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Forts In Nebraska
The following is a list of current and former forts in Nebraska. {, class="wikitable" !align="center" colspan="6", Military instillations in Nebraska ''alphabetical order'' , - ! Name ! Location ! Period , - , Alkali Station , , , - , Armas de Francia , , , - , Fort Atkinson , Fort Calhoun , 1819-1827 , - , Camp Atlanta , Atlanta , 1943-1946 , - , Camp Augur , , , - , Beauvais Station Post , , , - , Fort Beaver Valley , , , - , Fort Bellevue , , , - , Bordeaux Trading Post , near Chadron , , - , Cabanné's Post , Omaha , 1822-1840 , - , Fort Calhoun , Fort Calhoun , , - , Fort Carlos , , , - , Fort Charles , , , - , Fort Childs , , , - , Fort Clarke , , , - , Columbia Fur Co. Post , , , - , Columbus Post , , , - , Fort Cottonwood , near Maxwell , , - , Post Cottonwood Springs , , , - , Camp Council Bluff , , , - , Cantonment Council Bluffs , , , - , Fort Crook , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ("to make"). From very early history to modern times, defensive walls have often been necessary for cities to survive in an ever-changing world of invasion and conquest. Some settlements in the Indus Valley civilization were the first small cities to be fortified. In ancient Greece, large stone walls had been built in Mycenaean Greece, such as the ancient site of Mycenae (famous for the huge stone blocks of its 'cyclopean' walls). A Greek ''Towns of ancient Greece#Military settlements, phrourion'' was a fortified collection of buildings used as a military garrison, and is the equivalent of the ancient Roman, Roman castellum or English language, English fortress. These constructions mainly served the purpose of a watch tower, to guard certa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chadron, Nebraska
Chadron ( ) is a city and the county seat of Dawes County, in the state of Nebraska in the Great Plains region of the United States. The population was 5,851 at the 2010 census. This city is the location of Chadron State College. Chadron also is the United States Forest Service headquarters of the Nebraska and Samuel R. McKelvie National Forests, and the Buffalo Gap, Fort Pierre, and Oglala National Grasslands. The Museum of the Fur Trade is located near Chadron, at the site of the American Fur Company's former Bordeaux Trading Post. History Succeeding cultures of indigenous peoples lived in the area for thousands of years. In historic times, tribes such as the Oglala Lakota (Oglala Sioux Tribe), Cheyenne and others lived in the area. The Sioux used this territory as a hunting ground after pushing other tribes to the west. Chadron is named for Louis Chartran, a French-Indian (Métis) fur trapper who ran a trading post on Chadron Creek in 1841. He was married to a Native ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantonment Council Bluffs
A cantonment (, , or ) is a military quarters. In Bangladesh, India and other parts of South Asia, a ''cantonment'' refers to a permanent military station (a term from the colonial-era). In United States military parlance, a cantonment is, essentially, "a permanent residential section (i.e. barrack) of a fort or other military installation," such as Fort Hood. The word ''cantonment'', derived from the French word '' canton'', meaning ''corner'' or ''district'', refers to a temporary military or winter encampment. For example, at the start of the Waterloo campaign in 1815, while the Duke of Wellington's headquarters were in Brussels, most of his Anglo–allied army of 93,000 soldiers were ''cantoned'', or stationed, to the south of Brussels. List of permanent cantonments Afghanistan The former Sherpur Cantonment in Kabul, Afghanistan, which was the site of the Siege of the Sherpur Cantonment (1879) in the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878–1880), is now maintained as a British Army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Council Bluff
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Post Cottonwood Springs
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Maxwell, Nebraska
Maxwell is a village in Lincoln County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the North Platte Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 312 at the 2010 census. History Maxwell was platted in 1894 after the Union Pacific Railroad was extended to that point. The town was named for a railroad official. 1925 editionis available for download aUniversity of Nebraska—Lincoln Digital Commons./ref> Maxwell was incorporated as a village in 1908. On May 17, 2000, Maxwell was hit by an F3 tornado. Geography Maxwell is located at (41.077761, -100.526066). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 312 people, 121 households, and 87 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 133 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 96.5% White, 0.6% African American, 1.0% Native American, 1.0% from other races, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort McPherson, Nebraska
