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  • Fort Sheridan (Metra station)

    Fort Sheridan Station is one of two stations on Metra's Union Pacific/North Line located in Fort Sheridan, Illinois. The station is officially located at 461 West Old Elm Road, and is 25.7 miles (41.4 km) away from Ogilvie Transportation Center, the…

  • Fort Raines

    Fort Raines (spelled "Rains" on interpretive signs) was a United States Army blockhouse built in October 1855 to protect the portage road around the Cascades Rapids. It is located on the Washington side of the Columbia River, west of the Bridge of t…

  • Fort Platte

    Fort Platte was a stronghold and trading post established by Lancaster Lupton that was active between 1840 and 1846. The fort competed with Fort Laramie which was only one mile away and quickly surpassed it due to a superior supply system.

  • Fort Ohio

    Fort Ohio (also known as the "New Store") was a stockade fort erected by Job Pearsall in 1749 on the present site of Ridgeley, West Virginia. The building was of log construction, 45 feet (14 m) long and 25 feet (7.6 m) wide, with two stories. Its n…

  • Fort Morgan Municipal Airport

    Fort Morgan Municipal Airport (ICAO: KFMM, FAA LID: FMM, formerly 3V4) is six miles north of Fort Morgan, in Morgan County, Colorado. The airport is in the city limits in a detached section of the city.

  • Fort Meade National Cemetery

    Fort Meade National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located near the city of Sturgis in Meade County, South Dakota. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 1.9 acres (0.77 ha).

  • Fort Maitland

    Fort Maitland was a military fort built by the United States Army at what is now Maitland, Florida. It was built in November 1838 as a supply depot during the Second Seminole War. The fort was named after Captain W. S.

  • Fort Liscum

    Fort Liscum was a United States Army post in the Alaska Territory on the south shore of Valdez Bay, across from the modern site of Valdez, Alaska.

  • Fort Laughlin

    Fort Laughlin was a Civil War redoubt, built in 1863 for the defense of Pittsburgh by the employees of Jones and Laughlin Iron Works, and named for James H. Laughlin. It was also known as Fort McKinley or Fort Ormsby. It was a circular earthwork on …

  • Fort Jones (Mount Oliver)

    Fort Jones, with its companion, Fort Laughlin were Civil War redoubts, built by the employees of Jones and Laughlin Steel in June and July 1863 for the defense of Pittsburgh from a suspected invasion by Confederate troops. It is named for Benjamin F…

  • Fort Independence (Vermont)

    “Fort Independence” is an infrequently used and incorrect alternative name for the extensive Revolutionary War fortifications located on Mount Independence in Orwell, Vermont. Although “Fort Independence” can be found occasionally in Revolutionary W…

  • Fort Elizabeth Meagher

    Fort Elizabeth Meagher, named for the wife of Thomas F. Meagher, secretary and former acting governor of the Montana Territory, was established in May, 1867 eight miles east of the town of Bozeman, Montana at the mouth of Rocky Creek by Brigadier Ge…

  • Fort Cusseta

    Fort Cusseta /fɔrt kəˈsiːdə/ was a wooden stockade built by white settlers to protect against possible Creek Indian attacks.

  • Fort Corchaug Archaeological Site

    Fort Corchaug Archeological Site is an archaeological site showing evidence of 17th century contact between Native Americans and Europeans. Fort Corchaug itself was a log fort built by Native Americans. It may have been to protect the Corchaug tribe…

  • Fort Collins Weekly

    Fort Collins Weekly was a weekly community newspaper serving the city of Fort Collins, Colorado. It had a circulation of 33,700, making it the largest weekly newspaper in northern Colorado. It was purchased by Swift Communications in July 2007, and …

  • Fort Cobb State Park

    Fort Cobb State Park is a 1,872-acre (7.58 km2) Oklahoma state park located in Caddo County, Oklahoma. It is located near the city of Fort Cobb, Oklahoma. This park offers recreational activities and facilities including camping, fishing, boating, w…

  • Fort Blair (Fort Scott)

    In spring and possibly through summer 1864, three blockhouses were constructed to help defend the town and post of Fort Scott. These were Fort Blair, Fort Henning and Fort Insley. Fort Blair was enclosed by a rectangular wall of log palisades covere…

  • Fort Andrew

    Fort Andrew was a six-gun Patriot fort also known as Gurnet Fort. Once located at Gurnet Point, it was rebuilt in 1808, and again in 1863 and was renamed. It became a federal fort in 1869. The reservation was sold in 1926 and became private property…

  • Fort Adair

    Fort Adair (sometimes called Adair's Station) was a stockade fortification that served as a supply depot for early settlers migrating west. The structure was constructed in 1788 or around 1791 at Grassy Valley, an early European settlement in the Ap…

  • Forsyth County Fairgrounds

    The Forsyth County Fairgrounds (now Dixie Classic Fairgrounds) was a dirt oval track spanning 0.500 miles (0.805 km) in addition to its primary purpose as a fairground. During the times of the year that it wasn't expected to host a stock car race, t…

  • Forry's Mill Covered Bridge

    The Forry's Mill Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that spans Chiques Creek in West Hempfield in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. A county-owned and maintained bridge, its official designation is the Big Chiques #7 Bridge.

  • Fornis, California

    Fornis is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. It is located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of Georgetown, at an elevation of 2379 feet (725 m).

  • Forks Airport

    Forks Airport (FAA LID: S18) is a city-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district of Forks, a city in Clallam County, Washington, United States.