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	Fort Blockhouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A blockhouse was first built on the Gosport side of Portsmouth harbour in 1495, with 5 guns.
		But in 1708 the fort was rebuilt on an irregular trace.
		Upgrading was done at the turn of the 19th century, and again in 1845, from which time most remains date.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Blockhouse (183 words)

	Fort York - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The fort was built by the British Army and Canadian militia troops in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, to defend the settlement and the new capital of the Upper Canada region from the threat of a military attack, principally from the newly independent United States.
		The rebuilt fort was sufficient to repel a further attempted invasion in 1814.
		Fort York was used as a military establishment until 1880, and again during the First and Second World Wars.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_York (580 words)

	History of Missouri and Illinois Territority 1808-1815
		Built in the summer of 1813, Fort Independence was erected by the Missouri Rangers under the advisement of the inhabitants of Fort Howard, to observe the Indian movements on the Mississippi river.
		Fort Osage was built in 1808 because of a treaty agreement with the United States and the Osage Indians.
		In the spring of 1817, the fort was taken down and removed to William Jones' land and was used as the residence of the Jones family.
	usregular0.tripod.com /warof1812/id3.html (3707 words)

	Fort Blockhouse
		Fort Blockhouse had its beginnings as a military base in 1431 when Henry VI authorised a tower to be built on the Gosport side of Portsmouth Harbour.
		By 1714, the tower had grown into a fort with much the same outward characteristics as it has now, and by 1813 it was described as being "complete".
		During World War 2 the fort's anti-aircraft defences were reinforced by two of the saluting guns, which were being converted by the Engineers to fire a mixture of old iron and were manned by a volunteer crew of stokers.
	www.submariners.co.uk /Dits/Articles/blockhouse.htm (411 words)

	My Gosport Guide to the Palmerston Forts of Gosport - Fort Grange, Fort Gomer, Fort Blockhouse, Fort Rowner
		All five forts, with a supporting battery, were built between 1853 and 1863 on the western side of Gosport to protect Portsmouth harbour from an invasion force attacking from the land.
		Fort Elson and Fort Gomer at the north and south of the line were smaller with only 30 guns.
		The fort was demolished in 1964,and the land bought for £169,000 by the Paige Johnson building firm to build a housing estate.
	www.mygosport.org /forts.htm (1308 words)

	Québec Forts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A new octogonal stone blockhouse was built in 1813, along with a cloverleaf earthwork bastion, to protect the canal.
		On Prison Island was Prison Island Blockhouse (1780, rebuilt 1814), used to guard a POW camp during the American Revolution and the War of 1812.
		A blockhouse was built in 1778 on the other side of the river from the fort for added protection.
	www.geocities.com /naforts/qc.html (1898 words)

	UK Fortifications Club - Fort of the Quarter - Fort Blockhouse - page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Fort Blockhouse, is very much an ancient building, or rather a collection of both ancient and fairly modern buildings on a series of sites used for purposes of defence since, probably, Roman times.
		With changes in the fleet to an all nuclear Submarine force the Fort was in 1999 returned to the Army and since and to date it has contained the defence Medical College and a base and HQ facilities for a RAMC Field Hospital.
		The entrance gate is in the form of a 12ft wide cutting through the forts walls that had to be bridged by a concrete span faced with brick to continue the integrity of the defence, some time in the 1930’s, to allow modern heavy road transport to enter the Fort.
	www.ukfortsclub.org.uk /archive/fort_blockhouse/1_2004_p1.html (1714 words)

	New Brunswick Forts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This was a star-shaped fort that was captured by the British in 1755 and renamed Fort Cumberland.
		The Lookout, a stockaded blockhouse, was in ruins by 1812.
		The fort was later rebuilt with a one-story blockhouse in 1812.
	www.geocities.com /naforts/nb.html (733 words)