Fort McPherson, originally called Cantonment McKean and popularly known as Fort Cottonwood and Post Cottonwood, was an Indian Wars-era U.S. Army installation in the Nebraska Territory, located near the site of present-day North Platte, Nebraska. Location It was located on the banks of the North Platte River, at the mouth of Cottonwood Canyon, a strategic location near the junction of South and North Platte Rivers. Cottonwood Springs, a natural spring in an abandoned bed of the river, was the only spring for many miles along the river and a favored spot used by the plains Indians. We started early on October 11th, and passed Gilmans' ranch, which was built of cedar, and, going fifteen miles farther, camped at a spring called Cottonwood Springs. A man by the name of Charles MacDonald had built a cedar ranch at the mouth of Cottonwood Canyon, which canyon came down to the river near Cottonwood Springs. Cottonwood Springs was merely a seep in a gully which had been an old bed of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbus Post
''The Columbus Post'' is a weekly newspaper devoted to the African-American audience of Columbus, Ohio. History The newspaper was founded in 1995 by Amos Lynch (1925–2015). Lynch was editor in chief of the Columbus edition of the ''Call and Post'' for 33 years prior to founding the ''Post''. He had also played a founding role in the ''Ohio Sentinel'' in 1949. He was inducted into the Ohio Civil Rights Hall of Fame in 2011. While editor of the ''Call & Post'', Lynch was credited with bringing down longtime mayor M. E. Sensenbrenner, with the publication of photos depicting victims of police brutality the day before the 1971 election. In 2015, more than a decade after Lynch's retirement and a few months after his death, the ''Post'' transitioned to a digital-only product, delivered by email. References External links * Weekly newspapers published in the United States Newspapers published in Columbus, Ohio African-American newspapers {{ColumbusOH-stub Newspapers es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Columbia Fur Co
Columbia may refer to: * Columbia (personification), the historical female national personification of the United States, and a poetic name for America Places North America Natural features * Columbia Plateau, a geologic and geographic region in the U.S. Pacific Northwest * Columbia River, in Canada and the United States ** Columbia Bar, a sandbar in the estuary of the Columbia River ** Columbia Country, the region of British Columbia encompassing the northern portion of that river's upper reaches ***Columbia Valley, a region within the Columbia Country ** Columbia Lake, a lake at the head of the Columbia River *** Columbia Wetlands, a protected area near Columbia Lake ** Columbia Slough, along the Columbia watercourse near Portland, Oregon * Glacial Lake Columbia, a proglacial lake in Washington state * Columbia Icefield, in the Canadian Rockies * Columbia Island (District of Columbia), in the Potomac River * Columbia Island (New York), in Long Island Sound Populated places * Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Clarke
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ("to make"). From very early history to modern times, defensive walls have often been necessary for cities to survive in an ever-changing world of invasion and conquest. Some settlements in the Indus Valley civilization were the first small cities to be fortified. In ancient Greece, large stone walls had been built in Mycenaean Greece, such as the ancient site of Mycenae (famous for the huge stone blocks of its 'cyclopean' walls). A Greek '' phrourion'' was a fortified collection of buildings used as a military garrison, and is the equivalent of the Roman castellum or English fortress. These constructions mainly served the purpose of a watch tower, to guard certain roads, passes, and borders. Though smaller than a real fortress, they acted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Childs
A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ("to make"). From very early history to modern times, defensive walls have often been necessary for cities to survive in an ever-changing world of invasion and conquest. Some settlements in the Indus Valley civilization were the first small cities to be fortified. In ancient Greece, large stone walls had been built in Mycenaean Greece, such as the ancient site of Mycenae (famous for the huge stone blocks of its 'cyclopean' walls). A Greek '' phrourion'' was a fortified collection of buildings used as a military garrison, and is the equivalent of the Roman castellum or English fortress. These constructions mainly served the purpose of a watch tower, to guard certain roads, passes, and borders. Though smaller than a real fortress, they acted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Charles (Nebraska)
Fort Charles may refer to: * Fort Charles (Ghana), built in 1674 * Fort Charles (Jamaica), built between 1650 and 1660 * Fort Charles, later Fort William Henry (Pemaquid Beach, Maine), built in 1677 * Fort Charles (Menorca), which fell to the British during the Capture of Minorca (1798) * Fort Charles (Nebraska), a trading fort established in 1795 in the Nebraska Territory * Fort Charles (Nevis), built in the 1630s * Fort Charles (Saint Kitts), established 1670 * Salcombe Castle Salcombe Castle or Fort Charles is a ruined fortification just off the beach of North Sands in Salcombe, Devon, England, within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is located on a rocky outcrop which is easily reached on foot ..., or Fort Charles, in Devon, England * Fort Saint Jacques, or Fort Charles, founded in 1668 on James Bay in present-day Quebec * ''Fort Charles'' (HBC vessel), operated by the HBC from 1940-1959, see Hudson's Bay Company vessels See also * * Charles For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
