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Simancas

(Encyclopedia) SimancasSimancassēmängˈkäs [key], village, Valladolid prov., NW Spain, in Castile and León. The castle, an old fort rebuilt in the 15th cent., contains the Spanish national archives.…

South Carolina

South Carolina State Facts Entered Union: May 23, 1788 (8th State) Present constitution adopted: 1895 Fun Facts State abbreviation/Postal code: S.C./SC Nickname: Palmetto State Origin of…

Fort Union National Monument

(Encyclopedia) Fort Union National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).

(Encyclopedia) Fort Bridger State Park, on Blacks Fork of the Green River, SW Wyo. The supply post, founded by U.S. fur trader James Bridger in 1843, was an important station on the Oregon Trail. The…

Fort Clatsop National Memorial

(Encyclopedia) Fort Clatsop National Memorial, now part of Lewis and Clark National Historical Park. See National Parks and Monuments (table)

Fort Frederica National Monument

(Encyclopedia) Fort Frederica National Monument: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).

Fort George G. Meade

(Encyclopedia) Fort George G. Meade, U.S. army post, 13,500 acres (5,460 hectares), central Md., between Baltimore and Washington, D.C.; est. 1917 as a World War I induction center.

Fort Île-aux-Noix

(Encyclopedia) Fort Île-aux-Noix: see Île-aux-Noix, Canada.

Fort Jefferson National Monument

(Encyclopedia) Fort Jefferson National Monument: see Dry Tortugas National Park under Dry Tortugas.

Fort Matanzas National Monument

(Encyclopedia) Fort Matanzas National Monument: see Saint Augustine, Fla.; National Parks and Monuments, tablenational parks and monuments, table.