CategoryNorthern Early America

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America Fort Mott 454 Fort Mott Road Pennsville, NJ 08070 Phone: 856-935-3218 Fort Mott was part of a three-fort defense system designed for the Delaware River during the post Civil...

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 Constructed by British soldiers during the American Revolution, Fort Mackinac served as a sentinel in the Straits of Mackinac for 115 years. Today the original restored fort...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America Fort History In 1808, Fort Madison, the first United States military post on the upper Mississippi River, was established in what is now the State of Iowa. In part, the fort...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America Thanks to Pete Payette at American Forts Network for the above picture. Fort McClary State Historic Site 28 Oldsfields Road S. Berwick, ME 03908 Park Season Phone: 207-384...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America One of the nation's most famous forts, Fort McHenry was named to honor James McHenry, a citizen of Baltimore who became US Secretary of War in 1798. Fort Whetstone, an...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America Fort Lesley J. McNair, located at the point of the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers in Washington, D.C. has been an Army post for 200 years, second only to West Point in length of...