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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...Wood Buffalo
(Encyclopedia)Wood Buffalo, regional municipality (2011 pop. 65,565), 24,571 sq mi (63,637 sq km), NE Alta., Canada, inc. 1995. Formed by Fort McMurray's amalgamation with Improvement District No. 143, Wood Buffalo...Albany, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Albany, Fort: see Fort Albany, Canada. ...Henry, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Henry, Fort, Tenn.: see Fort Henry. ...Garry, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Garry, Fort: see Fort Garry, Canada. ...Washington, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Washington, Fort, N.Y.: see Fort Washington. ...Fort Necessity
(Encyclopedia)Fort Necessity, entrenched camp built in July, 1754, by George Washington and his Virginia militia at Great Meadows (near the present Uniontown, Pa.). He retired there when he learned that the British...Beauséjour, Fort
(Encyclopedia)Beauséjour, Fort: see Fort Beauséjour, N.B., Canada. ...Fort-Royal
(Encyclopedia)Fort-Royal, Martinique: see Fort-de-France. ...William Henry, Fort
(Encyclopedia)William Henry, Fort: see Fort William Henry. ...Browse by Subject
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