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Knox, Fort

(Encyclopedia)Knox, Fort: see Fort Knox.

Henry, Fort

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

Hall, Fort

(Encyclopedia)Hall, Fort: see Fort Hall.

George, Fort

(Encyclopedia)George, Fort: see Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. ...

Fort Abercrombie

(Encyclopedia)Fort Abercrombie ăbˈərkrŏmˌbē, –krŭmˌbē [key], U.S. army post on the west bank of the Red River, at Abercrombie, N.Dak.; est. 1858. Built to protect settlers in the Red River valley from at...

Fort Albany

(Encyclopedia)Fort Albany, Canadian fur-trading post, N Ont., at the mouth of the Albany River on James Bay. It was founded (before 1682) by the Hudson's Bay Company as one of its earliest forts. In the Anglo-Frenc...

Fort-Bayard

(Encyclopedia)Fort-Bayard: see Zhanjiang, China. ...

Fort Benning

(Encyclopedia)Fort Benning, U.S. army post, 189,000 acres (76,500 hectares), W Ga., S of Columbus; est. 1918. One of the largest army posts in the United States, it is the nation's largest infantry training center ...

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