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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 in the killing of...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. 1905. It has a t...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. ...Fort Thomas
(Encyclopedia)Fort Thomas, city (2020 pop. 15,999), Campbell co., N Ky., on the Ohio River, a residential suburb S of Cincinnati, Ohio; inc. 1867. The city was named ...Fort William
(Encyclopedia)Fort William: see Thunder Bay, Ont., Canada. ...Fort-Bayard
(Encyclopedia)Fort-Bayard: see Zhanjiang, China. ...Browse by Subject
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