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Fort Totten (Washington Metro) In 2006
Fort Totten may refer to: * Fort Totten (Queens), a Civil War–era military installation in New York City * Fort Totten, North Dakota ** Fort Totten State Historic Site, a Dakota frontier-era fort and Native American boarding school * Fort Totten (Washington, D.C.), a neighborhood in north east Washington, D.C. ** Fort Totten (WMATA station) Fort Totten is a Washington Metro station in northeastern Washington, D.C. It acts as a transfer point between the Green, Yellow and Red Lines. It is the last station on the Green and Yellow lines in the District of Columbia before heading into M ..., a Metro station in Washington, D.C. ** Fort Totten Park, a Civil War fort and site of a park in Washington, D.C. {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Totten (Queens)
Fort Totten is a former active United States Army installation in the New York City Borough (New York City), borough of Queens. It is located on the Willets Point peninsula on the north shore of Long Island. Fort Totten is at the head of Little Neck Bay, where the East River widens to become Long Island Sound. While the U.S. Army Reserve continues to maintain a presence at the fort, the property is now owned by the City of New York. History Civil War era Construction began on the Fort at Willets Point in 1862 (named Fort Totten in 1898), after the land was purchased by the U.S. Government in 1857 from the Willets family. The fort is close to the Queens neighborhoods of Bay Terrace, Queens, Bay Terrace, Bayside, Queens, Bayside, Beechhurst, Queens, Beechhurst and Whitestone, Queens, Whitestone. The original purpose was to defend the East River (New York), East River approach to New York Harbor, combined with the preceding Fort Schuyler, which faces it from Throggs Neck in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Totten, North Dakota
Fort Totten is a census-designated place (CDP) in Benson County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 1,243 at the 2010 census. Fort Totten is located within the Spirit Lake Reservation and is the site of tribal headquarters. The reservation has a total population estimated at 6,000. Although not formally incorporated as a city, Fort Totten has the largest population of any community in Benson County. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (2.77%) is water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 952 people, 230 households, and 200 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 124.2 people per square mile (47.9/km2). There were 255 housing units at an average density of 33.3/sq mi (12.8/km2). The racial makeup of the CDP was 0.84% White, 0.11% African American, 98.84% Native American, and 0.21% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.74% of the popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Totten State Historic Site
Fort Totten State Historic Site is a historic fort that sits on the shores of Devils Lake near Fort Totten, North Dakota. During its 13 years of operation as a fort, Fort Totten was used during the American Indian wars to enforce the peace among local Native American tribes and to protect transportation routes. After its closing in 1890, it operated until 1959 as a Native American boarding school, called the Fort Totten Indian Industrial School. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971; in its nomination form, the State Historical Society of North Dakota called it "one of the best preserved military posts... in the Trans-Mississippi West for the Indian Wars period". With History Fort Totten Fort Totten was one of nearly 150 forts constructed across the American western frontier during the American Indian wars. Following the conclusion of the Dakota War of 1862, several displaced Dakota people (who now form the Spirit Lake Tribe) had been relocated to the a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Totten (Washington, D
Fort Totten may refer to: * Fort Totten (Queens), a Civil War–era military installation in New York City * Fort Totten, North Dakota ** Fort Totten State Historic Site, a Dakota frontier-era fort and Native American boarding school * Fort Totten (Washington, D.C.), a neighborhood in north east Washington, D.C. ** Fort Totten (WMATA station) Fort Totten is a Washington Metro station in northeastern Washington, D.C. It acts as a transfer point between the Green, Yellow and Red Lines. It is the last station on the Green and Yellow lines in the District of Columbia before heading into M ..., a Metro station in Washington, D.C. ** Fort Totten Park, a Civil War fort and site of a park in Washington, D.C. {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Totten (WMATA Station)
Fort Totten is a Washington Metro station in northeastern Washington, D.C. It acts as a transfer point between the Green, Yellow and Red Lines. It is the last station on the Green and Yellow lines in the District of Columbia before heading into Maryland. It is one of two stations (the other being Arlington Cemetery station) with three levels (the entrance and exit are on the second floor between the three lines), and is doubly unique in being the only multi-level transfer station built above ground and being the only such station to have island platforms on both levels, as opposed to just the lower level. The station's name comes from a Civil War-era fortification which itself was named after General Joseph Gilbert Totten, the Chief Engineer of the antebellum US Army. The station is located in the middle of Fort Totten Park in Northeast, serving the neighborhoods of Fort Totten to the west and Queens Chapel to the east. The station also serves the adjacent neighborhoods of Rigg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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