Fort Vinton: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
John Stanton (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
Bill Thayer (talk | contribs) m Text replace - "== ReplaceText History ==" to "== History ==" |
||
| (17 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{SocialNetworks}} | {{SocialNetworks}} | ||
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1839-1850) - A U.S. Army post first established as [[Fort | {{PageHeader}} | ||
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1839-1850) - A U.S. Army post first established as [[Fort Number 2 S]] in 1839 by Captain [[G.W. Moore]], [[7th U.S. Infantry]], in Indian River County, Florida. Abandoned in 1842 but reactivated in 1850 as Fort Vinton. Named for Captain [[John R. Vinton]] {{Cullum|168}}, [[4th U.S. Artillery]] who died at the Battle of Vera Cruz in the [[Mexican War]]. Finally abandoned 22 May 1850. | |||
{|{{FWpicframe}} | {|{{FWpicframe}} | ||
|- valign="top" | |- valign="top" | ||
|width="50%"|[[Image:.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Fort Vinton]] | |width="50%"|[[Image:Fort Vinton - 1.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Fort Vinton Marker Text]] | ||
|width="50%"|[[Image:.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Fort Vinton]] | |width="50%"|<!--[[Image:.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Fort Vinton]]--> | ||
|- | |- | ||
|colspan="2"|[[Image:.jpg|795px|thumb|center|Fort Vinton]] | |colspan="2"|[[Image:Fort Vinton - 2.jpg|795px|thumb|center|Fort Vinton Marker Locale]] | ||
|} | |} | ||
== | == History == | ||
A U.S. Army post first established as [[Fort 2 | A U.S. Army post first established as [[Fort Number 2 S]] on 7 Apr 1839. Abandoned by 1842 but reactivated early in 1850 as Fort Vinton. Finally abandoned 22 May 1850. | ||
== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
On private property, Indian River County, Florida | |||
{| | {| | ||
| | | | ||
<googlemap version="0.9" lat="27.638867" lon="-80.462467" zoom="15" width="500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large" icons="http://www.fortwiki.com/mapicons/icon{label}.png"> | <googlemap version="0.9" lat="27.638867" lon="-80.462467" zoom="15" width="-500" height="-500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large" icons="http://www.fortwiki.com/mapicons/icon{label}.png"> | ||
(M) 27.638867, -80.462467 | (M) 27.638867, -80.462467 | ||
Fort Vinton<br>(1839-1850) | Fort Vinton<br>(1839-1850) | ||
</googlemap> | </googlemap> | ||
|valign="top"| | |valign="top"| | ||
'''Location:''' Indian River County, Florida. Map point is the marker. The actual site location is thought to be on private property, several miles south of the intersection of Highway 60 and | '''Location:''' Indian River County, Florida. Map point is the marker. The actual site location is thought to be on private property, several miles south of the intersection of Highway 60 and 66th Avenue. | ||
{{Mapit-US-cityscale|27.638867|-80.462467}} | {{Mapit-US-cityscale|27.638867|-80.462467}} | ||
| Line 34: | Line 35: | ||
* [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~flslchs/vinton.htm Ancestry - Fort Vinton] | * [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~flslchs/vinton.htm Ancestry - Fort Vinton] | ||
{{Visited| | {{Visited|14 Feb 2012}} | ||
__NOTOC__ | __NOTOC__ | ||
{{PageFooter}} | |||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vinton}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Vinton}} | ||
[[Category:All]] | [[Category:All]] | ||
| Line 51: | Line 49: | ||
[[Category:Starter Page]] | [[Category:Starter Page]] | ||
[[Category:Seminole War Forts]] | [[Category:Seminole War Forts]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:2012 Research Trip]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:11, 23 September 2021
|
Fort Vinton (1839-1850) - A U.S. Army post first established as Fort Number 2 S in 1839 by Captain G.W. Moore, 7th U.S. Infantry, in Indian River County, Florida. Abandoned in 1842 but reactivated in 1850 as Fort Vinton. Named for Captain John R. Vinton (Cullum 168), 4th U.S. Artillery who died at the Battle of Vera Cruz in the Mexican War. Finally abandoned 22 May 1850.
HistoryA U.S. Army post first established as Fort Number 2 S on 7 Apr 1839. Abandoned by 1842 but reactivated early in 1850 as Fort Vinton. Finally abandoned 22 May 1850. Current StatusOn private property, Indian River County, Florida
Sources:
Links: Visited: 14 Feb 2012
| ||||||
