum.
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The following morning the fort was sacked and destroyed by Ondonga forces claiming a number of cattle from the fort. Following the battle the fort was rebuilt and greatly expanded by the Germans.
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In the 2013 elections, the citizens of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo elected one mayor, ten councillors (from four wards), the five Fort McMurray Public School District trustees (in Fort McMurray), five of the Northland School Division No. 61's 22 school boards (outside Fort McMurray, three or five trustees each), and the five Fort McMurray Catholic School District trustees (in Fort McMurray).
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After the Northeast Coast Campaign (1677) during King Philips War, another fort was established with the Treaty of Casco (1678), this third fort was named Fort Charles (1677–1689). Captain Anthony Brockholst (Brockholes) was left in command of Pemaquid in March 1689. Fort Charles was captured early in King William's War. The English regained their authority over the region by building Fort William Henry.
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View of Fort House and foundation remnants of Fort Frederick After Father Rale's War, Colonel David Dunbar, Surveyor-General of the King's Woods, rebuilt the fort in 1729–1730, renaming it Fort Frederick. During King George's War, Fort Frederick was attacked during the Northeast Coast Campaign (1745) by bands of Penobscot and Norridgewock.Williamson, p. 236 They took captive a woman, which alarmed the garrison but she escaped.
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Fort Garry was named after Nicholas Garry, deputy governor of the Hudson's Bay Company. It served as the centre of fur trade within the Red River Colony. In 1826, a severe flood destroyed the fort. It was rebuilt in 1835 by the HBC and named Upper Fort Garry to differentiate it from "the Lower Fort," or Lower Fort Garry, 32 km downriver, which was established in 1831.
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The Ghats from Ryghur Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj seized the fort in 1656, then known as the fort of Rairi from Chandraraoji More, The King of Jawali. Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj renovated and expanded the fort of Rairi and renamed it as Raigad (King's Fort). It became the capital of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's Maratha Empire. The villages of Pachad & Raigadwadi are located at the base of the Raigad fort.
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Entrance gate of Tung Chung Fort Tung Chung Rural Committee Office and exhibition hall within Tung Chung Fort Tung Chung Fort is a fort located near Tung Chung, on Lantau Island, in Hong Kong. Close to Tung Chung Road, the fort is surrounded by the villages of Sheung Ling Pei () and Ha Ling Pei (). It has a companion Tung Chung Battery on the coast.
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Degerberget Fort () is a modern fort, part of Boden Fortress, outside the city of Boden, Norrbotten, in northern Sweden. The fort was finished in 1908 but improvements were also continuously made during, and between, both World Wars. Besides its military role, the fort also served as storage for part of the Swedish gold reserve for over 40 years. Degerberget Fort was decommissioned in 1992.
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Fort Pierce Inlet State Park, a part of the Florida State Park system, is located just north of the Fort Pierce Inlet, on North Hutchinson Island, near Fort Pierce. It consists of beaches, dunes and a coastal hammock between the Atlantic Ocean and the waters of Tucker Cove, an indentation of the Indian River Lagoon.Map of Fort Pierce, etc, 1998, Fort Lauderdale: Dolph Map Co.
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16-inch casemated gun, similar to those at Fort Church. 8-inch Navy MkVIM3 gun on barbette mount M1A1, as used at Fort Church. 6-inch gun M1905 on shielded barbette carriage at Fort Columbia State Park, Washington state, similar to the guns of BCN 212 near Sakonnet Point. Fort Church was a World War II United States Army coastal defense fort in Little Compton, Rhode Island.
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The three sea walls cover over combined. The fort de l’Île Pelée [fort of Pelée Island], a defensive element to the east of the sea wall, was designed by Ricard and Decaux and built between 1777 and 1784. It was named fort Royal, fort National, fort Imperial, before taking the name of the island on which it was built. It served as a prison during the Revolution.
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Battery Way was a battery of four 12-inch mortars located on the island of Corregidor. Battery Way was one of two (Battery Geary the other) mortar batteries at Fort Mills that, with Fort Hughes, Fort Drum, Fort Frank and Fort Wint formed the Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays. Battery Way was named for Lt. Henry N. Way of the 4th U.S. Artillery.
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On 2 June the fort was attacked by aircraft. Two bombs exploded in the courtyard of the fort. Among the dead was the 12th Motorized Infantry's General Janssen. Another bombing raid on 3 June hit the fort with six bombs, heavily damaging the fort and killing six more officers, with a total of between 150 and 200 killed at the fort in both raids.
