Twitter Google Share on Facebook Fort Sill (redirected fromFort Sill, OK) FortSill,U.S.militaryreservation,Comancheco.,SWOkla.,4 mi(6.4km)N ofLawton;est.1869byGen.PhilipSheridan.A95,000-acre(38,445-hectare)fieldartilleryandmissilebase,it isthehomeoftheU.S.ArmyArtilleryandMissileCenter.FortSil...
Eighty-nine cultural resources within the Fort Carson Military Reservation were reevaluated by Fort Lewis College during the summer and fall of 1997. These 89 cultural resources comprise historic and prehistoric archeological sites within three counties: El Paso, Fremont, and Pueblo. Attempts to ...
Jeffrey Lewis, in "How Tampa Lost the Fort Brooke Military Reservation, states that in 1889 an act of the State Legislature created the new City of Tampa and extended its incorporate limits to cover the reservation. On this basis the city maintained that it was entitled to the lands for use...
The school also hosts dance, theater, and performance art at the Lewis Center and other assorted venues. Read more Poughkeepsie A short ride away from New York City on the Metro North commuter rail, Poughkeepsie sits on the banks of the Hudson River. The close proximity of Vassar College ...
Explore the lands and structures at the center of fur trade and military history in the Pacific Northwest. Learn about the diverse cultures who lived and worked here. Enjoy relaxing trails along the Columbia River and Village. Experience costumed programs, hands-on education activiti...
Michael has a BA in History & American Studies and an MSc in American History from the University of Edinburgh. He comes from a proud military family and has spent most of his career as an educator in the Middle East and Asia. His passion is travel, and he seizes any opportunity to sha...
Lewis for his division. Log Chain Station stood on some maps near Locknane Creek, also called Locklane and Muddy Creek. It was named for the many wagons whose ox chains broke as they crossed the creek’s sandy bed. Over the years, Log Chain Station was altered and soon fell into ruins...
Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 815-818 Lewis, Emanuel Raymond, Seacoast Fortifications of the United States: An Introductory History, Naval...
After the 1846 treaty with Great Britain set the boundary with present-day Canada, the U.S. established a military reservation on a bluff overlooking the Hudson's Bay Company stockade. Part of a plan to erect military posts along the route settlers were following from the Mississippi to the ...
U.S. government buys Fort Union; dismantles it to expand Fort Buford; site included in Fort Buford Military Reservation. From the top of the hills we saw a grand panorama of a most extensive wilderness, with Fort Union beneath its and far away, as well as the Yellowstone River, River, ...