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    Fort Crevecoeur (French: Fort Crèvecœur) was the first public building erected by Europeans within the boundaries of the modern state of Illinois and...
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  • County Fort Crevecoeur, a former French fort near present-day Creve Coeur, Illinois Creve Coeur, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri Crèvecoeur (film)...
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    Fort Crèvecoeur was a Dutch fortress near 's-Hertogenbosch. It is now used as a military exercise terrain. Fort Crèvecoeur was founded during the Eighty...
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    Ussher Fort is a fort in Accra, Ghana. It was built by the Dutch in 1649 as Fort Crèvecœur, and is two days' march from Elmina and to the east of Accra...
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    construction of Fort Miami and Fort Crèvecoeur. On April 16, 1680, Chartier, together with six other men, mutinied, looted, burned Fort Crèvecoeur, and fled...
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    Dutch Fort Crêvecœur (1649), and the Danish Fort Christiansborg (1652) along the coast of the then Gold Coast. Along with other castles and forts in Ghana...
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  • Fort Clarke, in present-day Gainesville, Second Seminole War Fort Clinch Fort Coombs Fort Cooper Fort Crèvecoeur (French), First Spanish Period Fort Cross...
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    "Fort Crèvecoeur, a 1680 French-Peoria Agreement". December 7, 2018. Retrieved March 21, 2021. "Fort Crevecoeur – built in 1680". Fort Crevecoeur Park...
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    seized Fort Nassau, Fort Amsterdam, Fort Lijdzaamheid, Fort Goede Hoop and Fort Crêvecoeur from the Dutch. The Dutch Republic only managed to seize Fort Sekondi...
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    merger of distinct settlements around British Fort James, Dutch Fort Crêvecoeur (Ussher Fort), and Danish Fort Christiansborg as Jamestown, Usshertown, and...
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    Accra (Fort Crêvecoeur or Ussher Fort – 32 guns). In 1811, the people of Anomabo, who happened to be allies of the British attacked the fort, leaving...
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    slaves. Osu Castle was located close to two other forts. Fort Crèvecœur was controlled by the Dutch and Fort James by the British. The settlement at Osu was...
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  • Acquackanonk – Dutch 1680: Fort Crevecoeur (Peoria, Illinois) – French 1680: El Paso – Spanish 1682: Pennsylvania – English 1683: Fort Saint Louis (Illinois)...
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    Council in Elmina, together with the commandant of Fort Nassau at Moree, the commandant of Fort Crèvecoeur at Accra, and the commandant of the factory at...
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    downtown Peoria, downtown Pekin and other destinations. Illinois portal Fort Crevecoeur List of towns and villages in Illinois Creve Coeur, Missouri Peoria...
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  • Dakota Fort Clark, later Clarksville, Indiana Fort Clark, built at 17thc. site of former Fort Crèvecoeur near Peoria, Illinois Fort Osage (Fort Clark,...
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  • history of Peoria, Illinois began when French explorers constructed Fort Crevecoeur in 1680. The County of Peoria was organized in 1825, the town in 1835...
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    By March 1950 all three sets were in operation. The other two, the Fort Crevecoeur and Mound City, were on the St. Louis–Peoria route as originally planned...
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    Senya Beraku (Fort Goede Hoop – 18 guns), and Accra (Fort Crêvecoeur or Ussher Fort – 32 guns). The fort was occupied between 1782 and 1785 by Britain, as...
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    Mississippi River Delta. They left Fort Crèvecoeur on the Illinois River, accompanied by 23 Frenchmen and 18 Indians. They built Fort Prud'homme (later the city...
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    among and south of the Great Lakes were Fort Niagara (1678) (near modern Youngstown, New York), Fort Crevecoeur (1680) (near the present site of Creve...
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    formed United States. Fort Crevecoeur was first founded in 1680. Another fort, often called Fort Pimiteoui, and later Old Fort Peoria, was established...
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    Joseph, Fort La Baye, Fort de Buade, Fort Saint Antoine, Fort Crevecoeur, Fort Trempealeau, Fort Beauharnois, Fort Orleans, Fort St. Charles, Fort Kaministiquia...
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    (Fort Goede Hoop - 18 guns), and Accra (Fort Crêvecoeur - 32 guns). The original structure of the fort was a small two-storey stone lodge. The fort was...
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    José de Valladares on St. Joseph Bay in 1701. The French established Fort Crevecoeur on the shores of St. Joseph Bay opposite St. Joseph Point, the northern...
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    Fort Goede Hoop (18 guns) at Senya Beraku (Berricoe, Berku, Fort Barracco), and Fort Crèvecœur (32 guns), at Accra. Shirley then garrisoned those facilities...
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    the unknown West. Hennepin was with La Salle at the construction of Fort Crevecoeur (near present-day Peoria, Illinois) in January 1680. In February, La...
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    1666–1871) Fort Crêvecoeur, Accra (1649–1782, 1785–1867/8) Fort Dorothea, Akwida (1687–1698, 1711–1712, 1732–1804) Fort Good Hope (Fort Goedehoop), Senya...
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  • Gold Coast. In his capacity as master of works and stores, he rebuilt Fort Crèvecoeur in Accra in 1839. Following the promotion of Anthony van der Eb to...
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    Henri de Tonti came down the Mississippi to its Delta. They left from Fort Crevecoeur on the Illinois River, along with 23 French and 18 Native Americans...
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