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However, the conditions at the fort were harsh during the winter, and McIntosh removed most of the American forces to Fort Pitt, leaving only about 150 men (from the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment and 13th Virginia Regiment) under the command of Colonel John Gibson. Fort Laurens was the only fort built in the Ohio Country during the Revolutionary War. The fort was abandoned on August 2, 1779.
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The first owner of fort was the 11th company of Kaunas Fortress Artillery (Imperial Russian Army). In 1915, German Army occupied the Fort without resistance. The Seventh Fort is one of the best surviving examples of a two-rampart fort, showing the typical design of a 19th-century Russian brick fort. Many authentic elements survive, such as iron window frames, ammunition warehouse gate fragments.
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Fort Willem II is a small square- shaped fort with four bastions, located in the center of Ungaran, on the Semarang-Surakarta road. The building of the Regional People's Representative Assembly (DPRD) is located just in front of the fort. A moat used to surround the fort until the 19th century, when it was filled in. A one meter thick wall surrounds the fort.
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The District's posts included Fort Bragg and Fort Wright in northern Mendocino County, and extending north through Humboldt County to Fort Gaston in Hoopa and Fort Ter-Waw near Klamath (after the Great Flood of 1862, moved to Camp Lincoln near Crescent City). Other posts included Camp Curtis (in Arcata), Camp Iaqua, Fort Seward (in southern Humboldt County), and Camps Baker, Lyon, and Anderson.
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Fort Charlotte is a British-colonial era fort built on a hill over-looking the harbor of Nassau, The Bahamas. The fort sits a short walk west of downtown Nassau and the cruise ship terminal. The fort was constructed in the late 18th century by British colonial governor Lord Dunmore after the end of the American Revolutionary war. The fort has never been used in battle.
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Naldurg Fort is a historic fort in Naldurg town of Osmanabad district in Maharashtra state of India. Naldurg Fort is named after Nalraja who built the fort in medieval architectural style. The unique feature of the fort is that it encloses a knoll of basalt rock which juts out into the valley of the small Bori River and a long fortification wall with many bastions.
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The fort was built south-east of the village. The construction work for Fort de Douaumont started in 1885 and the fort was continually reinforced until 1913. The fort is situated on some of the highest ground in the area. At the very beginning of the Battle of Verdun (February 1916) and due to French unpreparedness, the fort was easily captured by a small German raiding party.
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On April 18, Captain Mercer engaged in a skirmish with Native Americans near Fort Edwards on the Cacapon River in present-day Capon Bridge where he and sixteen of his men were killed. It is located on the Powell Farm. Fort Capon was known by a number of names during its use. These names include: Fort Enoch, Enoch's Fort, Fort Capon, and Forks of Capon Stockade.
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Footings of the first fort can be seen just north of the Villa Louis. The blockhouse in upper right is a reconstruction.To protect Prairie du Chien against future invasion, U.S. forces returned in June 1816, with orders to construct a new fort on the site of Fort McKay. This fort was named Fort Crawford in honor of William H. Crawford, the Secretary of War under James Madison.
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Marcy and his men constructed a rectangular fort, with barracks on opposite sides and the quartermaster and commissary facilities at opposite ends. Eventually the fort consisted of thirty buildings constructed of hewn logs, with stone chimneys. Major William H. Emory of the First Cavalry was appointed commander of both Fort Arbuckle and Fort Washita in 1858. He found the facilities at the fort inadequate.
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The Dutch built triangular earthworks called Fort Flamand (Flemish Fort) near the site, which was taken over by the French in 1650, and renamed Fort Salé (Salt Fort or du Sal Fort after the governor). It remains the only known structure to survive from this early colonial period. Gudmund Hatt first discovered the site in 1923. Excavations revealed petroglyphs, human sacrifice remains, zemis, and stone belts.
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Other communities in the riding include the hamlets of Fort Chipewyan, Fort Fitzgerald, and Fort McKay. Three First Nation band governments are based in Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo: Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Fort McKay First Nation, and Mikisew Cree First Nation. Smith's Landing First Nation is based outside of the riding but has several reserves within its boundaries. All of these bands are signatories of Treaty 8.
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The raising of the American Flag at Fort Santiago. On August 13, 1898, the American flag was raised in Fort Santiago signifying the start of the American rule in the Philippines. The fort served as the headquarters for the U.S. Army and several changes were made to the fort by the Americans. One of these changes included the draining of the moats surrounding the fort.
