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Fort Riley

(Encyclopedia)Fort Riley, U.S. military post, 5,760 acres (2,331 hectares), NE Kans., on the Kansas River; est. 1852 to protect travelers on the Santa Fe Trail from attack by Native Americans. Located near the geog...

Raleigh, Fort

(Encyclopedia)Raleigh, Fort: see Roanoke Island. ...

Fort-Bayard

(Encyclopedia)Fort-Bayard: see Zhanjiang, China. ...

Fort-Lamy

(Encyclopedia)Fort-Lamy: see Ndjamena, Chad.

Marion, Fort

(Encyclopedia)Marion, Fort: see Saint Augustine, Fla. ...

Fort Frontenac

(Encyclopedia)Fort Frontenac: see Kingston, Ont., Canada. ...

Fort Lennox

(Encyclopedia)Fort Lennox: see Île-aux-Noix.

Fort William

(Encyclopedia)Fort William: see Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada. ...

George, Fort

(Encyclopedia)George, Fort: see Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. ...

Dix, Fort

(Encyclopedia)Dix, Fort: see Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. ...