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	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Fort Knox I and II The new United States government built a new fort, just up the street from the old one, and named it Ft. Knox (usually referred to by local historians as Fort Knox I), after the US Secretary of War.
		This fort (also called Ft. Knox, and referred to locally as Ft. Knox II) was built under the guidance of the new governor of the new Indiana Territory, William Henry Harrison.
		The sleepy little fort was famous mostly for duels (the Captain of the fort at one point shot his second-in-command) and desertion.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Fort_Sackville (831 words)

	George Rogers Clark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He sent the French Priest Father Pierre Gibault to Fort Sackville located near the city of Vincennes, Indiana to influence and secure the inhabitants of Vincennes and secure Fort Sackville.
		Clark's ultimate goal during the Revolutionary War was to seize the British stronghold of Fort Detroit and claim all lands west of the Appalachians for the American Revolutionaries (or perhaps for Virginia), but he could never recruit enough men to make the attempt.
		Fort Massac, Illinois, placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution in the early 1900s.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Rogers_Clark (1098 words)

	George Rogers Clark
		He sent the French Priest Father Pierre Gibault to Fort Sackville located near the city of Vincennes, Indiana to influence and secure the inhabitants of Vincennes and secure Fort Sackville.
		On February 5, Clark lead 170 volunteers from Fort Kaskaskia 210 miles over "drownded country" in the dead of winter in 18 days to capture Fort Sackville from Hamilton.
		Upon arrival at Fort Sackville on February 23, Clark ordered all of the company's flags out to give the illusion of not 200 men, but 600 men.
	encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/g/ge/george_rogers_clark.html (599 words)

	history/Sackville
		Military personnel completing their enlistments at Fort Cumberland were offered land grants in 1760 and some stayed to establish homesteads in the area that was later to become Sackville.
		The Township of Sackville, along with the neighboring townships of Cumberland and Amherst were laid out in 1762-63 each containing 100,000 acres and the first formal grants were issued in 1765.
		Sackville was booming at the turn of the century and with a population approaching 2000 a move was afoot to be incorporated as a Town.
	www.sackville.com /community/history/index.html (626 words)

	tScholars.com \| George Rogers Clark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Clark's ultimate goal during the Revolutionary War was to seize the British stronghold of Fort Detroit and claim all lands west of the Appalachians for the American Revolutionaries (or perhaps for Virginia), but he could never recruit enough men to make the attempt.
		On February 25, 1929, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the surrender of Fort Sackville, the U.S. Post Office Department issued a 2-cent postage stamp, which depicted the surrender.
		Mertopolis, Fort Massac, by sculptor Leon Hermant, Illinois, placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution in the early 1900s.
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/George_Rogers_Clark (1779 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		As a result of its unincorporated status before 1996, Lower Sackville and adjacent unincorporated communities such as Middle Sackville and Upper Sackville did not benefit from appropriate planning and are examples of urban sprawl.
		Recreational pursuits in the community revolve around sports fields at local schools and parks, as well as the Sackville Sports Stadium, which is equipped with a swimming pool, gymnasium, curling rink, and one of Lower Sackville's two ice hockey arenas.
		The majority of Lower Sackville's suburbs were built in the 1970s on the southern edge of First Lake which offers outdoor recreational opportunities.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Lower_Sackville,_Nova_Scotia (303 words)

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		About 1786, the inhabitants of Sackville made a return of the state of the settlement to the government to shew that if a proposed escheat was made it would be attended with great confusion as but few of the grants had not been improved.
		Dixon found a refuge for his family in the Fort a couple of weeks, and employed his time in exploring and visiting the neighboring localities and in the purchase of the property upon which we are assembled of Daniel Hawkins, to which he removed his family on the 8th of June, 1772.
		SACKVILLE BEFORE 1820 When the first settlers came from New England, they found the forest had been cut away, by the Acadians, only in patches and those bordering on the marshes, which were protected from the sea by the dykes running up and down the creeks, -- they had avoided making aboideaux.
	www.rootsweb.com /~canwgw/archives/nb/sackvill.txt (17993 words)

	Sackville Heritage Society - History of Sackville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The man chosen to comannd this fort was Capt. John Gorham, a man who would later come into controversy in the naming of a new road which connects Sackville with the Town of Bedford in the year 1998.
		Although most of Sackville's residents communted to work to Halifax or Dartmouth, the community still boasted a high business rate itself, and it was known as a recreation center.
		Sackville's biggest finanicial draw, and recreational facility was Sackville Downs, a harness racing oval where people would go to gamble, or to watch the races.
	www.sackville.ednet.ns.ca /history/shp_history.html (989 words)

	Nova Scotia Forts - page 2
		It was modified in 1795 to a star-shaped fort with a blockhouse in the center, known as Georges Island Fort.
		The 17-gun earthwork fort was enlarged in 1782 to be 320 feet long and 170 feet wide, with two semi-circular works connected by a redan on each side.
		The current fort was built atop the ruins of Duke of Clarence Martello Tower, which was demolished in 1877.
	www.geocities.com /naforts/ns2.html (1459 words)

