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Fort Necessity National Battlefield Fort Necessity National Battlefield, located near Farmington, Pennsylvania, commemorates the first military engagement of the French and Indian War (known as the Seven Years' War outside of the United States). Established by an act of Congress in 1932, the park consists of three separate sections called the anthem totaling about 900 acres (4 km²).
Fort Nelson (Kentucky) Fort Nelson, built in 1781 by Richard Chenoweth, was the second on-shore fort on the Ohio River in the area of what is now downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Fort-on-Shore, the first on-shore fort, had proved to be insufficient barely three years after it was established.
Fort Nelson, Portsmouth Fort Nelson, in the civil parish of Boarhunt in the English county of Hampshire, is one of five defensive forts built on the summit of Portsdown Hill in the 1860s, overlooking the important naval base of Portsmouth. It is now part of the Royal Armouries, housing their collection of artillery.
Fort Neoheroka Fort Neoheroka is the name of a stronghold constructed in what is now modern day Greene County, North Carolina by the Tuscarora tribe during the Tuscarora War of 1711-1715. In March of 1713, the Fort was laid siege to and ultimately attacked by a colonial force consisting of Yamassee and Cherokee Indians from neighboring South Carolina.
Fort Nez Percés Fort Nez Percés, sometimes also spelled Fort Nez Percé (with or without the accent) and later known as (Old) Fort Walla Walla was a fortified fur trading post on the Columbia River on the territory of modern-day Wallula, Washington. It was in operation from 1818 until 1857.
Fort Niagara Fort Niagara is a three hundred-year-old fortification originally built to protect the interests of New France in northern North America. It is located near Youngstown, New York on the eastern bank of the Niagara River at the river mouth on Lake Ontario.
Fort Noko Fort Noko, (also known as "Noko Castle" (Nokon Linna)) was established around 1000 AD on the west coast of Finland. During Finland's semi-independence from 1000-1200 Fort Noko was a minor defence post against the Hurri (the Swedes).
Fort Nya Elfsborg Fort Nya Elfsborg was a Swedish settlement in North America and part of the New Sweden colony. Built in 1643 and named after the old Ă„lvsborg Fortress off Gothenburg, it was located upon the New Jersey side of the Delaware River, between present day Salem and Alloway Creek.
Fort Okanogan Fort Okanogan was founded as an American outpost by John Jacob Astor’s Pacific Fur Company in 1811. It was built at the confluence of the Okanogan and Columbia Rivers, in what is now Okanogan County, Washington.
Fort Orange Fort Orange (Dutch: Fort Oranje or Fort Oranije) was the first permanent Dutch settlement in New Netherland. It was a replacement for Fort Nassau, which had been built in 1614 on a nearby Castle Island in the Hudson River and which served as a trading post until 1617, when it was abandoned due to frequent flooding.
Fort Oswego Fort Oswego was an important frontier post for British traders in the 18th century. A trading post was established in 1722 with a log palisade, and New York governor William Burnet ordered a fort built at the site in 1727.
Fort Ouiatenon Fort Ouiatenon was the first fortified European settlement in what is now called Indiana."Fort Ouiatenon History," Tippecanoe County Historical Association It was a French trading post at the joining of the Tippecanoe River and the Wabash River located approximately three miles southwest of modern-day West Lafayette.
Fort Pannerden Fort Pannerden is a disused military fort situated near to the village of Pannerden in the east of the Netherlands. In November 2006, it became the focus of national news stories because a group of squatters were evicted in a large-scale operation by police, helped by the army.
Fort Parker massacre The Fort Parker massacre was an event in 1836 in which members of the pioneer Parker family were killed in a raid by Native Americans.Today these peoples are variously denominated Native Americans, First Americans, First Nation, and American Indians.
Fort Parramatta 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".
Fort Paskoya Probably during the winter of 1741 -1742, La Verendrye decided to build a fort at the site chosen by the Chevalier, at Cedar Lake, as shown on the map of 1740. This is the first Fort Paskoya, situated on a small island, west of Cedar Lake, Manitoba, towards the discharge of the Saskatchewan River near the head of the delta of the river.
Fort Pearsall Fort Pearsall was an early frontier fort constructed in 1756 in Romney, West Virginia (then known as Pearsall's Flats, Virginia) to protect local settlers in the South Branch Potomac River valley against Native American raids. The area around present-day Romney had been settled as early as 1725 by hunters and traders in the valley.
