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Fort Union
(Encyclopedia)Fort Union, trading post of the American Fur Company, erected in 1828 near the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers, on the Mont.-N.Dak. line; it controlled converging routes of travel fr...Fort Washington
(Encyclopedia)Fort Washington, military post during the American Revolution, situated on the highest point of Manhattan island, New York City, overlooking the Hudson River opposite Fort Lee, N.J. It was a hastily b...Fort Wayne
(Encyclopedia)Fort Wayne, city (2020 pop. 263,886), seat of Allen co., NE Ind., where the St. Joseph and St. Marys rivers join to form the Maumee River; inc. 1840. It...Fort William
(Encyclopedia)Fort William: see Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada. ...Fort Worth
(Encyclopedia)Fort Worth, city (2020 pop. 918,915), seat of Tarrant co., N Tex., on the Trinity River 30 mi (48 km) W of Dallas; settled 1843, inc. 1873. An army post...Duquesne, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Duquesne, Fort: see Fort Duquesne. ...Abercrombie, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Abercrombie, Fort: see Fort Abercrombie. ...Dix, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Dix, Fort: see Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. ...Donelson, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Donelson, Fort: see Fort Donelson. ...Dearborn, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Dearborn, Fort: see Fort Dearborn. ...Browse by Subject
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