National Historic Landmark-Fort Brown

National Historic Landmark - Fort Brown

Established in April 1846 by Brig. Gen. Zachary Taylor, Fort Brown was under siege at the time of the battle of Palo Alto, and its siege was raised by the Americans' defeat of the Mexican ...

Fort Brown

Fort Brown was built in 1812 by a "Col. Brown." Together with Fort Jennings and Fort Amanda to the south, and Fort Winchester to the north, it guarded the army supply route into the Maumee Valley. In 1813, Gen. Greene ...

Site of Fort Brown

One of a chain of posts built

along the Auglaize River by

General William Henry Harrison

in his campaigns against the

British and Indians in the

War of 1812.

Presented to the State of

Ohio in the Sesquicentennial

Year of Statehood. By the

Monument builders of Ohio, Inc.

August 16, ...

Fort Brown

The embankment on this spot is all that remains of Fort Brown which constituted the left flank of the American line of defense at the Battle of Plattsburgh September 6-11, 1814 It was manned by detachments of the 30th & ...

U.S. Fort Brown

1 of 3 forts built Aug. 1814

by Gen. Macomb & successfully

defended against British

assault in the Sept. 11, 1814

Land Battle of Plattsburgh.

City of Plattsburgh, Clinton Co.

Marker is on Peru Street (U.S. 9) 0.1 miles south of New Jersey Street, on the ...

John Brown Fort

Here is a building with a curious past. Since its construction in 1848, it has been vandalized, dismantled, and moved four times - all because of its fame as John Brown's stronghold.

The Fort's "Movements"

1848 Built as fire-engine house for ...

Harpers Ferry / John Brown’s Fort

(West Facing Side): Harpers Ferry

Named for Robert Harper, who settled here in 1747 and operated ferry. Site purchased for Federal arsenal and armory in 1796. John Hall first used interchangeable gun parts here. Travel route thru Blue Ridge gap, and ...