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In September 1822 two companies of infantry arrived at the mouth of the St. Peter's River, the head of navigation on the Mississippi, and began construction of Fort St. Anthony which, upon completion, was renamed in honor of its commander, Colonel Josiah Snelling.
Bailly, after leaving Fort Snelling in August 1821, was forced to leave some of the cattle at the Hudson's Bay Company's post on Lake Traverse `` in the Sieux Country '' and reached Fort Garry, as the Selkirk Hudson's Bay Company center was now called, late in the fall.
At Fort Garry some of the Swiss also decided to cast their lot with the United States, and in 1823 several families paid guides to take them to Fort Snelling.
By fall, 443 survivors of this arduous journey were clustered about Fort Snelling, but most of them were sent on to Galena and St. Louis, with a few going as far as Vevay, Indiana, a notable Swiss center in the United States.
In 1837, 157 Red River people with more than 200 cattle were living on the reservation at Fort Snelling.
Its people, including Pierre Bottineau and other American Fur Company employees and the refugees from Fort Garry, were joined by the remaining Scots and Swiss from Fort Snelling when Major Joseph Plympton expelled them from the reservation in May 1840.
After U. S. ownership of the region was confirmed in the Treaty of Ghent ( 1814 ), the U. S. built or expanded forts along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, including adding to Fort Bellefontaine, and constructing Fort Armstrong ( 1816 ) and Fort Edwards ( 1816 ) in Illinois, Fort Crawford ( 1816 ) in Prairie du Chien Wisconsin, Fort Snelling ( 1819 ) in Minnesota, and Fort Atkinson ( 1819 ) in Nebraska.
The 14th Infantry returned to the United States in 1901 and moved to Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
The county was the site of historical events at Mendota that defined the state's future, including providing materials for the construction of Fort Snelling across the river and the signing of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux which ceded land from the native Dakota nation for the Minnesota Territory.
In 1819, on what is now Picnic Island on the south bank of the Minnesota River, Colonel Henry Leavenworth built a stockade fort called " St. Peter's Cantonment " or " New Hope ," where materials were assembled for the construction of Fort Snelling to be built on the bluff on the north bank.
Henry Hastings Sibley later built the first stone house in Minnesota in 1836, overlooking Fort Snelling.
Gen. Terry met Custer in Fort Snelling, Minnesota on May 6.
On May 8 Custer was informed at Fort Snelling that he was to lead the 7th Cavalry, but under Terry's direct supervision.
Before leaving Fort Snelling, Custer spoke to General Terry's chief engineer, Captain Ludlow, saying he would " cut loose " from Terry the first chance he got.
This time he was taken to Fort Snelling, which was located in part of the Wisconsin territory.
During his stay at Fort Snelling, Scott was legally married to Harriet Robinson, with the knowledge and consent of Emerson.
Emerson left Scott and Scott's wife Harriet at Fort Snelling, where Emerson rented them out for profit.

