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The headquarters of the Indian Ordnance Factories was established in 1775 at Fort William. [5] Today, Fort William is the property of the Indian Army. The headquarters of Eastern Command is based there, with provisions for accommodating 10,000 army personnel. The Army guards it heavily, and civilian entry is restricted. [4]
The Fort Laramie National Monument was established, which became the Fort Laramie National Historic Site in 1960. [ 15 ] In a 1983 document, the National Park Service (NPS) describes a 536-acre historic district within the larger national historic site containing all of the historic structures, buildings, ruins, and sites, as well as a separate ...
Fort William and Mary sketch by Wolfgang William Romer (1705). On December 14, 1774, local Patriots from the Portsmouth area, led by local political leader and rebel activist John Langdon, stormed the post (overcoming a six-man caretaker detachment) and seized the garrison's gunpowder supply, which was distributed to local militia through several New Hampshire towns for potential use in the ...
Fort William was then not primarily a settlement, but a central transport depot within the now-defunct North West Company's network of fur trade outposts. Due to its central role, Fort William was much larger, with more facilities than the average fur trade post. Reflecting this, Fort William Historical Park contains 42 reconstructed buildings ...
Fort William College ... now the National Library. [6] ... was established in 1807. However, Fort William College continued to be a centre of learning languages. ...
Two earlier forts had been established at the same site, one in 1640 by the Dutch, another in 1674 (Fort Charles) by the English. Fort Charles was abandoned in 1730 and destroyed. [ 3 ] Along with several other castles and forts in Ghana , Fort William was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 because of its importance during and ...
Fort William McKinley, now Fort Bonifacio, was established during the Philippine–American War in 1901. The land is situated south of the Pasig River , down to the creek Alabang , near Manila. It was declared a U.S. military reservation by U.S. Secretary of War Elihu Root , expropriating the land owned by Captain Juan Gonzales without ...
Fort William was a fort in St. John's built in 1698 to protect English interests on Newfoundland, primarily against French opposition. It was the original headquarters of the British garrison in Newfoundland. A second fort, known as Fort George was situated at the east end of the harbour connected by a subterranean passage with Fort William.