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Show In Memory of Old Fort Ouiatanon . ::r . ; -:.v.: .:mmmmm .4 .jww"-. - - 1 -v-rr-sf-fPT-fVi-Sf Scene during the dedication ceremonies of the newly-built blockhouse erected on. the site of old Fort Ouiatanon, near Lafayette, Ind., the first fortified forti-fied post established in Indiana and surrounding territory. Fort Ouiatanon was built in 1719 by the French and was held by them as a trading post and a fur center until 1779, when it came Into the possession of the American rangers. rang-ers. The fort was destroyed in 1791. |