	Kansas Forts, Old West Kansas (KS): Fort Leavenworth, Ft. Hays, Riley, Larned, Dodge, Scott: Western Frontier Fort ...
		Fort Belmont was built about 1860 in a wooded area on Sandy Creek nearby the town of Belmont, Kansas to protect the settlers from the Indians and the Missouri border ruffians.
		Fort Leavenworth had a vital role in the protection of Union interests in Kansas and western Missouri at the beginning of the Civil War, and was an attractive target throughout the war because of its arsenal.
		Fort Zarah was established September 6, 1864 on the banks of Walnut Creek near the crossroads of the Santa Fe Trail, the army supply route from Fort Riley, and the main Indian trail.
	www.vlib.us /old_west/forts.html (4284 words)

	Missouri Forts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A Spanish fort was proposed several times to be built at the mouth of the Des Moines River to prevent British (Canadian) traders from the western fur trade.
		A settlers' blockhouse on the Salt River, on a hill northeast of Shepards or Matson Mill.
		A settlers' stockaded fort on a bluff on the eastern side of town, built after Stephen's fort was attacked and then abandoned.
	www.geocities.com /naforts/mo.html (1514 words)

	Tennessee Trail of Tears Association - The Trail of Tears in Tennessee: Fort Marr Blockhouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		When the old fort was renovated for the Cherokee removal, it was known as Fort Morrow for Captain Morrow of the Tennessee Militia who was in charge of the fort.
		In 1858, the blockhouse was moved to the backyard of Ananias Higgins.
		The blockhouse was moved from the Higgins farm to the grounds of the Polk County High School in 1923.
	www.tntota.net /fort_marr.htm (2039 words)

	SJV.Net's Tourism Site - History Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Fort Kent Blockhouse was erected in 1840 as part of the military preparation to defend Maine's boundaries and the thriving lumber interests.
		The blockhouse is a popular tourist site that draws thousands of sightseers and campers every year.It is maintained by the Boy Scouts of our area and is open from Memorial Day to Labor Day from 9 a.m.
		In 1979 the B & A streamlined its operation and retired the Fort Kent Station.
	www.sjv.net /tourism/historical.htm (743 words)

	Fort Vancouver NHS: Historic Structures Report (Chapter 3)
		Undoubtedly they operated in the same manner as those at Fort Nanaimo, where the "heavy wooden shutters" are said to have been "raised from within by ropes." [20] It must be admitted, however, that no ropes or chains are visible in the 1860 photograph.
		If the situation at Fort Vancouver was the same as at Fort Nanaimo, the base of the ornament formed a center block into which all of the rafters were toed.
		At Fort Langley the bastions had, according to the post, journal, "a lower and upper flooring." [23] It seems probable that even the ground floor at Fort Vancouver, therefore, had a wooden floor.
	www.nps.gov /fova/hsr/hsr1-3a.htm (1794 words)

	Chicago Historical Society - Fort Dearborn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Fort Dearborn, named after Secretary of War Henry Dearborn, was established near the mouth of the Chicago River, along Lake Michigan in order to protect traders and settlers to the West and to Chicago who moved into land already claimed by Native Americans.
		In 1857 when the second fort was torn down, the officers' quarters were purchased by Judge Henry Fuller, father of Henry B. Fuller, and moved to the corner of State and 33rd streets, where covered with weather boarding it stood for many years.
		The whole fort was surrounded by a double line of palisades about twelve feet high, arranged so that the blockhouses might command the space outside the four walls as well as the area between the two rows of palisades.
	www.chicagohs.org /collections/dearborn (669 words)

	Old Fort Madison Map Key (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The limestone foundation facings of all three reconstructed blockhouses and those of the enlisted men's barracks came from the cellar walls of the central blockhouse of the original fort excavated in 1965.
		Reddish burn marks caused by the fire which destroyed the fort in 1813 are visible on many of the stones.
		- A blockhouse was built on a ridge running behind the fort to protect the garrison from arrows and musket fire of Indians who might use that vantage point.
	www.oldfortmadison.com /mapkey.htm (367 words)

