Forts Across the United States – Legends of America (original) (raw)

Fort Smith, Arkansas

Fort Smith, Arkansas

There are hundreds of old forts nationwide, ranging from military posts to fortresses established by fur trading companies to private enterprises built solely to protect the pioneers. Though many of these old forts are long gone, dozens of others continue to stand, some restored, some in ruins, and others still serve as active posts.

Fort Laramie is one of the posts established by the American Fur Company, who practically monopolized the Indian trade of this whole region.

— Francis Parkman

Alabama

Fort Armstrong
Fort Bainbridge
Fort Bibb
Fort Blakeley
Fort Bowyer
Fort Carney
Fort Claiborne
Fort Conde
Fort Crawford
Fort Cusseta
Fort Dale

Fort Gaines
Fort Glass
Fort Hampton
Fort Harker
Fort Hull
Fort Jackson
Fort Landrum
Fort Leslie
Fort Decatur
Fort Easley
Fort Likens

Fort McClellan
Fort Mims
Fort Mitchell
Fort Morgan
Fort Rucker
Fort Sinquefield
Fort Stoddert
Fort Strother
Fort Toulouse
Fort Williams
Sulphur Trestle Fort Site

Alaska

Fort Egbert
Fort Gibbon
Fort Glenn
Fort Greely
Fort Liscum
Fort McGilvray

Fort Mears
Fort Raymond
Fort Richardson
Fort Stikine
Fort Tongass
Fort Wainwright

Arizona

Fort Verde, Arizona by Kathy Alexander

Fort Verde, Arizona by Kathy Alexander

Arkansas

Fort Chaffee
Fort Logan H. Roots

California

Sutter's Fort, Sacramento, California, 1847

Sutter’s Fort, Sacramento, California, 1847

Colorado

Bents Fort, Colorado by Kathy Alexander

Bents Fort, Colorado by Kathy Alexander

Delaware

Fort DuPont
Fort Miles

Fort Saulsbury
Harbor Defenses of the Delaware

Florida

Castillo San Marcus, St. Augustine, Florida by Dave Alexander

Castillo San Marcos, St. Augustine, Florida by Dave Alexander.

Fort Pulaski, Georgia by the National Park Service

Fort Pulaski, Georgia, by the National Park Service

Georgia

Augusta Arsenal
Fort Barrington
Fort Benjamin Hawkins
Fort Benning
Fort Early
Fort Frederica
Fort Gaines
Fort Gillem
Fort Gordon

Fort Hollingsworth–White House
Fort Hughes
Fort James Jackson
Fort King George
Fort McAllister
Fort McIntosh
Fort McPherson
Fort Morris

Fort Morris Historic Site
Fort Oglethorpe
Fort Perry
Fort Pulaski
Fort Scott
Fort St. Andrews
Fort Stewart
Fort Walker

Hawaii

Fort Alexander
Fort DeRussy
Fort at Lahaina

Fort Kamehameha
Fort Ruger
Fort Shafter

Lahaina Fort
Marine Corps Base
Russian Fort Elizabeth

Idaho

Illinois

Fort Crèvecoeur
Fort Dearborn
Fort Defiance

Iowa

Fort Dodge (1851-53)
Fort Atkinson

Kansas

Custer House at Fort Dodge, Kansas by Kathy Alexander.

Custer House at Fort Dodge, Kansas, by Kathy Alexander.

Louisiana

Fort Bute
Fort De La Boulaye
Fort Buhlow
Fort Jackson
Fort Jesup

Fort Livingston
Fort Macomb
Fort New Richmond
Fort Pike
Fort Randolph

Fort St. Jean Baptiste
Fort St. Philip
Los Adaes
La Balize
Spanish Fort (New Orleans)

Maine

Battery Steele
Fort Allen
Fort Baldwin
Fort Edgecomb
Fort Foster
Fort George (Brunswick)
Fort George (Castine)
Fort Gorges
Fort Halifax
Fort Kent
Fort Knox
Fort Levett
Fort Loyal

Fort Lyon
Fort Mary
Fort McClary
Fort McKinley
Fort Menaskoux
Fort O’Brien
Fort Pentagouet
Fort Point
Fort Popham
Fort Pownall
Fort Preble
Fort Richmond
Fort Scammell

Fort St. George
Fort Sullivan
Fort Sumner
Fort Western
Fort William Henry
Fort Williams
Forts of Casco Bay
Hancock Barracks
Harbor Defenses of Portland
Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth
Norridgewock

Maryland

Civil War Defenses of Washington
Fort Armistead
Fort Carroll
Fort Cumberland
Fort Defiance

Fort Detrick
Fort Foote
Fort Frederick
Fort Holabird
Fort Howard

Fort Marshall
Fort McHenry
Fort Meade
Fort Sumner
Fort Washington

Massachusetts

Acushnet Fort
East Point Military Reservation
Eastern Point Fort
Fort Andrew
Fort Andrews
Fort Banks
Fort Dawes
Fort Defiance
Fort Devens
Fort Duvall
Fort Glover
Fort Heath

