CategoryNorthern Early America

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America Fort Nathan Hale Park And Black Rock Fort 36 Woodward Ave New Haven, CT Phone: 203-946-8790 Here Federal guns kept British warships out of the harbor in 1812. Old Black Rock...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America Fort Necessity U.S. Highway 40 11 miles east of Uniontown, PA History On January 1754, colonial Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia sent 22 year old Lt. Colonel George Washington...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America Fort Niagara Youngstown, NY History The history of Old Fort Niagara spans more than 300 years. During the colonial wars in North America a fort at the mouth of the Niagara...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America 1777 (Now Reconstructed). Continuing from the south end of Court Street is a road leading upward into the Fort Nonsense area of the park. There, at the top of a steep hill...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America Fort O'Brien State Historic Site c/o Bureau of Parks and Lands 106 Hogan Road Bangor, ME 04401 Phone: 207-941-4014 Fort O'Brien (Fort Machias) was built in 1775 and destroyed...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America Under the direction of William Clark, joint commander of the Lewis and Clark expedition, 80 volunteer dragoons from St. Charles and the regular garrison under the command of...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America Fort Oswego Fort Oswego Park Oswego, NY History Fort Oswego Park marks the site of the former Fort Oswego, a "stonehouse of strength" built by the British in 1727 to...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America Fort Ouiatenon 3129 S. River Road West Lafayette, IN 47906 Phone: 765-743-3921 History Fort Ouiatenon was the first fortified European settlement in what is now Indiana. It...