	Fort Kent, Aroostook Co., Maine
		The town was named for a fort or blockhouse that the United States erected at the time of the so-called Aroostook war, in 1841, and was named after the then-governor of Maine, Edward Kent.
		The head of the Maine militia unit that was stationed at the mouth of the Fish River in 1839 and 1840 was Captain Rines.
		Fort Kent was included in the 1860 US Census under the names of Township No.18, Range 6 (the eastern part of today's township) and Township 18, Range 7 (the western part).
	www.upperstjohn.com /aroostook/fortkent.htm (596 words)

	The Point: Organizations: The Block House
		Fort Pitt which protected the Ohio Valley for the British crown is the old Blockhouse.
		This is a five-sided two-story strong point constructed outside the palisaded walls of Fort Pitt on the side toward the Point by Col. Henry Bouquet in 1764.
		Because the Blockhouse stood by itself it escaped the wreckers' hammers when the fort was dismantled, and was used for years as a dwelling house.
	www.clpgh.org /exhibit/neighborhoods/point/point_n71.html (322 words)

	Friends Of Fort Edgecomb Kick Off Fund-Raiser
		The Friends of Fort Edgecomb are kicking off a fund-raiser to help support the state of Maine in the reshingling of the fort blockhouse to be completed in 2001.
		The founder and president of the Friends of Fort Edgecomb, Fred Maitland, was on hand at the fort this past weekend at the last encampment of the season.
		Anyone interested in participating in the project and the history of the fort is asked to stop by the site and sign a new shingle to be placed on the blockhouse in return for a donation toward the project.
	wiscassetnewspaper.maine.com /2001-09-06/fort_edgecomb.html (297 words)

	Fort Pitt - Archaeological Dig at the Fort Pitt Blockhouse
		The Blockhouse, owned and operated by the Daughters of the American Revolution, will undergo an excavation as part of a renovation that will include a new floor and roof.
		The Blockhouse was constructed in 1764 under the direction of Colonel Henry Bouquet.
		It was built to provide additional support in the defense of Fort Pitt, and is the only surviving structure from the Fort.
	www.fortpittmuseum.com /dig.html (173 words)

	Harbert Fort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A fort or blockhouse was a structure intended to strengthen the position of the settlers on the frontier.
		The simplest structure was the blockhouse, which originated in the early wars in Germany.
		Fort Harbert (pictured at right) was a stockade built in 1775 on Tenmile Creek (Jones Run branch) of the West Fork River in Eagle District, less than two miles from the current town of Lumberport.
	pages.prodigy.net /dharbert/Story_8.htm (294 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The Fort Kent Blockhouse, Maine, USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Today, the Blockhouse is maintained in good condition by the Fort Kent Chamber of Commerce and is a recognized National Historic Landmark.
		Near where the Blockhouse lies is a hill that has a path which leads down to a small campground and canoe landing on the Fish.
		There is a tourist information centre with information on Fort Kent, Maine, USA, the Blockhouse, and the Saint John Valley in general.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A634204 (708 words)

	Fort Astoria
		The establishment of Fort Astoria was the birth of the present day Oregon Community.
		While both the seaward and trancontinental journeys were treacherous, the Astorians managed to arrive at the mouth of the Columbia River beginning in March 1811, with the Tonquin, and February, 1812 with Hunt's overland party.
		Although Astoria had its problems in the initial establishment of the fort, it was producing.
	history.sandiego.edu /gen/st/~kalenius/fort.htm (692 words)

	Farm Bureau's Georgia Neighbors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Following an archaeological dig of 1937-38, a replica of the fort’s southeastern blockhouse was constructed on the exact former foundation of the original blockhouse, one of two the fort had.
		In spring 1970, at the request of the Fort Hawkins Commission, an in-depth study on the fort was begun by the Institute of Community and Area Development at the University of Georgia.
		A visit to the blockhouse replica seems like a “must” for anyone who, in childhood, built forts inside on rainy days by draping old sheets over chairs and on sunny days used whatever was available outside to build their fort as they played cowboys and Indians.
	www.gfb.org /neighbors/sum_03/neighbor3.htm (1026 words)