Fort Independence
Fort Juniper
Fort Lee
Fort Miller
Fort Nichols
Fort Philip
Fort Phoenix
Fort Pickering
Fort Revere
Fort Rodman
Fort Ruckman
Fort at Salisbury Point

Fort Sewall
Fort Standish
Fort Strong
Fort Taber
Fort Warren
Fort Washington
Fort Winthrop
Fourth Cliff Military Reservation
Harbor Defenses of Boston
Harbor Defenses of New Bedford
Huguenot Fort
Russell Garrison

Michigan

Burnett’s Trading Post
Camp Grayling
Camp Lucas
Dearborn Arsenal
Detroit Barracks
Fort Brady
Fort de Buade
Fort Collyer
Fort Cowpens
Fort Crawford
Fort Custer
Fort de Repentigny
Fort Detroit
Fort Drummond
Fort George
Fort Gratiot

Fort Holmes
Fort Hogan
Fort Howard
Fort Ignatius
Fort La Bay
Fort Le Noult
Fort Lernoult
Fort Mackinac
Fort Miami
Fort Michilimackinac
Fort Pontchartrain
Fort Saginaw
Fort Shelby
Fort Sinclair
Fort St. Clair

Fort St. Joseph (Niles, Michigan)
Fort St. Joseph (Port Huron)
Fort St. Marys
Fort Wayne
Fort Wilkins
Fort Wilson
Grand Island Trading Post
Grosse Isle Stockade
Joseph Godfrey’s Trading Post
L’Anse Trading Post
La Framboise’s Trading Post
Moreau’s Trading Post
Ontonagon TradingPost
Wayne Stockade

Minnesota

Forest City Stockade
Fort Renville

Missouri

Fort D, Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Fort D, Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Montana

Old Fort Benton, Montana by John Ford Clymer, 1967.

Old Fort Benton, Montana by John Ford Clymer, 1967.

Nebraska

Fort Omaha, Nebraska Building by Kathy Alexander

Fort Omaha, Nebraska Building by Kathy Alexander

Nevada

Camp McGarry
Fort Churchill
Fort Halleck

Fort Schellbourne
Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort

New Hampshire

Fort William and Mary
Harbor Defenses of Portsmouth

New Jersey

Commanding Officer's Quarters at Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook, New Jersey by Todd A. Croteau, 2016.

Commanding Officer’s Quarters at Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook, New Jersey by Todd A. Croteau, 2016.

Fort Billingsport
Fort Delancey
Fort Dix
Fort Elfsborg
Fort Hancock
Highlands Military Reservation

Fort Johns
Fort Lee
Fort Mercer
Fort Monmouth
Fort Mott
Fort Nassau

Fort Nonsense
Paulus Hook Fort
Picatinny Arsenal
Fort Shapanack
Trenton Barracks

New Mexico

New York

Fort Ticonderoga, courtesy of Wikimedia.

Fort Ticonderoga, courtesy of Wikimedia.

Camp Hero State Park
Fort Brewerton
Fort Brown Site
Fort Bull
Fort Carillon
Fort Clinton
Fort Clinton (West Point)
Fort Conti
Fort Crown Point
Fort Dayton
Fort Denonville
Fort Drum
Fort au Fer
Fort Franklin
Fort George
Fort Golgotha and the Old Burial Hill Cemetery
Fort H. G. Wright

Fort Herkimer
Fort Hunter
Fort Klock
Fort de La Présentation
Fort Lévis
Fort Michie
Fort Montgomery (Hudson River)
Fort Montgomery (Lake Champlain)
Fort Niagara
Fort Ontario
Fort Oswego
Fort Porter
Fort Salonga
Fort Schlosser
Fort Schuyler
Fort Slocum

Fort Saint-Frédéric
Fort Stanwix
Fort Terry
Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Tompkins (Buffalo)
Fort Tompkins (Plattsburgh)
Fort Tompkins (Sackets Harbor)
Fort Tyler
Fort Wadsworth
Fort William Henry
Gardiners Point Island
Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound
Old Stone Barracks
Old Stone Fort
Rogers Island
U.S. Military Academy

North Dakota

Ohio

Fort Miamis, Ohio.

Fort Miamis, Ohio.

Camp Chase
Camp Dennison
Camp Harrison
Campus Martius
Camp Thomas
Farmer’s Castle
Fort Defiance
Fort Findlay

Fort Frye
Fort Harmar
Fort Hayes
Fort Jefferson
Fort Jennings
Fort Laurens
Fort Meigs
Fort Miami

Oklahoma

Oregon

Fort Henrietta
Fort Hoskins
Fort Klamath
Fort Lawton
Fort Lewis
Fort Nez Perce
Fort Nisqually

Fort Okanogan
Fort Stevens
Fort Townsend
Fort Ward
Fort Worden
Fort George Wright
Fort Yamhill

Pennsylvania

Fort Mifflin In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Carol Highsmith.

Fort Mifflin In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Carol Highsmith.

