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Information board at the Fort Loudoun Historical Society, showing the Earl of Loudoun, one of the fort's shooting platforms, and James Smith. Interior of the reconstructed Fort Loudoun. The fort was not garrisoned again, having previously been scheduled for abandonment, and was used only for storage after 1765.
Fort Loudoun was a British fort located in what is now Monroe County, Tennessee. Constructed from 1756 until 1757 to help garner Cherokee support for the British at the outset of the French and Indian War , the fort was one of the first significant British outposts west of the Appalachian Mountains .
The community is named after the colonial Fort Loudoun, built in 1756 during the French and Indian War. [5] A replica of the fort, built in 1993, stands at the corner of US 30 and Brooklyn Road North, at the southeastern corner of the CDP. A post office called Loudon was established in 1814, and the name was changed to Fort Loudon in 1883. [6]
This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Franklin County, Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the PHMC's database, are included below when available.
In 1756, British soldiers from the Colony of South Carolina built Fort Loudoun near present-day Vonore, the first British settlement in what is now Tennessee. [37] Fort Loudoun was the westernmost British outpost to that date, and was designed by John William Gerard de Brahm and constructed by forces under Captain Raymond Demeré. [38]
Includes visitor center with exhibits about the 1862 surrender of Nashville and the building of Fort Negley Fort Loudoun: Vonore: Monroe: East: Military: Reconstructed British Colonial fort and interpretive center. Fort Pillow State Park and Museum: Henning: Lauderdale: West: Fort - Civil War: History and site of the American Civil War Battle ...
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Fort Loudoun State Historic Park is a state park in Monroe County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Established in 1977, it houses the reconstructed Fort Loudoun along with an interpretive center and recreation area. Park staff also maintain the nearby Tellico Blockhouse site.