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...etroit, Wayne County, Michigan. Abandoned in 1866. Also known as [[Post at Detroit]]. |width="50%"|[[Image:.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Fort Detroit Barracks]] ...

...people outside the immediate area. The final site was given to the City of Detroit in 1826 and destroyed in 1827. |width="50%"|[[Image:Fort Detroit 1763.png|360px|thumb|left|Plan of Fort Detroit 1763]] ...

...ved in the [[Mexican War]] and the [[U.S. Civil War]]. Died 14 May 1882 in Detroit, Michigan. ...2nd Lt. in the [[U.S. Corps of Engineers]] and served in engineering rolls at various coastal forts. ...

...s a replacement for the Detroit Navy Base. Served as a shipyard and supply post for the British Navy on Lake Erie and Lake Huron. An 1804 plan shows that t ...nd the Queen Charlotte. These ships participated in the British capture of Detroit on 16 Aug 1812. ...

...Illinois River and Lake Michigan. The fort was surrendered to the British at the end of the [[French & Indian War]]. ...ritish control in 1764. After the war the post became an important trading post. ...

...g the [[U.S. Civil War]]. The old star fort was transferred to the City of Detroit in 1949. |width="50%"|[[Image:Fort Wayne Detroit Layout.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Fort Wayne Plan]] ...

'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1844-1870) - First established in 1844 at Copper Harbor in Keweenaw County, Michigan. Constructed by two companies of ...ablished on 28 May 1844 by two companies of the [[5th U.S. Infantry]] from Detroit to protect copper miners from Chippewa Indians. ...

...[Image:Fort Amanda Auglaize River - 1.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Auglaize River at Fort Amanda]] ...ts along the chain. Thirteen forts were located within sixty miles of this post. ...

...and men from the [[2nd U.S. Infantry]] at the head of the St. Clair River at Lake Huron. ...aint Clair River as a rectangular fortification 190' by 290' with bastions at each corner. The river side wall was made of vertical log pickets while the ...

...Master Direction Center [[Oakdale Army Air Defense Command Post PI-70DC]] at Oakdale, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Initially assigned a Permanent ID ...acent U.S. Army NIKE Missile Master site, Oakdale Army Air Defense Command Post PI-70DC, for the NIKE Pittsburgh Defense Area and with the U.S. Air Force f ...

...'' - Born 20 Nov 1819 in Liberty, Frederick, Maryland. Died 18 Mar 1886 at Detroit, Michigan: Aged 66. During his distinguished military career he rose in ra Lugenbeel was appointed to the [[United States Military Academy]] at West Point in 1835 and studied there between 1 Sep 1835 and 1 Jul 1840. On ...

...on 1 Jan 1848 and assigned in garrison at East Pascagoula, MS in 1848 and Detroit, Michigan from 1848-1850, being aide-de-camp to Bvt. Brigadier-General Brad ...July 1854. He continued on frontier duty in California and Oregon serving at [[Fort Dalles]], OR, 1855; [[Fort Humboldt]], CA, 1855; Crescent City, CA, ...

...sted men from the 30th Air Division. The 781st AC&W Squadron was activated at the site on 16 Apr 1951. Operation as a permanent AC&W radar site began in ...ified enemy aircraft. Controllers at the station vectored fighter aircraft at the correct course and speed to intercept enemy aircraft using voice comman ...

...ch in 1712 to protect the straights of Mackinac and serve as a fur trading post. Located in present-day Mackinaw City, Emmet County, Michigan. The fort was ...buildings were constructed inside the palisade with four blockhouses, one at each corner, and two armed gates on the palisade. Six iron cannon were empl ...

...ified enemy aircraft. Controllers at the station vectored fighter aircraft at the correct course and speed to intercept enemy aircraft using voice comman In 1954 a U.S. Army [[NIKE System]] AADCP command post, [[D-15DC Selfridge Air Force Base]], collocated with the radar site and sh ...

...cipate as Chief Engineer in a secret plan to relieve the besieged garrison at [[Fort Pickens]], Florida, and hold that fort for the Union. The plan succe == Post Civil War == ...

...ified enemy aircraft. Controllers at the station vectored fighter aircraft at the correct course and speed to intercept enemy aircraft using voice comman ...U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force facility with a U.S. Army Air Defense Command Post (AAFDC) NF-17DC for Nike Missile system along with the U.S. Air Force radar ...

...ke Herc.jpg|800px|thumb|left|Nike Hercules Missile on Transporter/Launcher at the Fort Lewis Museum]] * [[:Category:Detroit NIKE Sites|D - Detroit, MI]] ...