Fort Mifflin
Fort Muncy
Fort Necessity
Fort Pitt
Fort Presque Isle
Fort Prince George
Fort Reid
Fort Rice
Fort Robert Smalls
Fort Swartz
Fort Venango
Fort Wheeler
Forty Fort
Light’s Fort
Redstone Old Fort
Reed’s Fort
Spark’s Fort

Rhode Island

Camp Varnum
Conanicut Battery
Fort Adams
Fort Barton
Fort Burnside
Fort Church
Fort Dumpling

Fort Getty
Fort Greble
Fort Greene
Fort Kearny
Fort Mansfield
Fort Ninigret

Fort Wetherill
Fort Wolcott
Fort Hamilton
Goat Island/Owl’s Nest
Oak’s Inn Military Reservation
Queen’s Fort

South Carolina

Fort Sumter, South Carolina

Fort Sumter, South Carolina

Battery White
Camp Saxton Site
Castle Pinckney
Fort Charlotte
Fort Frederick Heritage Preserve
Fort Fremont

Fort Howell
Fort Jackson (South Carolina)
Fort Mitchell (South Carolina)
Fort Motte
Fort Moultrie

Fort Prince
Fort Prince George
Fort Sumter
Fort Wagner
Fort Walker

South Dakota

Camp Bradley
Camp Burt
Camp Cheyenne
Camp Collins
Camp Cook
Camp Edwards
Camp George
Camp Jennison
Camp Marshall
Camp Rains
Camp Rapid
Camp Reynolds
Camp Stanton
Camp Success

Camp Terry
Camp Turtle
Camp Warren
Fort Bennett
Fort Brule
Fort Buckingham
Fort Cedar
Fort Dakota
Fort Defiance
Fort Dole
Fort Galpin
Fort Hale
Fort Hutchinson
Fort James
Fort Kiowa

Fort Lookout
Fort Meade
Fort Pierre Chouteau
Fort Randall
Fort Sisseton
Fort Sully
Fort Thompson
Fort Yankton
Post at Grand River Indian Agency
Post at Rosebud Indian Agency
Rapid City Blockhouse
Red Canyon Station
Whetstone Agency

Texas

Fort San Jacinto
Fort Stockton
Fort Stubblefield
Fort Tenoxtitlan
Fort Terán
Fort Travis
Fort Trevino
Fort Worth
Fortin de la Cienega
Jowell Family Fort
Lacy’s Fort
Little River Fort
Moore’s Fort
Presidio de la Bahía del Espíritu Santo
Presidio de la Virgen de los Dolores de los Tejas
Presidio de San Agustín de Ahumada
Presidio de San Antonio de Béjar
Presidion de San Elizario
Presidio de San Xavier de Gigedo
Presidio Nuestra Señora de Loreto de la Bahia (Fort Defiance, Fort Goliad)
Presidio de San Saba
Princess Sophia’s Fort

Utah

Cove Fort, Utah

Cove Fort, Utah

Fort Pearce
Fort Robidoux
Fort Utah
Willden Fort

Vermont

Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont courtesy Wikipedia

Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont, courtesy Wikipedia

Fort Frederick
Fort Independence
Fort Mott

Fort Ranger
Fort Sainte Anne
Fort Warren

Virginia

Fort Belvoir
Fort Early
Fort Ethan Allen
Fort Eustis
Fort Evans
Fort Farnsworth
Fort A.P. Hill
Fort Huger
Fort Hunt
Fort Jackson
Fort John Custis

Fort Lee (Renamed Fort Gregg-Adams in April 2023)
Fort Loudoun
Fort Mattapony
Mayfield Fortification
Fort Monroe
Fort Mattapony
Fort Monroe
Fort Myer
Fort Nelson
Fort Norfolk
Fort Philip Long

Fort Pickett
Fort Pocahontas
Fort Powhatan
Fort C.F. Smith
Fort Ward
Fort Wool
Fort Story
Fort Willard
Fort Winslow
Fort Wool

Washington

American Camp-English Camp
Fort Columbia
Fort Nisqually
Fort Okanogan

Fort Simcoe
Fort Spokane
Fort Steilacoom
Fort Stevens

West Virginia

Fort Ashby
Fort Boreman
Fort Capon
Fort Cocke
Fort Cox
Fort Edwards
Fort Forman

Fort Henry
Fort John Parker
Fort New Salem
Fort Ohio
Fort Pearsall
Fort Randolph
Fort Sellers

Fort Seybert
Fort Thomas Parker
Fort Van Meter
Homer’s Fort
New Creek Blockhouse
Prickett’s Fort

Wisconsin

Blue Mounds Fort
Fort Crawford
Fort Defiance
Gratiot’s Grove
Fort Hamilton
Camp Smith

Fort Howard
Fort Jackson
Fort Koshkonong
Fort La Baye
Fort McCoy

Fort Saint Antoine
Fort Shelby
Fort Trempealeau
Fort Union
Fort Winnebago

Wyoming

Compiled Kathy Alexander/Legends of America, updated August 2024.

Also See:

Forts & Presidios Photo Gallery

Haunted Forts

Soldiers & Officers in American History

Trading Posts of the Fur Trade