Part of our in-depth series exploring Southern Early American Forts Serving as a rendezvous place for Indians, pirates, freebooters, privateers, filibusters, explorers, and settlers, the peninsula of Point Bolivar found its place in the history of...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Southern Early American Forts Fort Boonesborough State Park 4375 Boonesborough Road Richmond, KY 40475-9316 Phone: 859-527-3131 Park Manager: Phil Gray Fort Boonesborough has been reconstructed as a working fort...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Southern Early American Forts Possibly the earliest settlement fort in Texas, built around 1833 in northeastern Houston County by Reuben Brown. Fort Brown, Buildings 85 & 86 Marker Title: Fort Brown...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Southern Early American Forts The Ninety Six National Historic Site is an area of unique historical significance. The unusual name was given by early traders in the 1700s because they mistakenly believed it was...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Southern Early American Forts Brunswick Town 8884 St. Philip's Rd. SE Winnabow, NC 28479 Phone: (910) 371-6613 After decades of calm, the site once again entered the forefront of history in a national storm, the...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Southern Early American Forts Arbuckle's Fort was a militia fort built on Muddy Creek in Greenbrier County, Virginia (now West Virginia) during the Indian-Virginia War of 1774, commonly called Lord Dunmore's War...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Southern Early American Forts The first significant event, which would be considered the start of hostilities, was the defeat of the column commanded by Brevet Major (Captain) Francis Langhorne Dade. This column...
Creek War/ Horseshoe Bend Part of our in-depth series exploring Southern Early American Forts An Indian uprising in the South brought on the Creek Indian War (1813-1814). Creeks who lived mainly in Alabama and Georgia were alarmed by encroachments...
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