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Fort Erie
(Encyclopedia)Fort Erie, town (2020 pop. 30,710,), S Ont., Canada, on the Niagara River, opposite Buffalo, N.Y. A number of branch factories of U.S. firms are in the ...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.Anderson, Robert
(Encyclopedia)Anderson, Robert, 1805–71, American army officer, defender of Fort Sumter, b. near Louisville, Ky., grad. West Point, 1825. He fought in the Black Hawk, Seminole, and Mexican wars and was promoted t...Fort William
(Encyclopedia)Fort William: see Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada. ...Browse by Subject
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