Spanish Fort

Spanish Fort or "Old Spanish Fort" can refer to:

in Micronesia
  • Spanish Fort, Micronesia
  • Spanish Fort (Colonia (Yap), FM), listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
in the United States

(by state)

  • Spanish Fort, Alabama
  • Spanish Fort (Colorado), a Spanish military post built near Sangre de Cristo Pass in 1819
  • Spanish Fort, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Spanish Fort Site (22SH500), Holly Bluff, MS, listed on the NRHP in Mississippi
  • Old Spanish Fort (Pascagoula, Mississippi), listed on the NRHP in Mississippi
  • Old Spanish Fort Archeological Site, Mount Vernon, Missouri, listed on the NRHP in Missouri
  • Spanish Fort Site, Spanish Fort, TX, listed on the NRHP in Texas

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Conclusion Of The American Civil War - Surrender of General St. John Richardson Liddell's Troops (April 9)
... The Confederates lost the city of Spanish Fort in Alabama at the Battle of Spanish Fort, which took place between March 27 and April 8, 1865 in Baldwin County ... After losing Spanish Fort, the Confederates went on to lose Fort Blakely to Union forces at the Battle of Fort Blakely, between April 2 and 9, 1865 ... The Battle of Fort Blakely happened six hours after Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox ...
Missouri River - Early Explorers
... colonial authorities since 1706, when he deserted his post as commandant of Fort Detroit after poorly handling an attack by the Ottawa that resulted in thirty-one deaths ... earlier been befriended by Bourgmont – massacred the Spanish Villasur expedition near present-day Columbus, Nebraska on the Missouri River and temporarily ending Spanish ... Bourgmont established Fort Orleans, the first European settlement of any kind on the Missouri River, near present-day Brunswick, Missouri, in 1723 ...
Spanish Fort High School
... Spanish Fort High School is a high school in Spanish Fort, Alabama, United States founded in the 2005-2006 school year ...
Juan Niño De Tabora - The Expedition To Formosa
... In 1627 he was in command of a naval squadron sent to Formosa (Taiwan) to resupply the Spanish fort there and to attempt to dislodge the Dutch from their fort on the island ... with a considerable quantity of food for the Spanish and Filipino colonists ... The galleys did continue to Formosa and sighted the Dutch fort before also returning ...
Spanish Fort, New Orleans - End of The Amusement Park
... reclaimed land from Lake Pontchartrain, extending the shoreline out away from the old fort ... The site of Spanish Fort, mostly a brick ruin, can still be seen along the upper side of the Bayou just back from Robert E ...

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