Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria The Hall of Fame and Museum complex is located in Fort Fisher Park adjacent to Interstate Highway 35 in Waco, Texas (midway between Dallas/Fort Worth and Austin). In 1963, visionaries...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria Fort Harker Guard House History Established as Fort Ellsworth, this fort provided protection to the Kansas Stage Line and military wagon trains traveling the Fort Riley Road and Smoky...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the Mountain Pacific Forts Soldier's Corral Fort Fizzle State Park Mailing Address: Building 24-A, Fort Missoula Missoula, MT 59804 Street Address: Lolo National Forest Missoula, MT 59804 Phone: 406-329-3814 The...
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 the forts of Northern Early America Eight miles downriver from the capital, Fort Foote was considered "a powerful enclosed work" by its chief engineer, "and the most elaborate...of all the...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Nebraska State Historical Society Nebr. Hwy #11, 8 miles south of O'Neill Holt County Marker 230 Fort Hartsuff State Historical Park is comprised of a...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria This fort was a Civil War earthwork fortification on the east shore of Matagorda Island constructed to guard Cavallo Pass, the entry to Matagorda Bay. It was built in 1861 when it was...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America The land for Fort Foster, located on the southwest tip of Gerrish Island in Kittery, Maine, was acquired by the federal government in 1872, making this fort the last of the...
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