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The military camp was also known in French as Fort Maurepas to honor Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Maurepas from the city of Maurepas. [3] It appeared as "Fort Bilocci" on English maps updated circa the years 1710/1725. [4] [5] French Louisiana (part of New France) was known in French as La Louisiane in colonial times.
Pages in category "Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Waterway Orientation Length (km) River flow at Discharge Mouth coordinates Mouth location Source coordinates Source location Apple River: Left 89
Bayou Talla is a stream in Jackcon County, Mississippi, United States, that is a tributary of the Old Fort Bayou. [ 1 ] Talla is a name derived from the Choctaw language meaning 'palmetto'.
The park includes 1,325 historic monuments and markers, 20 miles (32 km) of historic trenches and earthworks, a 16-mile (26 km) tour road, a 12.5-mile (20.1 km) walking trail, two antebellum homes, 144 emplaced cannons, the restored gunboat USS Cairo (sunk on December 12, 1862, on the Yazoo River), and the Grant's Canal site, where the Union Army attempted to build a canal to let their ships ...
Fort St. Philip along the Mississippi River Fort St. Philip in 1862 Fort St. Philip 1898 Fort St. Philip from the air in 1935.. Fort St. Philip is a historic masonry fort located on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, about 40 miles (64 km) upriver from its mouth in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, just opposite Fort Jackson on the other side of the river.
Fort St. Pierre was a colonial French fortified outpost on the Yazoo River in what is now Warren County, Mississippi. Also known as Fort St. Claude and the Yazoo Post, it was established in 1719 and served as the northernmost outpost of French Louisiana. It was destroyed in 1729 by Native Americans and was not rebuilt.