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Fort Frontenac
(Encyclopedia) Fort Frontenac: see Kingston, Ont., Canada.Fort Knox
(Encyclopedia) Fort Knox [for Henry Knox], U.S. military reservation, 110,000 acres (44,515 hectares), Hardin and Meade counties, N Ky.; est. 1917 as a training camp in World War I. It became a…Fort-Lamy
(Encyclopedia) Fort-Lamy: see Ndjamena, Chad.Raleigh, Fort
(Encyclopedia) Raleigh, Fort: see Roanoke Island.Tennessee
Tennessee State Information Capital: Nashville Official Name: State of Tennessee Organized as a territory/republic: May 26, 1790 Entered Union (rank): June 1, 1796 (16th) Present…nullification
(Encyclopedia) nullification, in U.S. history, a doctrine expounded by the advocates of extreme states' rights. It held that states have the right to declare null and void any federal law that they…Menéndez de Avilés, Pedro
(Encyclopedia) Menéndez de Avilés, PedroMenéndez de Avilés, Pedropāˈᵺrō mānānˈdĕth dā ävēlāsˈ [key], 1519–74, Spanish naval officer and colonizer, founder of Saint Augustine, Fla. He went to sea as a…Irving
(Encyclopedia) Irving, city (2020 pop. 256,684), Dallas co., N Tex., a suburb of Dallas; inc. as a city 1952. Building supplies, chemicals, electronic…Dollard des Ormeaux, Adam
(Encyclopedia) Dollard des Ormeaux, AdamDollard des Ormeaux, AdamädäNˈ dôlärˈ dāzôrmōˈ [key], 1635–1660, garrison commander of the fort at Ville-Marie (Montreal), b. France. He probably went to…Lake George
(Encyclopedia) Lake George, village (1990 est. pop. 1,100), seat of Warren co., E N.Y.; inc. 1903. Situated on the southern tip of Lake George in the foothills of the Adirondack Mts., it has been a…Trending
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