Fort and National
Burlington aviator John J. Burns suggested the parade ground southwest of Fort Ethan Allen, and soon a dozen hastily-summoned National Guard pilots were bringing their wide-winged `` Jenny '' and DeHaviland two-seaters to rest on the frozen sod of the military base.
Doubleday photo displayed at Fort Sumter National Monument in Charleston, South Carolina | Charleston harbor
A HMMWV in Fort Irwin National Training Center in November 2011
The site is a U. S .- designated National Historic Landmark, and is operated as the " Fort Garland Museum ".
* 1871 – The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
* 1979 – Nuclear false alarm: the NORAD computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center in Fort Ritchie, Maryland detected purported massive Soviet nuclear strike.
* Fort Union National Monument at Watrous
Headquarters for the National Security Agency is at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, about southwest of Baltimore.
The largest of these installations were the former Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Ceiba, the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station, and the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Training Facility ( AFWTF ) on Vieques ( all now closed ), the National Guard training facility at Camp Santiago in Salinas, the Army's Fort Buchanan in San Juan, the former U. S. Air Force Ramey Air Force Base in Aguadilla, and the Puerto Rico Air National Guard at Muñiz Air Force base in San Juan.
In 1990, the first National Poetry Slam took place in Fort Mason, San Francisco, involving a team from Chicago, a team from San Francisco, and an individual poet from New York.
The Guns Platoon ( as it is known for short ) has the task of rendering military honors in the National Capital Region, including armed forces full-honors funerals ; state funerals ; presidential inaugurations ; full-honors wreath ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery ; state arrivals at the White House and Pentagon, and retirement ceremonies for general-grade officers in the Military District of Washington, which are normally conducted at Fort Myer.
** Nuclear false alarm: the NORAD computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center in Fort Ritchie, Maryland detected purported massive Soviet nuclear strike.
File: Fort Irwin National Training Center-HEMTT-2. jpg | PLS tankers.
File: Fort Irwin National Training Center-HEMTT-3. jpg | PLS with 2 20 ft. intermodal containers.
In the early 1980s the M551A1 was fitted with a visual modification kit to resemble Warsaw Pact vehicles at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California.
McLoughlin's former residence in Oregon City, now known as the McLoughlin House, is today a museum ; it is part of the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.
* Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Declared a National Historic Landmark, it is owned and operated by the state of New York as the Fort Montgomery State Historic Site.
Several large U. S. Department of Defense installations and R & D facilities surround Columbia, the largest being the National Security Agency at Fort George G. Meade, and the Applied Physics Laboratory, both pre-dating the establishment of Columbia.
The uses of these islands vary: Davids ' Island, the former location of the U. S. Army ’ s Fort Slocum, is currently unoccupied but is slated for use as passive parkland ; Glen Island is a County park for passive and active recreation ; Huckleberry Island is largely undeveloped and has one of the largest rookeries for some shore bird species in western Long Island Sound ; Columbia Island was the former site of CBS television broadcast antennas and is currently unoccupied ; Echo Island is used by a private yacht club ; Execution Rocks is the site of a 19th century lighthouse listed on the National Register of Historic Places ; Pea Island is owned by Huguenot Yacht Club but remains undeveloped ; Goose Island is undeveloped ; Clifford, Harrison and Tank Islands are part of a nature preserve and city park ; and Oak and Pine Islands are used as private residences.
* Fort Vancouver National Historic Site ( part )
Fort Ross is now a Federal National Historical Landmark on the National Register of Historic Places.

Fort and Cemetery
When she died, Tubman was buried with military honors at Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn.
He was interred in Fort Lauderdale's Evergreen Cemetery.
Tiana is buried at Fort Gibson National Cemetery.
A funeral service was held in the chapel at Fort Myer, Virginia, after which Groves was interred in Arlington National Cemetery next to his brother Allen, who had died of pneumonia in 1916.
Originally buried at the Fort Dearborn Cemetery, Kinzie ’ s remains were moved to City Cemetery in 1835.
He was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery in Auburn, New York, with his wife and two children, Cornelia and Fanny.
In 2005, Arlington National Cemetery acquired of additional land from the National Park Service, along with from the Department of Defense that was part of Fort Myer and that is the site of the Navy Annex .< ref >
The Fort Matson / Madison Cemetery still remains.
The site of Fort Dale lies on the north of the city near the Fort Dale Cemetery, along what is now Alabama Highway 185.
* The establishment of Fort Custer National Cemetery ( originally Fort Custer Post Cemetery ) took place on September 18, 1943, with the first interment.
The other two were captured and later sentenced to life terms in Fort Madison, while the dead gunman was buried in an unnamed grave in Fairfield Cemetery in Albert City.
The remains of Fort Lincoln are located on the hillside that is now a part of Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
They are now buried at Fort Custer National Cemetery where they, along with ten of their comrades, remain the only members of another nation's armed forces who are buried in a US National Cemetery.
* Fort Bayard National Cemetery
* Fort Bayard National Cemetery
* Fort Meade National Cemetery
Fort Bliss National Cemetery is located on the post.

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