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Overland Trail
(Encyclopedia) Overland Trail, any of several trails of westward migration in the United States. The term is sometimes used to mean all the trails westward from the Missouri to the Pacific and…Vincennes, Jean Baptiste Bissot, sieur de
(Encyclopedia) Vincennes, Jean Baptiste Bissot, sieur deVincennes, Jean Baptiste Bissot, sieur devĭnsĕnzˈ; Fr. zhäN bätēstˈ bēsōˈ syör də văNsĕnˈ [key], 1668–1719, Canadian explorer and leader of the…Raleigh, Fort
(Encyclopedia) Raleigh, Fort: see Roanoke Island.Dix, Fort
(Encyclopedia) Dix, Fort: see Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.Marion, Fort
(Encyclopedia) Marion, Fort: see Saint Augustine, Fla.George, Fort
(Encyclopedia) George, Fort: see Prince George, British Columbia, Canada.Fort Lennox
(Encyclopedia) Fort Lennox: see Île-aux-Noix.Fort Mims
(Encyclopedia) Fort Mims, temporary stockade near the confluence of the Tombigbee and Alabama rivers. It was the scene of a massacre (Aug. 30, 1813); William Weatherford led a Native American force…Fort Myers
(Encyclopedia) Fort Myers, city (2020 pop. 86,395), seat of Lee co., SW Fla., on the Caloosahatchee River, near the Gulf of Mexico; founded 1850, inc.…Fort Polk
(Encyclopedia) Fort Polk, U.S. army post, 200,000 acres (80,937 hectares), SW La.; est. 1941 and named for the Rev. Leonidas Polk. It is a major army warm-weather training center.Trending
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