Show famous forts in Us S history by ELMO SCOTT WATSON D 11 unjali place of the great turtle long lane before the french explorers pushed mound turn into the interior of north krar the island of a let lac mackinac la in michigan was a ell it known crimen landmark to the indiana che first 1111 white while roan to in visit tell id tiia get gate way aj between la lake a rural huron and lane lake a michigan was waa lean joel Nici nicolet alet who he p pod pad tied lied past the island 1 in I 1 in in I 1 1671 father marquette established the in dolfl of st ignore ignace near by old and in 1673 he be french built the first rort fort macki lac her near the mission and from that it time a until cadillac established dezolt in 1701 it was waa the principal outmost of the fromm french in the west mackl lac waa li trally deserted after the oldwig of f detroit it but in 1712 it we waa and held old by the trench will the anglish took possession of ithe ae country in 1780 1760 the british built R second fort on the south shore bar of the iti alts aits a palisades ded structure eecloo mg JIK bout about two acres here her occurred 1 eu nie me of the dramatic incidents I 1 of the pontiac war at when on june 4 1763 the hostile indians indiana used a bull ball game as a ora stratagem for gaining mile entrance ch to the fort cort they killed hilled 20 of the gir gairrison rison ind and t took the remainder pria prisoners wel among th them em captain Ether etherington inglan the maim commander multi won failed to heed head ad rupee ranee warnings of tile the conspiracy af after r pontiac a war was waa over the brit british sh enwin occupied fort mackinac Mach inac ind and it gain again became the comer center of the fr ur trade of the northwest it wea ana rn important british post past during the icum devolution tion and in 1780 the garrison was to mackinac mackin island ft here it began building the third fort machinal Mach wit inac a strong fortress ot of tape stone alt although g great grant britain agreed to give up all 11 of her western posts post at the clo close ot of the revolution it on was not ou un ma til III W that tile the young republic finally gable control of this post past the next ficat few years weve marshall mackinac growing in importance as one of the principal posts at of f john jacob in actors american ma F fur r company LP v barly in 1812 the british swooped ped down law n ar u upon the place P a and bemuse because of their overwhelm ing no n umbers numbers easily captured the tort fort rn in I 1 a force of united states regulars regular and militia attempted to deop recapture re fort ai macknac lot but their halt at attach tack vas sea beaten oft off and ad the british remained 1 in control at to I 1 until the ile dose I 1 ot at th the war Almli mackinac island 1 is now a into ante park suit and every year hundreds bundi eus ot of tourists visit the historic buildings of 0 the tort fort velch aich are am still 1 in an excel lent beat state of preservation where the social whirl held S sway 7 at the close of the second war with england the federal 91 government mew aich had no ao nearly lost loot the old north west to tile the british resolved to bull build I 1 a chain of forts through this intend inland empire to guard against future den gra old and also alao to protect the fr frontier outler settlements attim to which were constantly pushing beamard se westward amard one of the eltea elms selected elected was tn in wisconsin where her the fox r aher ier empties into G green r bay a a P place made do gamoua u lur by the earty ri french il explorers po a noted f fur or trading center atad and a bobu hotbed of tori ton lart ism during doting the be war of 1812 congress appropriated Plimp td 21 for this fort gt a go gette c rouB c so sam in la a those these dava dam and oil in ISIS col john job miller of at the third infantry left fort felt malki nac m alah with two rifle companies to lo establish cablish the post at green bay the work was directed by capt capic lewla morgan merge and ad the post past was one named ad fort howard in honor bonor of own gen benjamin howard donald commander of the military d Is let in which it was located although fort howard ana is a trott fran tie tic post it soon hall assumed all the re fin ants of no east eastern community mid ad it became known a as a center of ocial clot activity whose prestige in army circles made assignment to it much it desired ired i by 11 hers and their wives in 1819 R 19 maji maj 2 zachary hary let later president tailor adlor took command at fort howard and under the regi regime a of this thin courtly southerner met and hla his wife life there them be became a cowit continual ical round of social colfi flow basting boating sleighing and slating skating to green bay also came many dis dio albed travelers to enjoy the hoa hah ltv of fort howard hanard among the them captain marryat the famous mid feel fasy who we was entertained at the fort in 1832 and the pw prince do de Tol lot mille youngest son am of king loula laid of t lance who visited bated green bay 1 in 1841 it waa oa upon this occa mrs sion sion according to eleaer el eater williams ili the half breed indian who claimed to be the lost last dauphin of france that the th prince sought him out act and tried to per persuade I 1 do him to abdicate his claim chilli to the throne in favor of at lout louis philippe thi I 1 lippe I 1 history he has hown that williams won wan a call colo colonial Bial rl fraud but ill his pressure presence at 0 gheen to bay Y whither he be had bad led a large 1 number am of new iw ark to 11 on ett mulish an indian empire in the west ados adds another I 1 touch h of romantic suite 11 inter 1 et t to old I 1 1 ort an howard award port fort howard havard was prominent during the block black hawk hank war but after the indian question eat east of the mississippi was WB finally settled and ad th the f fur to t trade it wr a was no an more it like many other posts 1 in it the old northwest cam only a 8 shadow of Us for former grommon grom reama mou |