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Fort Gilmer was situated next to an important Indian site called Standing Peachtree, a Creek Indian village. The site traditionally marked a Native American meeting place at the boundary between Creek and Cherokee lands, at the point where Peachtree Creek flows into the Chattahoochee. The fort was soon renamed Fort Peachtree. A road was built linking Fort Peachtree and Fort Daniel following the route of existing trails.
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Fort Casimir or Fort Trinity was a Dutch fort in the seventeenth-century colony of New Netherland. It was located on a no-longer existing barrier island at the end of Chestnut Street in what is now New Castle, Delaware. Fort Nassau and Fort Casimir. Yellow line marks the coast between the 38th and 42nd parallel, the greatest extent of the Dutch Empire's North American claim.
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Work was begun in the autumn of 1750 and went ahead throughout the winter.Désiré Girouard, “Le fort de Toronto,” BRH, V (1899), 137–40. The fort was almost finished in April 1751, when the Sieur de Portneuf returned from Fort Frontenac, where he had spent the winter. He was in command at Fort Rouillé during the 1751 trading season, and returned to Fort Frontenac in the autumn.
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The fort was constructed in 1581 on the orders of the Mughal Emperor Akbar. Construction was completed in two years after which the fort was used as a key defense line against Afghan invaders. The fort was captured in 1812 by Sikhs and eventually the British took over the fort. After the Indo-Pak partition in 1947 Pakistan Army took control of the fort.
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Old Fort is a census-designated place located in northern Pleasant Township, Seneca County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44861.Zip Code Lookup Old Fort was platted in 1882, and named after Fort Seneca, a fort built during the War of 1812. A post office has been in operation at Old Fort since 1882.
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John Clarence Webster, 1934 (1979 reprint), "Acadia at the End of the 17th Century", Saint John Museum, p. 90 The French, under the command of Boishébert, rebuilt the fort in 1749 and renamed it Fort Boishebert. The fort was used as a base to lead a harassment campaign against the English. The fort was abandoned after Fort LaTour was rebuilt at the mouth of the St John.
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Fort Mellieħa or Mellieħa Fort (), also known as Il-Fortizza tas-Salib (meaning Fort of the Cross), is a World War II-era fort in Mellieħa, Malta. It was built by the British on top of Mellieħa hill, to serve as a civil defence depot and an observation post. The structure is lightly fortified by a perimeter wall. The fort is now surrounded by residential buildings.
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It led from Fort Southwest Point at Kingston through the Cumberland Mountains up into what is now Jackson County, Tennessee to Fort Blount. From there it worked through the hills and valleys of upper Middle Tennessee to Bledsoe's Fort at Castalian Springs, then to Mansker's Fort (near modern Goodlettsville), and finally to Fort Nashborough. These five forts provided shelter and protection for travelers along the Trace.
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The fort gradually deteriorated."Fort Clinch State Park-Something for Everyone", Amelia Now Magazine website During the Great Depression, workers of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) began restoration of the fort during the 1930s. It was restored to the Civil War era.National Park Service website: Florida Historic Places-Fort Clinch In 1935, the State of Florida bought that included the then-abandoned fort and the surrounding area.
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Wright's initial assignments were with the 2nd Infantry at posts in the western United States, including Fort Spokane, Washington, Fort Omaha, Nebraska, and Fort Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. From 1889 to 1891 he attended the School of Infantry and Cavalry at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, after which he rejoined his regiment at Fort Omaha. From 1896 to 1898 Wright was professor of military science at the Massachusetts Agricultural College.
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In 1864, the Dutch resident P. Van der Crab ordered the dilapidated buildings inside Fort Tolukko demolished and the fort vacated. In 1996, the fort area was renovated, but the lack of a proper conservation process resulted in the loss of some of the historic elements of the fort, such as the tunnels which connected the fort to the landing point on the beach.
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Fort Dodge is the home to the central campus of Iowa Central Community College. Fort Dodge is served by the Fort Dodge Community School District. The public school system includes Fort Dodge Senior High School (9−12), Fort Dodge Middle School (5−8), and several elementary schools. Duncombe Elementary closed briefly in 2015 due to structural issues, and was operating in the former Fair Oaks Middle School.
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Lincoln County Courthouse Stanford was founded in 1775 by Benjamin Logan as "St. Asaph"; the early settlement was also known simply as "Logan's Fort". The site of the fort is about one mile west of the courthouse at the center of town. The name "Fort Logan" is still used to this day by local businesses, including the Fort Logan Hospital and Standing Fort Collectibles.