Fort Peck Dam The Fort Peck Dam is the highest of six major dams along the Missouri River, located in northeast Montana in the United States. At 21,206 feet (6,464 m) in length and over 250 feet (75 m) in height, it is the largest hydraulically filled dam in the United States, and creates Fort Peck Lake, the fifth largest man-make lake in the U.
Fort Pierce Inlet State Park Fort Pierce Inlet State Recreation Area is a 340-acre park Florida State Park located north shore of Fort Pierce Inlet, on the Intracoastal Waterway adjacent to Jack Island, four miles east of Fort Pierce. It consists of beaches, dunes and coastal hammock between the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian River Lagoon.
Fort Pitt Bridge The Fort Pitt Bridge is a steel bowstring arch bridge that spans the Monongahela River near its confluence with the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It carries Interstate 279 between the Fort Pitt Tunnel and Point State Park.
Fort Pitt, Kent Fort Pitt is a fort built between 1805 and 1819 on the high ground of the boundary between Chatham and Rochester, Kent. It did not last long, becoming a hospital for invalid soldiers in 1828, with an asylum added in 1849.
Fort Pitt, Saskatchewan Fort Pitt, built in 1830 by the Hudson's Bay Company was a trading post on the North Saskatchewan River in Canada. It was built by Chief Factor John Rowand, previously of Fort Edmonton, in order to trade for buffalo hides, meat and pemmican.
Fort Pocahontas Fort Pocahontas was an earthen fort on the north bank of the James River at Wilson's Wharf, in Charles City County, Virginia which served as a Union supply depot during the American Civil War. The fort was constructed by African-American soldiers of the United States Colored Troops under the command of Brigadier General Edward Augustus Wild.
Fort Point Channel Fort Point Channel is a channel (of water) separating South Boston from downtown Boston, Massachusetts, feeding into Boston Harbor. The south part of it has been gradually filled in for use by the South Bay rail yard and several highways (specifically the Central Artery and the Southeast Expressway (Boston)).
Fort Point, Newfoundland and Labrador Fort Point, also known as Admiral's Point, is a point of land situated on the western shore to the entrance of Trinity Harbour, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. The area was the site a fort which was located on the tip of the peninsula.
Fort Point, San Francisco Fort Point is located at the southern side of the Straits of the Golden Gate at the entrance to San Francisco Bay. During the American Civil War, a fort was built to defend the against passage of hostile warships.
Fort Popham Fort Popham is a coastal defense land battery at the mouth of the Kennebec River in Phippsburg, Maine. It is located in sight of the short-lived Popham Colony and, like the colony, named for George Popham, the colony's leader.
Fort Portal Fort Portal is a town in western Uganda and the seat of both the Kabarole district and the Toro kingdom. It is named for Sir Gerald Portal, a British Special Commissioner for Uganda, whose statue graces the main road of the town.
Fort Presque Isle Fort Presque Isle (also Fort de la Presqui’le) was a fort built by French soldiers in 1753 at present-day Erie, Pennsylvania. The fort was part of a line that included Fort Le Boeuf, Fort Machault and Fort Duquesne.
Fort Prince George Fort Prince George was an uncompleted fort in what is now Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. It was started by 41 Virginians in 1754 at the outset of the French and Indian War before being captured by the French.
Fort Providence, Northwest Territories Fort Providence is a town located west of Great Slave Lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It has all-weather road connections by way of the Great Slave Highway branch off the Mackenzie Highway, and plans are currently progressing to build a bridge near Fort Providence over the Mackenzie River, enabling year-round crossing of that river.
Fort Provintia Fort Provintia in West Central District, Tainan City was built in 1653 by the Dutch during their occupation of Taiwan. After the arrival of the ROC/KMT Occupation Forces in 1945, it was renamed 'Red-topped Tower' (; POJ: Chhiah-khám-lâu).
Fort Pulaski National Monument Fort Pulaski National Monument is located between Savannah and Tybee Island, Georgia. It preserves Fort Pulaski, notable as the place where, during the American Civil War, in 1862, the Union Army successfully tested a rifled cannon.
Fort Queenscliff Lighthouse Fort Queenscliff Lighthouse is situated in the grounds of Fort Queenscliff in Queenscliff, Victoria, Australia, and is one of three black lighthouses in the world, and the only one in the Southern hemisphere. It was built to replace the former sandstone lighthouse that was built in 1843 on the same site , but was underpowered and deteriorating.
