Fort Strother
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Fort Strother was a stockade fort at Ten Islands in the Mississippi Territory, in what is today St. Clair County, Alabama.[2] It was located on a bluff of the Coosa River, near the modern Neely Henry Dam in Ragland, Alabama.[3] The fort was built by General Andrew Jackson and several thousand militiamen in November 1813, during the Creek War and was named for Captain John Strother, Jackson's chief cartographer.[4]
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Fort Strother Site | |
Nearest city | Ragland, Alabama |
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Coordinates | 33°45′49″N 86°02′51″W |
Area | 334 acres (135 ha) |
Built | 1813 (1813) |
NRHP reference No. | 72001440[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 24, 1972 |
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