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Fort Hancock Independent School District
Fort Hancock Independent School District is a public school district based in the community of Fort Hancock, Texas (USA). It includes the communities of Fort Hancock and Acala or Achala ( sa, अचल, "The Immovable", ), also known as (, "Immovable Lord") or (, "Noble Immovable Lord"), is a wrathful deity and ''dharmapala'' (protector of the Dharma) prominent in Vajrayana Buddhism and East Asian Buddhism., Jp. re .... Schools The district has three campuses:- * Fort Hancock High School (Grades 9–12) *Fort Hancock Middle School (Grades 5–8) *Benito Martinez Elementary School (Grades K–4) During the late 1980s and early 1990s Fort Hancock was a powerhouse in six-man football, winning five Texas state championships, including four straight (1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, and 1991) and were also the 1992 state runners-up. The number of titles and consecutive titles are state records in six-man football, and Fort Hancock's 4-peat was the first ever in UIL football history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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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] |