	Pittsburgh City Paper - ONLINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The museum is built next to a reconstructed wall of the fort and has a modernist 1960s-public-works sort of design that resembles the mouth of the Squirrel Hill tunnel.
		Because both the facilities are undergoing renovations, the Fort Pitt Blockhouse is ostensibly closed to the public (although it will be open during upcoming living-history weekends), as is the second-floor exhibit space.
		The Blockhouse -- also known as a “redoubt” -- was erected in 1764 under Col. Henry Bouquet to add another layer of defense to Fort Pitt, making it the oldest building in Western Pennsylvania today.
	www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws /prev/summer03/sg_6.html (645 words)

	Clyde Blockhouse / Fort Clyde
		There is a reconstruction of the wooden blockhouse on the South side of NYS Route 31, a little East of its junction with NYS Route 414.
		it was originally a fort of two stories, with the upper floor projecting over the lower.
		The Blockhouse is believed to have burned prior to 1805.
	www.dmna.state.ny.us /forts/fortsA_D/clydeBlockhouse.htm (1064 words)

	Oregon History Online 9 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Simpson, testifies to the "antebellum gaiety and folly" at the fort.
		The fort, young Simpson recalled, occupied the sloping top of a great hill which, standing at the gateway of the Grand Ronde Valley, was naturally adapted for military occupation.
		The historic military blockhouse, which had been built in the early days of the Grand Ronde Reservation, was being moved from their town to the city park at Dayton, to be preserved there as a cherished monument.
	users.wi.net /~census/lesson42.html (20424 words)

	Blockhouse of Fort Morris
		Soon after the town of Liverpool was established in 1759 a blockhouse, or small fortified building, was constructed in the original town plot.
		According to Tupper's Plan of Liverpool, Nova Scotia 1760 - 1775 (at right), the Fort Morris blockhouse was located on Lot 9 of Block C. This would put it near the corner of Lawrence and Wolfe Streets in the northwest corner of Liverpool.
		No sign of a structure that might be the blockhouse is visible in any of the photos.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /merseyhersoc/fortmorris.html (290 words)

	Northern Maine Real Estate Listings - Fort Kent, Maine
		Originally known as “La Grande d?charge,” the town was renamed “Fort Kent” in honor of the blockhouse constructed in 1839.
		This blockhouse, a State historic site and the last original fort on the Northern border, still exists and is open for tours during the summer.
		Fort Kent is also the northern end of the famous U.S. Route 1, which runs to Key West, Florida.
	www.mainerealtor.net /sjvr/features.html (1480 words)

	Fort Tours \| Leon County Historical Markers
		This Texas Ranger fort was built by Major William H. Smith's battalion early in 1837 and commanded by Captain Lee C. Smith as part of the defensive line established by the Republic of Texas against marauding Plains Indians.
		The fort was difficult to supply and of questionable defensive use.
		For those reasons the fort was abandoned soon after its construction, probably in the fall of 1837.
	www.forttours.com /pages/hmleon.asp (994 words)

	UK Fortifications Club - Fort of the Quarter - Fort Blockhouse - page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		However, the Victorian Forts were far from the earliest military or even government buildings on the Island as, in 1497 when Plague ravished Edinburgh the King In Council ordered the despatch of the victims who were still alive to the Island in an endeavour to prevent the disease spreading further.
		However the total (overall) length was 22ft and 7” and it worked on a pivot and racer principle with the pivot block (a casting) being set on a small outcrop of rock 5ft 1½” from the inner (or home) end and the length was counter-balanced by a cast iron counterweight set under the main planking.
		To revolve the bridge the levers had simply to be lifted slightly, to disengage a locking mechanism on the far (enemy) side and then to lower the hand-rail chains and with a steady push the bridge would swing in an arc until it was re-locked on the home bank of the dry ditch.
	www.ukfortsclub.org.uk /fort_quarter/inchkeith/inchkeith_p1.html (8775 words)

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