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The Maple Grove Friends Church is a historic Quaker meeting house on U.S. Route 1A in the Maple Grove village of southern Fort Fairfield, Maine.Built in 1863 and renovated in 1906, it is believed to be the oldest ecclesiastical building in the Fort Fairfield area and the northernmost station on the Underground Railroad. [2]
Fort Frederick State Park is a public recreation and historic preservation area on the Potomac River surrounding the restored Fort Frederick, a fortification active in the French and Indian War (1754–1763) and the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). [5] The state park lies south of the town of Big Pool, Maryland.
The fort was called Fort Baker during the Civil War, named after Edward Dickinson Baker. In a letter from Col. James Henry Carleton written to Pacific Department headquarters, December 23, 1861, Carleton mentions his plan to send an advance party of seven companies from Fort Yuma to reoccupy Fort Mojave and reestablish the ferry there. [10]
Fort Trumbull is a massive granite fort near the mouth of the Thames River in New London, Connecticut, managed as Fort Trumbull State Park by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. The original fort was built in 1777 and named for Governor Jonathan Trumbull. The present fortification was built between 1839 and 1852. [3]
The Friends of Fort Defiance State Park is a community organization founded in 2006 to improve the park. [9] The group has raised funds for trail construction and maintenance and worked to keep the grounds of the park clean. Additionally the friends worked to improve the electric hookups at the campsites from 20 amps to 50 amps. [10]
Fort Eisenhower soldiers prepare to fly home for the holidays from Augusta Regional Airport on Monday, Dec. 18, 2023. The U.S. Army is the only branch of the military to offer holiday block leave ...
In 1975, the name Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge was formally established. [2] The Friends of the Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge (FONC) was established June 1, 1974 as a nonprofit organization with goals to preserve and protect the natural and cultural resources. They function as the chief financial supporter of the center.
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park is a state park located in Elizabethton, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.The park consists of 70 acres (28.3 ha) situated along the Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga River, a National Historic Landmark where a series of events critical to the establishment of the states of Tennessee and Kentucky, and the settlement of the Trans-Appalachian frontier in general ...