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    Fort Croghan was the third of the first four forts established by the United States government to protect settlers from hostile Indians along the Texas...
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  • George Croghan (c. 1718 – August 31, 1782) was an Irish-born fur trader in the Ohio Country of North America (current United States) who became a key...
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    settlers of West Texas and included Fort Worth, Fort Graham, Fort Gates, Fort Croghan, Fort Martin Scott, Fort Lincoln, and Fort Duncan. In 1936, the Texas Centennial...
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    West Texas and included Fort Worth, Fort Graham, Fort Gates, Fort Croghan, Fort Martin Scott, Fort Lincoln and Fort Duncan. The fort had four officers' quarters...
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    and included Fort Worth, Fort Graham, Fort Gates, Fort Croghan, Fort Martin Scott, Fort Lincoln, and Fort Duncan. Originally, 10 forts had been proposed...
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    settlers of West Texas and included Fort Worth, Fort Graham, Fort Gates, Fort Croghan, Fort Martin Scott, Fort Lincoln and Fort Duncan. Other famous officers...
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    1849, the station was chosen as a federal fort and named Fort Croghan. A town was founded next to Fort Croghan in 1852, when Burnet County was established...
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    and ordered Croghan to destroy the fort and withdraw. Croghan insisted that he could hold the fort and stayed. Harrison agreed to let Croghan stay, but...
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    Indian-fighting explorations. In 1849, the United States established Fort Croghan, and in 1848, the first settlers arrived in the county, Samuel Eli Holland...
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    Texas Fort Croghan (1849), Texas Fort Gates (1849), Texas Fort Graham (1849), Texas Fort Worth (1849), Texas Fort Belknap (1851), Texas Fort Mason (1851)...
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    under the command of Colonel Croghan. This landing began the Battle of Mackinac Island. To his dismay, Colonel Croghan discovered that the new British...
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    Texas; it included Fort Worth, Fort Graham, Fort Gates, Fort Croghan, Fort Martin Scott, Fort Lincoln, and Fort Duncan. The fort was originally established...
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  • Coleman) Fort Concho (in San Angelo) Camp Cooper Fort Croghan (in Burnet) Fort Davis (Jeff Davis County) Fort Duncan (near Eagle Pass) Fort Elliott (near...
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    George Croghan (November 15, 1791 – January 8, 1849) was an American soldier who was a recipient of the Congressional Gold Medal. Croghan was born at the...
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  • Company permission to build the fort. Tanacharison's introduction of Croghan to the Virginia commissioners suggests that Croghan organized and led the 1748...
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    West Texas and included Fort Worth, Fort Graham, Fort Gates, Fort Croghan, Fort Martin Scott, Fort Lincoln and Fort Duncan. Fort Duncan was established...
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    on Fort Stephenson. Over the course of two days, the severely outnumbered garrison of about 160 men, under the leadership of Major George Croghan, repelled...
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    officials, led by Colonel Henry Bouquet, tasked Croghan with transporting diplomatic presents to Fort Pitt. Croghan secretly approached Baynton, Wharton, & Morgan...
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    a conference at Pittsburgh with George Croghan, William Trent, Colonel Hugh Mercer, and the officers of Fort Pitt.: 210  At this conference the terms...
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    Virginia and Pennsylvania) in 1768 at Fort Stanwix. It was negotiated between Sir William Johnson, his deputy George Croghan, and representatives of the Iroquois...
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    Armstrong. Aside from Fort Lyttleton, construction began on Fort Morris in Shippensburg, Fort Loudoun, and Fort Carlisle. At the time, Croghan lived on upper...
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  • of Governor William Hull, Griswold ordered the erection of Fort Croghan, also known as Fort Nonsense, to protect livestock from raids by Native Americans...
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    Fort Shirley (initially known as Croghan's Fort) was a military fort located in present-day Shirleysburg, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1755 by George...
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    The US Army built Fort Croghan in 1842, to keep order and try to control liquor traffic on the Missouri River. However the fort was destroyed in a flood...
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    explicit permission to construct a fort.: 123–144  On 29 May 1751, at a council meeting at Logstown between George Croghan, Andrew Montour and representatives...
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  • When the government abandoned Fort Croghan in December 1853, he sold 617 acres (2.50 km2), including the Fort Croghan site, for $6,000. In a letter to...
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    burn Croghan at the stake, Pontiac urged moderation and agreed to travel to New York, where he made a formal treaty with William Johnson at Fort Ontario...
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    construction of an English fort, but told Croghan that no official request to build a fort should be made. Instead, Croghan was instructed to find out...
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    the United States government to supply meat and foodstuffs to Fort Croghan and later Fort Mason, 50 miles farther west. The Vandeveers had seven children...
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  • 5 mi. Fort Croghan Stone Building 9712 703 Buchanan Dr. 30°45′25″N 98°14′15″W / 30.75694°N 98.23750°W / 30.75694; -98.23750 Burnet 1966 on Fort Groghan...
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