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Fort Union

(Encyclopedia)Fort Union, trading post of the American Fur Company, erected in 1828 near the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri rivers, on the Mont.-N.Dak. line; it controlled converging routes of travel fr...

Chambly

(Encyclopedia)Chambly shäNblēˈ [key], city, S Que., Canada, on the Richelieu River, E of Montreal. C...

Fort Davis National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia)Fort Davis National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table); Davis Mountains. ...

Fort Monroe

(Encyclopedia)Fort Monroe, SE Va., commanding the entrance to Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads; named for President James Monroe. The fortress (80 acres/32 hectares) was built (1819–34) by the U.S. government on ...
 

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