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Richard B. Lernoult, Jean François Hamtramck, William Hull. Fort Shelby was a military fort in Detroit, Michigan that played a significant role in the War of 1812. It was built by the British in 1779 as Fort Lernoult, and was ceded to the United States by the Jay Treaty in 1796. It was renamed Fort Detroit by Secretary of War Henry Dearborn in ...
Development of the fire. The fire started on the morning of June 11, 1805. It is presumed that it started in or in the immediate vicinity of the stables of John Harvey, a local baker. One of the first buildings that were set alight was a nearby barn, from which the flames were able to easily spread to other flammable wooden structures.
1701–1796. Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit or Fort Detroit (1701–1796) was a French and later British fortification established in 1701 on the north side of the Detroit River by Antoine Laumet de Lamothe Cadillac. A settlement based on the fur trade, farming and missionary work slowly developed in the area.
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Fort Hamilton. The Northwest Indian War (1785–1795), also known by other names, was an armed conflict for control of the Northwest Territory fought between the United States and a united group of Native American nations known today as the Northwestern Confederacy. The United States Army considers it the first of the American Indian Wars.
Fort Michilimackinac, in use from 1761 until 1781, replaced by Fort Mackinac; Fort St. Joseph, in use from 1763 until 1780, occupied by Spanish militia for one day in 1781; Fort Sinclair, St. Clair County, built 1765, abandoned about 1785; Fort Lernoult, built in 1779, turned over to the Americans in 1796, in British hands again during part of ...
The Revolution [1] (also known as The American Revolution) is a 2006 American miniseries from The History Channel composed of thirteen episodes which track the American Revolution from the Boston Massacre through the Treaty of Paris, which declared America's independence from Great Britain. The series is narrated by Edward Herrmann .
Here’s a look. Life for the soldiers at a frontier post like Fort Worth (1849-1853) was tedious and joyless, an endless series of drills and fatigue duties relieved only occasionally by free ...