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    threat in Illinois, the U.S. Government ceased operations at Fort Armstrong and the U.S. Army abandoned the frontier fort in 1836. Fort Armstrong really...
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  • (Hawaii) Fort Armstrong (Illinois) Fort Armstrong Theatre Fort Armstrong Hotel This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Fort Armstrong...
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    Fort Armstrong Theatre is a historic building located in downtown Rock Island, Illinois, United States. It opened in 1920 and it was individually listed...
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    between Fort Dearborn, Fort Armstrong, and Fort Clark, General Atkinson established Fort Dixon as his command post. Additionally, the Illinois militia...
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  • Elizabeth Armstrong (née Boyd; October 21, 1798 – 13 November 1857) was an American settler who found temporary shelter at Apple River Fort with her husband...
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    Fort Armstrong Hotel is a historic building located in downtown Rock Island, Illinois, United States. It was individually listed on the National Register...
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    Purchase, a treaty which ended the war and which was negotiated at Fort Armstrong, Illinois (near Rock Island) in September 1832,. In August 1833, U. S. authorities...
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    were stationed at Fort Armstrong, Illinois, in the aftermath of the Black Hawk War. The three other companies were stationed at Fort Gibson, Indian Territory...
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    north of M-96 in northwest Calhoun County at 5500 Armstrong Rd., Battle Creek, Michigan 49037. Fort Custer National Cemetery is located north of M-96...
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    Battle of Apple River Fort, occurred on the late afternoon of June 24, 1832 at the Apple River Fort, near present-day Elizabeth, Illinois, when Black Hawk...
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    to Fort Granville. Assistance for the recent settlers arrived under the command of Lieutenant Edward Armstrong (brother of Colonel John Armstrong) with...
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    George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American...
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    River that also included Fort Snelling near Saint Anthony Falls in Minnesota, and Fort Armstrong in Rock Island, Illinois. Fort Crawford was also associated...
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    River Fort, today known as the Apple River Fort State Historic Site, was one of many frontier forts hastily completed by settlers in northern Illinois and...
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    Lakes Naval Training Center, near Waukegan, Illinois, during World War II. Their daughter, Margaret Armstrong, married the Hampton's Institute's president...
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  • historical forts in the United States. World War II military reservations containing 8-inch and larger gun batteries are also included. Fort Armstrong Fort Bibb...
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    Black Hawk War (category Native American history of Illinois)
    crossed into Illinois. Although Atkinson did not realize it, his boats passed Black Hawk's band. When Atkinson arrived at Fort Armstrong on Rock Island...
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    Ridge High School. Apple River Fort Battle of Apple River Fort Chicago Great Western Railroad Depot Elizabeth Armstrong Elizabeth Chamber of Commerce "2020...
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    American tribes in the following weeks, were taken to Fort Armstrong at modern Rock Island, Illinois. About 120 prisoners – men, women, and children – waited...
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  • Church of the Great God (category Church of God (Armstrong))
    1990s. The CGG, headquartered in Fort Mill, South Carolina, continues to follow the teachings of Herbert W. Armstrong. CGG was organized as a religious...
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  • Fort Johnson was a U.S. Army post built on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River in modern-day Warsaw, Illinois, during the War of 1812. The fort was...
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    Black Hawk (Sauk leader) (category People from Rock Island, Illinois)
    Project, Northern Illinois University. Retrieved October 26, 2007. Nolan, David J. (2009). "Fort Johnson, Cantonment Davis, and Fort Edwards". In William...
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  • Pleasant - Chicago, Illinois 1940 - Tony Ancona - Detroit, Michigan 1941 - Johnny Green - Buffalo, New York 1942 - Morris Garana - Fort Worth, Texas 1943...
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    Rock Island Arsenal (category 1816 establishments in Illinois Territory)
    the Sauk. In 1816 the federal government authorized the army to build Fort Armstrong here, to protect shipping on the river in the aftermath of the War of...
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    St. Vrain massacre (category Battles and skirmishes of the Black Hawk War in Illinois)
    Ferry, Illinois (now Dixon) to Galena, Illinois. St. Vrain had been ordered by General Henry Atkinson to deliver dispatches to Fort Armstrong. Colonel...
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  • Fort Armstrong Fort de Chartres Fort Dearborn Fort Johnson Fort Kaskaskia Fort Massac Fort Benjamin Harrison Fort Sackville Fort Knox Fort Miami Fort Ouiatenon...
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    Charles Goodnight (category People from Armstrong County, Texas)
    Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Goodnight was born in Macoupin County, Illinois, northeast of St. Louis, the fourth child of Charles Goodnight and the...
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    IV Armstrong No. 12124 on central pivot mount Mk 1 No. 10982 (Formerly emplaced at Battery Talbot, Fort Adams, RI), location: Battery Bingham, Fort Moultrie...
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    William S. Hamilton (category Members of the Illinois House of Representatives)
    American politician and miner who lived much of his life in the U.S. state of Illinois and the Wisconsin Territory. Hamilton was born in New York, where he attended...
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    On November 5, 2009, a terrorist mass shooting took place at Fort Hood (now Fort Cavazos), near Killeen, Texas. Nidal Hasan, a U.S. Army major and psychiatrist...
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