American Fort

(Wayne Blockhouse)

The American Fort was built a few blocks east of the French and British forts on a bluff behind the current Soldiers and Sailors Home. It was erected in July 1795 by a detail of General Anthony Wayne's soldiers ...

Old Fort Union American Methodist Episcopal Church

In 1813 a group of African-American Methodists led by Peter Spencer formed an independent denomination that came to be known as the African Union Church. It was the first incorporated religious body in the United States controlled entirely by African ...

Fort Scott Spanish American War Memorial

In memory of

Spanish American War Veterans

1898 -- 1902

One hundred percent volunteers

Courtesy hmdb.org

American River Fortifications

Skillful military engineering converted this bluff into a stronghold. Gun batteries on the river flats below commanded even the hills on the other side of the river. Behind you, across the ravine, was the main American line. It was this ...

The Last Two American Forts/The Siege of 1812

The Last Two American Forts

In 1798, Col. Thomas Hunt began construction on this site of the second American fort at the Three Rivers. this fort, which was completed in 1800, replaced the first, hastily built one erected nearby to the ...

Native Americans and Fort Christanna

The story of Native Americans after Jamestown's founding in 1607 is a tragic one. At that time the Siouan Indians of Virginia probably numbered 6,300 people. By 1714, when Fort Christanna was established, they were in difficult circumstances, being reduced ...