Fort San Fernando De Las Barrancas was a Spanish fort in what is now

Memphis, Tennessee Memphis is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Shelby County in the southwest part of the state; it is situated along the Mississippi River. With a population of 633,104 at the 2020 U.S. census, Memphis is the second-mos ...

. Established in May 1795, the fort was erected with a garrison of 150 men to defend

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

claims of the territory at the Fourth Chickasaw Bluff. Although Spain renounced its claim to the area in

Pinckney's Treaty Pinckney's Treaty, also known as the Treaty of San Lorenzo or the Treaty of Madrid, was signed on October 27, 1795 by the United States and Spain. It defined the border between the United States and Spanish Florida, and guaranteed the United S ...

in 1795, it occupied the fort until either 1797 or 1798, when the Spanish dismantled the fort and established Fort Esperanza across the river near modern

Marion, Arkansas Marion is a city in and the county seat of Crittenden County, Arkansas, Crittenden County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 12,345 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, a 38.7% increase since 2000. The city is part of the Memp ...

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