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Fort Stanwix
(Encyclopedia)Fort Stanwix, colonial outpost on the site of Rome, N.Y., controlling a principal route from the Hudson River to Lake Ontario. Originally a French trading center, it was rebuilt by the English general...Fort Sumter
(Encyclopedia)Fort Sumter, fortification, built 1829–60, on a shoal at the entrance to the harbor of Charleston, S.C., and named for Gen. Thomas Sumter; scene of the opening engagement of the Civil War. Upon pass...Fort Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Fort Thomas, city (2020 pop. 15,999), Campbell co., N Ky., on the Ohio River, a residential suburb S of Cincinnati, Ohio; inc. 1867. The city was named ...Garry, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Garry, Fort: see Fort Garry, Canada. ...Mims, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Mims, Fort: see Fort Mims.Moultrie, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Moultrie, Fort: see Fort Moultrie. ...Monroe, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Monroe, Fort: see Fort Monroe.Meigs, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Meigs, Fort: see Fort Meigs.Nassau, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Nassau, Fort: see Fort Nassau.Niagara, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Niagara, Fort: see Fort Niagara. ...Browse by Subject
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