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After came construction in Montreal, then Fort Ticonderoga and Fort Frontenac. He was then given command of Fort Niagara which he enlarged and provided with new earthwork defences (he was also based briefly at Fort Rouillé in 1757, a settlement that eventually ended in British hands and is now known as Toronto). In October 1757, he was removed from his command at Fort Niagara and rejoined his regiment in Montreal. He was dispatched again as commander of Fort Niagara in March, 1759.
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The Battle of Sitka continued for several days until the Tlingit abandoned their fort and left the area. Tlingit accounts of the battle refuse to admit defeat or give the Russians credit for taking the Tlingit fort. The Russians destroyed the abandoned Tlingit fort and named the new Russian fort Novo-Arkhangelsk (New Archangel), also known as Fort Archangel Michael and Fort Saint Michael. The confrontations at Sitka in 1802 and 1804 played a significant role in subsequent Tlingit-Russian relations for generations.
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In April 1889, Special Order 37 directed all paymasters in the District of Arizona to pay troops mustered as of April 30. Major Joseph Washington Wham, a U.S. Army paymaster, was assigned Fort Bowie, Fort Grant, Fort Thomas, Fort Apache and Camp San Carlos. Wham and his clerk, William T. Gibbon, met a train carrying the payroll in Willcox on May 8. The paymaster performed his duties at Fort Bowie on May 9 and at Fort Grant on May 10.
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Fort Shelby was a military fort in Detroit, Michigan that played a significant role in the War of 1812. It was built by the British in 1779 as Fort Lernoult, and was ceded to the United States by the Jay Treaty in 1796. It was renamed Fort Detroit by Secretary of War Henry Dearborn in 1805.Sources vary in their opinion as to whether the fort was renamed Fort Detroit by the Americans or was simply commonly called by that name.
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Aerial view of Fort Severn, Summer 2015 Sign at Fort Severn Airport in English (Fort Severn) and Cree (' [Waśahohk]). Summer 2015 'Fort Severn First Nation (' [] in Cree) is a Western Swampy Cree First Nation band government located on Hudson Bay and is the most northern community in Ontario, Canada. In 2001, the population was 401, consisting of 90 families in an area of 40 square kilometres. The legal name of the reserve is Fort Severn 89, with the main settlement of Fort Severn (' []).
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Once the French and Indian War broke out the English built 2 small stockade forts on the Oneida Carry to safeguard supply lines to Oswego. These small forts became Fort Bull and Fort Williams. 2 years into the war in March, 1756 a French led attack accompanied by Canadians and Native Americans destroyed Fort Bull and its connecting supply routes. To rebuild their strength on the Carry the British replaced Fort Bull with Fort Wood Creek right where the old Fort Bull stood.
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Barracks of the Seventh Fort Aerial view of the fort in 2011 The Seventh Fort or VII Fort is a defensive fortification built in Žaliakalnis district of Kaunas, Lithuania, during implementation of the first phase of the construction of the Kaunas Fortress. It is located near the Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences. This Fort became the last brick fortification of Kaunas Fortress. The Seventh Fort is close to the central defenses and it is located in the rear of Kaunas Fortress.
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The band fought with the victorious Third Division, which spearheaded the Battle of the Marne in July 1918. Having served in Alaska during World War II, the band participated in the Aleutian Islands operation in May 1943. Following World War II, the 4th Infantry Regiment Band was re-designated the 214th Army Band. Since 1945, this organization has been stationed in Fort Lewis, Washington; Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Meade, Maryland; Fort Richardson, Arkansas; Fort McPherson, Georgia; and Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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Fort Nelson Park in Portsmouth, near the site of the historic fort Antiaircraft gun mount in Fort Nelson Park No trace of the fort remains today. In 2006 Fort Nelson Park was opened on the site of a Civil War-era gasworks, south of the hospital property and some distance from Hospital Point, which is in the northeastern part of the hospital property. The park commemorates the fort in a publicly accessible area. The park has several naval guns and other nautical items.
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In 1849, Work decided to abandon Fort Stikine and establish Fort Rupert to exploit coal deposits on the northern part of Vancouver Island. When the miners went on strike in 1850, Work went by canoe from Fort Simpson to Fort Victoria to consult with Douglas. He then went by canoe to Fort Rupert and successfully persuaded the miners to go back to work. In 1849, Work settled his large family at Fort Victoria where his children could get an education.
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