CategorySouthern Early America

Part of our in-depth series exploring Southern Early American Forts Until the last few months of the Civil War, Fort Fisher kept North Carolina's port of Wilmington open to blockade-runners supplying necessary goods to Confederate armies inland. By...

Part of our in-depth series exploring Southern Early American Forts Hillsborough River State Park 15402 U.S. 301 North Thonotosassa, Florida 33592 Phone: 813-987-6771 Fax: 813-987-6773 Park Manager: Kim Tennille Welcome to Hillsborough River...

Part of our in-depth series exploring Southern Early American Forts In the early 18th century, the land lying between British South Carolina and Spanish Florida was known as the debatable land. This land (which we call Georgia today) was the...

Part of our in-depth series exploring Southern Early American Forts Fort Gadsden Historic Site Hwy. 65, 12 mi. N off Hwy. 98 Eastpoint, FL Phone: 850-670-8616 Fort Gadsden Historic Site is managed by the U.S. Forest Service and is located on the...

Part of our in-depth series exploring Southern Early American Forts Fort Gaines 51 Bienville Boulevard Dauphin Island, Alabama 36528 Phone: 251-861-6992 Email: [email protected] Dauphin Island and Mobile Bay were mapped as early as 1519...

Part of our in-depth series exploring Southern Early American Forts Fort Gibson P.O. Box 457 Fort Gibson, OK 74434 Phone: 918-478-4088 Fort Gibson Historic Site encompasses the site of one of the most important forts of the American frontier. For a...

Part of our in-depth series exploring Southern Early American Forts Old Fort Harrod State Park Box 156 Harrodsburg, KY 40330-0156 United States Phone (859) 734-3314 Fax (859) 734-0794 In 1774, James Harrod established the first permanent settlement...

Part of our in-depth series exploring Southern Early American Forts Fort Hawkins Corner of Emery Highway and Maynard St. Macon, Georgia Phone: 912-742-2000 In 1806 this portion of Georgia was the western frontier of the United States. The Creek...