Fort Randall Dam The Fort Randall Dam was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944 and plays a key role in the Pick-Sloan Plan for development of water resources in the Missouri River basin. The Corps of Engineers began construction of Fort Randall Dam in 1946, and it was the first Pick-Sloan dam completed by the Omaha District.
Fort Randall, South Dakota The Fort Randall Military Post was established in 1856 to help keep peace on the frontier. It was located on the south side of the Missouri River in South Dakota just below the present site of the Fort Randall Dam.
Fort Recovery Fort Recovery was a United States Army fort begun in late 1793 and completed in March 1794 under orders by General "Mad" Anthony Wayne. It is located near the present-day village of Fort Recovery, Ohio on the Wabash River a few miles from the boundary with Indiana.
Fort Reliance, Northwest Territories Fort Reliance, located on the East Arm of Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada, was erected in 1833 as a winter camp for George Back's expedition to the Arctic Coast via the Back River, in a mission of scientific discovery and in search of the missing expedition of John Ross. The fort consisted of a main house and smaller houses, heated with stone and clay chimneys.
Fort Reno (Wyoming) Fort Reno (also known as Fort Connor or Old Fort Reno) was a wooden fort constructed in 1865 by the United States Army on the Great Plains frontier in the Dakota Territory in present-day Johnson County, Wyoming. It served to protect travellers on the Bozeman Trail from warring Native American tribes.
Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories Fort Resolution is a community in the Northwest Territories at the mouth of the Slave River, on the shore of Great Slave Lake, and at the end of Highway 6. It is the oldest documented community in the Northwest Territory, and was a key link in the fur trade's water route north.
Fort Ridgely Fort Ridgely was a United States Army outpost (1853–1867) near the Dakota reservation in southwestern Minnesota (located near New Ulm). Built between 1853–1855, it played an important role in the 1862 Sioux Uprising.
Fort Richardson (Arlington, Virginia) Now marked only by an historic marker on South 18th Street off of Glebe Road, Fort Richardson was a detached redoubt constructed by the Union Army in September 1861 as part of the defense of Washington during the American Civil War. It was named for General Israel B.
Fort Richardson National Cemetery Fort Richardson National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located on the Fort Richardson United States Army installation near Anchorage, Alaska. It encompasses 39 acres and as of the end of 2005, it had 4,251 interments.
Fort Riley Fort Riley is a United States Army post located in Northeast Kansas, on the Kansas River, between Junction City and Manhattan. The Fort Riley Military Reservation covers 100,656 acres (407 km²) in Geary and Riley counties and includes two census-designated places: Fort Riley North and Fort Riley-Camp Whiteside.
Fort Rixon Fort Rixon is a village and farming centre in Matabeleland in the Republic of Zimbabwe, located some 48 miles north-east of Bulawayo. It was founded as a military outpost in 1896 during the rebellion of the Matabele nation against British colonial rule of Rhodesia.
Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site Fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site is a 19th-century coastal artillery fort in Esquimalt, British Columbia. The site is adjacent to Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site, the first lighthouse on the west coast of Canada.
Fort Rosalie class replenishment ship The Fort Rosalie or Fort class is a class of fleet replenishment vessel of the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary. These ships are designed to replenish Royal Navy ships with all kinds of armaments and victualling stores while under way.
Fort Rouge (fortification) In 1738 Sieur Louis Damours de Louvieres, built Fort Rouge on the Assiniboine River for La VĂ©rendrye. La VĂ©rendrye and his sons, Louis-Joseph and Francois, proceeded further west on the Assiniboine and constructed Fort La Reine.
Fort Saginaw Mall Fort Saginaw Mall was the first of three enclosed shopping malls to open in the city of Saginaw, Michigan. While it was a viable shopping destination into the 1990s, high crime rates and competition from Fashion Square Mall forced the closure of the mall in the mid-1990s.
Fort Saint Louis Fort Saint Louis was a frontier fort built in 1685 by French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle near what is now Inez, Texas. The creation of the fort and small settlement in 1685 established royal France's claim to possession of the region that is now Texas, and later supported the United States' claim to the same region as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
Fort San Andres Fort San Andrés was one of the oldest forts built for the defense of Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Originally built on an offshore rock in the harbour, the site is now inland due to reclamation of the surrounding land.
