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{{FortsWPTList|Fort=Fort St. Antoine|State=WI|Dates=1689|Mentions=1|Notes=French trading fort at Prairie du Chien, best known for Nicolas Perrot's act of taking possession of the upper Mississippi for the King of France.}} | {{FortsWPTList|Fort=Fort St. Antoine|State=WI|Dates=1689|Mentions=1|Notes=French trading fort at Prairie du Chien, best known for Nicolas Perrot's act of taking possession of the upper Mississippi for the King of France.}} | ||
{{FortsWPTList|Fort=Savanna Proving Ground|State=IL|Dates=1917-2000|Mentions=1|Notes=Atom bomb development in its later years. Some very interesting webpages out there, among them [http://www6.semo.edu/universitypress/bigmuddy/NF/Savanna%20Army%20Depot/Savanna_Army_Depot.htm 1] and [http://johnweeks.com/tour/savanna/index.html 2]. On my own site, [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Army/USMA/AOG_Reunions/56/George_Washington_Burr*.html AOG obituary of George W. Burr] the man who established it), and [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Illinois/_Texts/journals/JIllSHS/33/3/Rock_Island_and_the_Rock_Island_Arsenal*.html "Rock Island and the Rock Island Arsenal" (J. Ill. S. H. S. 33:304‑340)].}} | |||
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Revision as of 06:00, 18 December 2014
| Fort | State | Dates | Mentions | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Bahia | TX | 1813 | 1 | (Cullum 48). |
| Fort Bedford (2) | ND | 1891-1892 | 2 | (Cullum 2252) • (Cullum 2454). |
| Fort Caldwell | KS | 1885 | 1 | (Cullum 2535). Sparse references online, but including in printed books. |
| Fort Campbell (2) | SC | 1861 | 1 | Actually, mentioned twice in the same Chapter 2 of Vol. III of Hamilton's History of North Carolina "(in 1861) Each channel [of the Cape Fear River] was guarded by strong works, the mouth by Fort Caswell and Fort Campbell, and New Inlet by Fort Fisher." • "(Fort) Campbell on Oak Island" |
| Fort Cornwallis | GA | 1781 | 1 | "At Augusta", captured by Lighthorse Harry Lee in that year, Freeman's Robert E. Lee, I.1, p3. |
| Fort Conger | NU | 1781 | (NU=Nunavut, Canada) Short History of the United States Navy, ch. 24, in connection of course with Arctic exploration. Wickedpedia has an article. | |
| Fort Crowder | MO | 1781 | U.S. Army post in southwest Missouri, established in World War II. Named after (Cullum 2909). See Wickedpedia entry. | |
| Fort Cumberland (2) | MD | 1755‑ | 1 | Mentioned in NPS Handbook 19 as being at Wills Creek. See Wickedpedia entry. |
| Fort Glenn | AK | 1942‑1950 | 1 | Mentioned in The Navy's Air War, p148. See National Park Service page. |
| Fort Holmes (4) | OK | 1860 | 1 | On my site, an incidental mention at The Story of Captain John C. Casey — FlaHQ 41:127‑144 (1962). ▸ A good page at Oklahoma Historical Society. |
| Fort St. Antoine | WI | 1689 | 1 | French trading fort at Prairie du Chien, best known for Nicolas Perrot's act of taking possession of the upper Mississippi for the King of France. |
| Savanna Proving Ground | IL | 1917-2000 | 1 | Atom bomb development in its later years. Some very interesting webpages out there, among them 1 and 2. On my own site, AOG obituary of George W. Burr the man who established it), and "Rock Island and the Rock Island Arsenal" (J. Ill. S. H. S. 33:304‑340). |