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Dix, Fort

(Encyclopedia)Dix, Fort: see Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. ...

Albany, Fort

(Encyclopedia)Albany, Fort: see Fort Albany, Canada. ...

Fort Union

(Encyclopedia)Fort Union, trading post of the American Fur Company, erected in 1828 near the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers, on the Mont.-N.Dak. line; it controlled converging routes of travel fr...

Fort Washington

(Encyclopedia)Fort Washington, military post during the American Revolution, situated on the highest point of Manhattan island, New York City, overlooking the Hudson River opposite Fort Lee, N.J. It was a hastily b...

Fort William

(Encyclopedia)Fort William: see Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada. ...

Fort Worth

(Encyclopedia)Fort Worth, city (2020 pop. 918,915), seat of Tarrant co., N Tex., on the Trinity River 30 mi (48 km) W of Dallas; settled 1843, inc. 1873. An army post...

Henry, Fort

(Encyclopedia)Henry, Fort, Tenn.: see Fort Henry. ...

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