Fort San Felipe del Morro Fort San Felipe del Morro —or El Castillo San Felipe del Morro in Spanish— is a sixteenth-century citadel which lies on the northwestern-most point of the islet of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Named in honor of King Philip II of Spain, the fort, also referred to as "El Morro" or "promontory", was designed to guard the entrance to San Juan bay, and defend the city of San Juan from seaborne enemies.
Fort San Pedro Fuerza de San Pedro is a military defence structure, built by Spanish and Indigenous Cebuano labourers under the command of Spanish conquistador, Miguel LĂłpez de Legazpi and the Spanish Government in Cebu. It is located in the Pier area, Cebu City in what is now Plaza Indepedencia.
Fort Scott (Arlington, Virginia) Named for General Winfield Scott, who was then General-in-Chief of the Union Army, Fort Scott was a detached lunette constructed in May 1861 to guard the south flank of the defenses of Washington during the American Civil War. An historic marker and a small remnant of the fort are the only evidence of the site of the fort on the grounds of what is now the Fort Scott Recreation Area in Arlington County, Virginia.
Fort Scott National Historic Site Fort Scott National Historic Site protects 20 historic structures, a parade ground, and five acres (20,000 m²) of restored tallgrass prairie in Bourbon County, Kansas near Fort Scott, Kansas. This site bears witness to this era when the United States was forged from a young divided republic into a united and powerful transcontinental nation.
Fort Selden Fort Selden was a United States Army post, occupying the area in what is now Radium Springs, New Mexico. Established in 1865 for the purpose of protecting westward settlers from Native American raids, the post fell into disrepair after the American Civil War.
Fort Shafter Fort Shafter is in Honolulu, Hawai‘i, extending up the interfluve (ridgeline) between Kalihi and Moanalua valleys, as well as onto the coastal plain (as Shafter Flats) at Māpunapuna. Fort Shafter is the headquarters of the United States Army Pacific Command, the MACOM of U.
Fort Shaler Fort Shaler was a hilltop earthworks fortification, built during the American Civil War in Northern Kentucky by the Union Army to turn back invading Confederate troops. It was constructed to protect Cincinnati and the Ohio River valley.
Fort Sherman Fort Sherman is a former US Army base located on Toro Point at the Atlantic (northern) end of the Panama Canal, on the western bank of the Canal directly opposite ColĂłn (which is on the eastern bank). It was the primary defensive base for the Altantic sector of the Canal, and was also the center for US jungle warfare training for some time.
Fort Shevchenko Fort Shevchenko () is a town in Mangghystau Oblys, Kazakhstan on the Caspian Sea. Until 1857 it was known as Novopetrovskoye (Новопетровское) and from 1857-1939 as Fort Alexandrovsky (Форт-Александровский).
Fort Schlosser Fort Schlosser was a fortification built in Western New York in the USA around 1760 by the colonial British forces, to guard the upper entrance to the portage around Niagara Falls. It was also nicknamed "Little Fort Niagara," in reference to Fort Niagara, its much bigger sister that guarded the mouth of the Niagara where it flows into Lake Ontario.
Fort Schuyler, Bronx Fort Schuyler is a preserved 19th century fortification in the New York City borough of The Bronx, that houses a museum, and the Marine Transportation Department and Administrative offices of the State University of New York Maritime College. It is considered one of the finest examples of French-style fortifications.
Fort Siloso Fort Siloso is the sole restored coastal gun battery from the twelve such batteries which made up "Fortress Singapore" at the start of World War II. Siloso comes from the word Seloso, a Filipino word meaning jealous person.
Fort Siloso Monorail Station Fort Siloso Station is the third station along the discontinued Sentosa Monorail in Singapore. This station is located next to Fort Siloso, the sole restored coastal gun battery from the twelve such batteries which made up "Fortress Singapore" at the start of World War II.
Fort Simcoe Fort Simcoe was a United States Army fort erected in south-central Washington Territory to house troops sent to keep watch over local Indian tribes. The site and remaining buildings are located seven miles west of modern White Swan, Washington, in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains.
Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories Fort Simpson, in the Northwest Territories, is a town on an island at the confluence of the Mackenzie and Liard Rivers, both traditionally trade routes for the Hudson's Bay Company and the native Dene people of the area.
