CategoryNorthern Early America

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America Fort Ouiatenon 3129 S. River Road West Lafayette, IN 47906 Phone: 765-743-3921 History Fort Ouiatenon was the first fortified European settlement in what is now Indiana. It...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America Fort Point State Historic Site c/o Bureau of Parks and Lands 106 Hogan Road Bangor, ME 04401 Phone: 207-941-4014 Picnic tables with a waterfront view, pier and floats for...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America Fort Recovery Fort Recovery Historical Society One Fort Site Street Ft. Recovery, OH 45846 Phone: 419-375-4649 1-800-283-8920 (toll free) History In late 1791, Miami Indians...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America Fort Mott 454 Fort Mott Road Pennsville, NJ 08070 Phone: 856-935-3218 Fort Mott was part of a three-fort defense system designed for the Delaware River during the post Civil...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America Fort Nathan Hale Park And Black Rock Fort 36 Woodward Ave New Haven, CT Phone: 203-946-8790 Here Federal guns kept British warships out of the harbor in 1812. Old Black Rock...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America Fort Necessity U.S. Highway 40 11 miles east of Uniontown, PA History On January 1754, colonial Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia sent 22 year old Lt. Colonel George Washington...

Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Northern Early America Fort Niagara Youngstown, NY History The history of Old Fort Niagara spans more than 300 years. During the colonial wars in North America a fort at the mouth of the Niagara...