	Vincennes, Indiana - LoveToKnow 1911
		On its site Francois Margane, Sieur de Vincennes, established a French military post about 1731, and a permanent settlement was made about the fort in 1735.
		After the fall of Quebec the place remained under French sovereignty until '777, when it was occupied by a British garrison.
		The site of the fort is marked by a granite shaft erected in 1905 by the Daughters of the Revolution.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Vincennes%2C_Indiana (309 words)

	Indiana Forts
		The present-day reconstructed fort is located in Guildin Park, restored to the 1816 period.
		The fort was 150-feet square with a two-story blockhouse at three corners, and barracks in the center.
		The fort was captured again by the Patriots in 1779 and renamed Fort Patrick Henry.
	www.geocities.com /naforts/in.html (1550 words)

	The Standard - China's Business Newspaper
		Holding the seeds of more than 108,000 varieties of the key grain is a squat, quake-proof laboratory at the International Rice Research Institute complex in Los Banos, south of Manila, their last refuge from war, floods, drought and pestilence.
		The seeds, gathered by the institute's scientists throughout the world or sent in by cooperative governments, are held in trust for humanity inside floor-to- ceiling trays of foil packets.
		Sackville Hamilton said the gene bank has gained added significance since the rice genome was decoded and as biotech companies races to patent newly developed varieties of rice.
	www.thestandard.com.hk /news_detail.asp?we_cat=6&art_id=4567&con_type=1&d_str=20051031 (666 words)

	Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada - Sackville Trivia
		One of these essential outposts was Fort Sackville, which was built near the mouth of the Sackville River on the Chebucto Basin.
		The fort was named after Lionel Cranfield Sackville, the first Duke of Dorset, and the man chosen to command this fort was Capt. John Gorham.
		Sackville is still attracting a significant proportion of the first-time homebuyers in the metro region.
	www.sackvillenovascotia.ca /about/history.htm (1273 words)

	Leonard Helm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Illinois Regiment followed up their success with an attack on Fort Sackville (in present day Vincennes Indiana) which surrendered on February 25, 1779.
		Captain Helm was put in command of Fort Sackville (renamed Fort Patrick Henry) with a group of local French speaking militiamen and four soldiers from Virginia.
		The British later retook the fort after Helm's local militia had deserted and he had too few men to attempt resistance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leonard_Helm (410 words)

	Report of an Archeological Reconnaissance, Northeast Boundary, George Rogers Clark National Historical Park
		Fort Sackville was established in 1777 as a British outpost in the midst of Vincennes, the first permanent French settlement in the lower Wabash Valley (founded ca.
		With this final fall of Fort Sackville, American control over the Trans-Appalachian West was secured for the duration of the Revolution and the territory was formally ceded to the Americans with the Treaty of Paris in 1783.
		The identification of Fort Sackville is complicated by the fact that at least two other forts are reported to have been constructed in the immediate vicinity: the original French settlement at Post Vincennes (ca.
	home.comcast.net /~bret.ruby/Documents/George_Rogers_Clark_Final_Report.htm (1801 words)

	George Rogers Clark Summary
		On February 6, Clark led 172 volunteers from Fort Kaskaskia 210 miles eastward through "drownded country" in "the depth of winter." Over a period of 17 days, his small detachment marched and waded through southern Illinois to Vincennes.
		On Feb 25, 1929, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the surrender of Fort Sackville, the US Post Office Department issued a 2-cent postage stamp, showing the surrender.
		Fort Massac, Illinois, placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution in the early 1900s.
	www.bookrags.com /George_Rogers_Clark (2592 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		They have created "The Sackville Community Heritage Project." Here is a link if you would like to view the project in it's entirety.
		A beautiful part of the former Halifax County, is that Sackville is an ever-growing community which now boasts two high schools for its residents; a population of over 40,000.
		It's purpose was to watch for Aborigines who might pose a threat coming down the Sackville River and to act as guards to a road which led to the Minas Basin, a route which it was feared could be used by the French in an attempt to take Halifax.
	www.chebucto.ns.ca /Sackville/community.htm (316 words)

	George Rogers Clark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		They surprised the fort at Kaskaskia on July 4, 1778, and they took the fort and town without firing a shot.
		Hamilton learned about Helm’s capture of Fort Sackville so he prepared his forces and traveled down the Maumee and Wabash Rivers reaching Vincennes on December 17, 1778.
		Because of Clark’s capture of Fort Sackville and the construction of the Memorial, our city is an historical showplace.
	www.vcsc.k12.in.us /tcr/lane/clark.htm (669 words)

	George Rogers Clark National Historical Park History / informational pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Six months later he died and was buried in the church cemetery adjacent to the fort.
		The exact location of the fort is not known.
		It is believed that the fort was located on the present-day George Rogers Clark National Historical Park.
	www.nps.gov /gero/home.htm (1216 words)