Fort Smith and Western Railroad The Fort Smith and Western was a railroad that operated in the states of Arkansas and Oklahoma. The railroad's main line extended 197 miles, from Coal Creek, Oklahoma to Guthrie, Oklahoma, with an additional 20 miles of trackage rights over the Kansas City Southern Railway between Fort Smith, Arkansas and Coal Creek.
Fort Smith Council The Fort Smith Council, September 8–21, 1865, was organized by the United States for all Indian tribes east of the Rockies to meet at Fort Smith, Arkansas. Attendance was mandatory for all the tribes that had signed treaties with the Confederacy—Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, Cherokee, Shawnee, Delaware, Wichita, Comanche, Great Osage, Seneca, and Quapaw.
Fort Smith metropolitan area The Fort Smith Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is a five-county area including three Arkansas counties and two Oklahoma counties, and anchored by the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas. The total MSA population in 2000 was 273,170 people.
Fort Smith National Historic Site Fort Smith National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in Fort Smith, Arkansas along the Arkansas River. The site was established in 1961 in order to protect the remains of two nineteenth-century U.
Fort Smith Region, Northwest Territories The Fort Smith Region is one of Statistics Canada's two census divisions of the Northwest Territories of Canada. It contains more than 77 percent of the population and more than 54 percent of the land area of the Northwest Territories.
Fort Smith Trolley Museum The Fort Smith Trolley Museum, located at 100 south 4th Street, Fort Smith, Arkansas, operates a Birney streetcar in the Fort Smith National Historic Site. The museum collection includes four streetcars original to Fort Smith, an open car and a Frisco steam engine.
Fort Snelling, Minnesota Fort Snelling is a former military fortification located at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers in Hennepin County, Minnesota. It is part of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area.
Fort Southwick Fort Southwick is one of the forts found on Portsdown Hill, which overlooks the naval base of Portsmouth in the county of Hampshire, England. It is the highest fort on the hill, and holds the water storage tanks for the other forts, supplying them via a brick lined aqueduct.
Fort St George Fort St George is the name of the first British fortress in India, built in 1644 at the coastal city of Madras (modern city of Chennai.) The construction of the fort provided the impetus for further settlements and trading activity, in what was originally a barren land.
Fort St Roca Fort St Rocco also known as Fort St Roca on some maps is a fortification on the island of Malta. It stands east of the Rinella Battery and seaward of the village of Santu Rokku, and forms part of the complex of shore batteries defending the coast east of the mouth of Grand Harbour.
Fort St. Joseph (Niles) Fort Saint Joseph was a fort near present day Niles, Michigan. Built by the French in 1691 near the mouth of the Saint Joseph River, the fort was located along the Old Sauk Trail, a major east-west Native American trail.
Fort St. Joseph (Port Huron) A short lived New France Fort established in 1686 by Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut. It had it's heyday in 1687 when about two hundred coureurs de bois, about five hundred Algonquian, Henri de Tonti, Nicholas Perrot, Oliver Morel de La Durantaye, and thirty French solders (who constituted the first French garrison in Michigan) gathered there under Marquis de Denonvilles orders to prepaire for an attack on the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy during the Iroquois Wars.
Fort St. Vrain Generating Station Fort Saint Vrain Generating Station is a natural gas powered electricity generating facility located near the town of Platteville in northern Colorado in the United States. It has a capacity of 720MW and is owned and operated by Xcel Energy (formerly the Public Service Company of Colorado).
Fort Stanwix Fort Stanwix was a colonial fort erected in 1758 by British General John Stanwix, at the location of present-day Rome, New York. The fort guarded a portage known as the Oneida Carrying Place during the French and Indian War.
Fort Stevenson State Park Arboretum The Fort Stevenson State Park Arboretum is a new arboretum located near the campground at Fort Stevenson State Park 438 acres (1.8 km²) on the north short of Lake Sakakawea approximately 3 miles (5 km) south of Garrison, North Dakota.
Fort Stotsenburg Fort Stotsenburg, during the World War II era, was the location of the Philippine Department's 26th Cavalry Regiment, 86th Field Artillery Regiment, and 88th Field Artillery Regiment; along with the Philippine Division's 23rd and 24th Field Artillery Regiments. Also based here were the 12th Ordnance Company and a platoon of the 12th Quartermaster Regiment.
