Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America Surgeons Quarters East Highway 33 Portage, Wisconsin Phone: 608-742-2949 Surgeons Quarters overlooks the site where Louis Joliet and Father Jacques Marquette left the Fox...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Southern Early American Forts Fort Yargo State Park P.O. Box 764 Winder, GA When Fort Yargo was built, this area was on the outskirts of Georgia's frontier, and actually inside Indian Territory. The western push...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts The nationally significant Fort Yellowstone-Mammoth Hot Springs Historic District is in the northwestern portion of Yellowstone National Park on an old hot springs formation. The buildings on...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Southern Early American Forts Fort Zachary Taylor State Historic Site P.O. Box 6560 Key West, FL 33041 Phone: 305-292-6713 Fort Zachary Taylor is a perfect example of the wealth of history Florida has to offer...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America The passive park in our system, Fort Zumwalt is approximately 48 acres of woods and trails, acquired from the State in 1978. Fort Zumwalt Park, located in O'Fallon, Missouri...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America Picture courtesy of Phil Payette at American Forts Network. Fort Washington 13551 Fort Washington Road Fort Washington, MD 20744 Phone: 301-763-4600 History Picturesque Fort...
Part of our in-depth series exploring Southern Early American Forts Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, and Spotsylvania—this is the bloodiest landscape in North America. No place more vividly reflects the Civil War’s tragic...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Comancheria The dramatic story of Indian fights and endless patrols, as well as fort construction and camp life, is preserved at the Oklahoma Historical Society's Fort Washita, located near Madill...
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