	Capture of Vincennes
		The decision to pursue Hamilton and his hold on Fort Sackville was made at this time despite the 180 miles of flooded land.
		This captured man was sent back to inform Hamilton that he was going to capture the fort that night and that anyone loyal to the United States should stay in their homes while those partial to England should fight at the fort.
		Stories began reaching Sackville of the massive amount of American troops assumed to be at Vincennes and out of fear, most of the Indians left the fort and fled into the safety of the forest.
	www.silvercreek.wclark.k12.in.us /StudentWork/Webprojects/Clark/bneal/Vincennes.htm (964 words)

	Lower Sackville On Destination: Nova Scotia
		The man chosen to comannd this fort was Capt. John Gorham, a man who would later come into controversy in the naming of a new road which connects Sackville with the Town of Bedford in the year 1998.
		Ironically enough, Sackville was a poet, and in his collection of writings is a poem which described what life must be like in hell.
		It is not known whether these people were actually deserters from the fort itself, or whether they came from Halifax to the Fort Sackville area.
	www.destination-ns.com /common/places.asp?placeID=1251 (938 words)

	Sackville, New Brunswick
		Arrangements can be made through the Sackville Tourist Information Centre to have step-on tour guides take you on tours of our area.
		The second tour provides a panoramic view of the Cumberland Basin and Shepody Bay, as you travel from Sackville to Rockport and on to the historic village of Dorchester.
		Visit a partially restored Fort and museum as well as the Radio Canada International short wave broadcasting facility.
	www.new-brunswick.net /new-brunswick/sackville/sackville1.html (903 words)

	George Rogers Clark NHP: Historic Structures Report (Chapter 2)
		Several citizens of Vincennes, Indiana, in the mid-1920s became interested in commemorating the sesquicentennial of the capture of Fort Sackville by George Rogers Clark and his "big knives." One of these was D.
		At this time the site of Fort Sackville, which was the key to Clark's winning of the Old Northwest, was covered by a warehouse, an old grain elevator, a feed mill, and a number of second- and third-rate boarding houses, interspersed with weed patches.
		The commission would be authorized to acquire suitable land in Knox County, to include the site of Fort Sackville, and to erect thereon in accordance with the procedure of the federal government.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/gero/hsr2.htm (1318 words)

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		In 1768, the Iroquois at Fort Stanwix, Ohio ceded Ohio and Kentucky to the British.
		When he took Fort Sackville (Vincennes, Indiana) the British and French were spared, but the Indians there were massacred - and not by shooting.
		In 1819 the Kickapoo had signed two agreements at Edwardsville and Fort Harrison, ceding all their lands in Illinois and Indiana and agreeing to move to Missouri.Unfortunately this meant that the Kickapoo would be living next to an old enemy, the Osage.
	members.lycos.co.uk /brisray/th/thist2.htm (4724 words)

	History of Nova Scotia; Book.2; Part 1; Ch. 5 - The Early Settlement of the Chignecto Townships,"
		To the south of the river the English built Fort Lawrence, to the north the French built Fort Beauséjour.
		Fort Beauséjour, or rather Fort Cumberland as the British were to rename it, is situated on the western end of a 16 mile neck of land by which Nova Scotia is attached to the North American continent; if not for this isthmus, Nova Scotia would be but an island in the Atlantic Ocean.
		Because of its strategic position Fort Cumberland was to be a stronghold and a military base for the English, one of four forts to be found in Nova Scotia at war's end.
	www.blupete.com /Hist/NovaScotiaBk2/Part1/Ch05.htm (2895 words)

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		A soldier, part of a fishing detail from nearby Fort Dearborn, is the first to suspect trouble when his fishing is interrupted by an Indian who attempts to steal the party's boat, then dumps their rifles into the river.
		Meanwhile, news is brought to Fort Dearborn that the Colonies are at war with the British, and the fort is to be abandoned.
		On the dunes, within sight of the abandoned fort, the small band of soldiers, along with wives and children, are attacked by the same Potawatomies who the day before shared the good will of the fort's inhabitants.
	mccoy.lib.siu.edu /illinois/chap1-nz.htm (3347 words)

	George Rogers Clark
		In 1778 Clark's army defeated British troops at forts located at Kaskaskia and Cahokia on the Mississippi River and at Vincennes on the Wabash River.
		While Clark was away, British forces retook the fort at Vincennes and named it Fort Sackville.
		The British soldiers remained at Fort Sackville for the winter.
	www.harcourtschool.com /activity/biographies/clark (742 words)

	Sackville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Sackville was first settled by Acadians and was named at some point Pres des Bourques or Bourgs (which are some of my ancestors), translates to Marshes of the Bourques.
		Sackville took its name from Lord George Sackville (1716-1785) commander of British troops.
		Some founders of the town of Sackville in 1762, were Joshua Winslow, Josuah Sprague, Valentin Estabrooks, William Maxwell John Huston and a few others...
	www.genealogy.restigouche.net /sackvil.htm (368 words)

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