Fort Street High School Fort Street High School is a coeducational, academically selective high school currently located in Petersham, Sydney, Australia. Established in 1849, it is the oldest government high school in Australia, and today, it remains a public school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training.
Fort Sumter Fort Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, was named after General Thomas Sumter. However, the fort is best known as the site where the shots initiating the American Civil War were fired, at the Battle of Fort Sumter.
Fort Sumter Flag The Fort Sumter Flag is a historic United States flag with a distinctive, diamond-shaped pattern of 33 stars. The flag was lowered by Major Robert Anderson on April 14, 1861 when he surrendered the fort, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, at the outset of the American Civil War.
Fort Supply Fort Supply (originally Camp Supply) was a United States Army post established on November 18, 1868, in Indian Territory to protect the Southern Plains. It was located just east of present-day Fort Supply, Oklahoma, in what was then the Cherokee Outlet.
Fort Tejon Fort Tejon was established by the United States Army in 1854 and was active for ten years. It is located in the Grapevine Canyon part of the Tejon Pass along the main route through the mountains separating California's Great Central Valley from Los Angeles.
Fort Tejon Historical Association Incorporated as a non-profit organization on August 1, 1983, the Fort Tejon Historical Association is dedicated to preserving the historic site at Ft. Tejon State Historic Park and educating the public about the park’s role in California’s history.
Fort Tenedos Fort Tenedos was large earth-walled fort was constructed on the Zulu side of the Tugela River in January, 1879, opposite Fort Pearson, to support the British at the start of the Anglo-Zulu War. It was named Fort Tenedos after the British warship of the same name, HMS Tenedos, whose crew formed part of the Naval Brigade.
Fort Ter-Wer Fort Ter-Wer, located in Klamath, California, was a United States military post that was established October 12, 1857 by First Lieutenant George Crook and the men of Company D to keep peace between the Tolowa Indians and whites. The fort was destroyed by a flood in December 1861, and abandoned June 10, 1862.
Fort Terry Fort Terry was a coastal fortification on Plum Island, a small Island just off Orient Point, New York. This strategic position afforded it a commanding view (and range) over the Atlantic entrance to the commercially vital Long Island Sound.
Fort Thunder Fort Thunder was a warehouse on the second floor of a pre-Civil War former textile factory in the Olneyville district of Providence, Rhode Island. The space was used from 1995 through 2001 as a venue for underground music and events.
Fort Tilden Fort Tilden is a former United States Army installation on the west end of the Rockaway Peninsula just west of Jacob Riis Park. Established about the time of American involvement in World War I in 1917, after a number of temporary military installations on or near that location dating as far back as the War of 1812, and named after Samuel J.
Fort Tonyn Fort Tonyn, named for General Patrick Tonyn (East Florida's Royal Governor at the time of the American Revolution), was located in present-day Nassau County, Florida, near the hamlet of Mills's Ferry. The fort was unremarkable in its day, seeing little action.
Fort Tourgis Fort Tourgis is an extensive fortification in Alderney to the north west of St Anne. first constructed by the British government in 1855 in order to provide defense for the Alderney Breakwater, a major construction peoject at the time.
Fort Tryon Park Fort Tryon Park is a public park located in the Washington Heights neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan, USA, . It is situated on a 67-acre (270,000 m²) ridge in Upper Manhattan, with a commanding view of the Hudson River, the George Washington Bridge, the New Jersey Palisades and the Harlem River.
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site is the site of an old fort and frontier trading post on the North Dakota/Montana border near Williston. The fort, originally known as Fort Henry, was built by Ashley's Hundred.
Fort Valley State University Fort Valley State University (FVSU) is a historically black college and university (HBCU) located in Fort Valley, Georgia. It's also a unit of the University System of Georgia and a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund.
Fort Valley, Virginia The "valley within a valley"--a sunken monadnock between the two arms of Massanutten Mountain. Closed in at the northern end (except for a very narrow gap through which Passage Creek flows and a single road runs), the valley opens out as one moves southward until at the widest it is about three miles wide.
Fort Vancouver Fort Vancouver was a 19th century fur trading outpost along the Columbia River that served as the headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company in the company's Columbia District (known to Americans as the Oregon Country). Named for Captain George Vancouver, the fort was located on the northern bank of the Columbia River in present-day Vancouver, Washington, near Portland, Oregon.

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