Fort Ouiatenon
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Fort Ouiatenon, built in 1717, was the first fortified European settlement in what is now Indiana, United States. It was a palisade stockade with log blockhouse used as a French trading post on the Wa
Fields at the site
Fort Miami (Indiana)
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Fort Miami, originally called Fort St. Philippe or Fort des Miamis, were a pair of French built palisade forts established at Kekionga, the principal village of the Miami. These forts were situated wh
Fort Ouiatenon
…forts built during the 18th century in what was then New France, later the Northwest Territory and today the state of Indiana, the other two being Fort Miami and Fort Vincennes. A substantial French settlement grew up around the fort in the mid-18th century. It was ceded to the British and abandoned after…
Historical signage at the corner of E Dela Balme/E Old Trail road indicating the history of La Balme and his troops near this area during the American Revolution