United States frontier fort system

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The United States frontier fort system was a network of military outposts established along the expanding American frontier to protect settlers, assert federal authority, and secure territorial claims during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf frontier defense system ⓘ
historical phenomenon ⓘ
military infrastructure network ⓘ
administeredBy United States War Department ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
declinedDuring late 19th century ⓘ
developedFrom British colonial frontier forts in North America ⓘ
documentedIn 19th-century military maps ⓘ
U.S. Army frontier reports ⓘ
expandedDuring Indian Wars ⓘ
Mexican–American War era ⓘ
post–Civil War westward expansion ⓘ
garrisonedBy U.S. Cavalry ⓘ
U.S. Infantry ⓘ
geographicRegion American frontier ⓘ
Great Plains ⓘ
Pacific Northwest ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
Southwest United States ⓘ
Upper Midwest ⓘ
linked to: Midwest
hasPart Fort Abercrombie ⓘ
Fort Apache ⓘ
linked to: Fort Apache Apache

Fort Atkinson ⓘ
linked to: Fort Atkinson, Iowa

Fort Belknap ⓘ
Fort Benton ⓘ
Fort Boise ⓘ
Fort Bowie ⓘ
Fort Bridger ⓘ
Fort Buford ⓘ
Fort Clark ⓘ
Fort Custer ⓘ
Fort Davis ⓘ
Fort Defiance ⓘ
Fort Dodge ⓘ
Fort Fetterman ⓘ
Fort Gibson ⓘ
Fort Griffin ⓘ
Fort Hall ⓘ
Fort Harker ⓘ
Fort Hays ⓘ
Fort Inge ⓘ
Fort Jesup ⓘ
Fort Kearny ⓘ
Fort Keogh ⓘ
Fort Laramie ⓘ
Fort Larned ⓘ
Fort Leavenworth ⓘ
Fort McKavett ⓘ
Fort Niobrara ⓘ
Fort Peck ⓘ
linked to: Fort Peck, Montana

Fort Phil Kearny ⓘ
Fort Pierre ⓘ
Fort Randall ⓘ
Fort Richardson ⓘ
Fort Riley ⓘ
Fort Robinson ⓘ
linked to: Fort Niobrara

Fort Scott ⓘ
linked to: Fort Scott, Kansas

Fort Sill ⓘ
linked to: Fort Sill, Oklahoma

Fort Smith ⓘ
Fort Snelling ⓘ
Fort Stockton ⓘ
Fort Sumner ⓘ
Fort Towson ⓘ
Fort Union ⓘ
Fort Union Trading Post ⓘ
Fort Vancouver ⓘ
Fort Walla Walla ⓘ
Fort Washita ⓘ
Fort Yuma ⓘ
influenced development of frontier towns ⓘ
settlement patterns in the American West ⓘ
mainFunction assertion of federal authority ⓘ
control of Native American populations ⓘ
protection of settlers ⓘ
protection of trade routes ⓘ
securing territorial claims ⓘ
support of westward expansion ⓘ
relatedTo Indian removal policies ⓘ
Manifest Destiny ⓘ
U.S. territorial expansion ⓘ
startPoint post-American Revolutionary War period ⓘ
status historical ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
usedBy United States Army ⓘ
United States government ⓘ

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Fort Harmar → partOf → United States frontier fort system ⓘ
Fort Finney → partOf → United States military frontier posts ⓘ
linked to: United States frontier fort system
Fort McIntosh → partOf → United States Northwest frontier defenses ⓘ
linked to: United States frontier fort system
Second Fort (log and adobe structures) → partOf → U.S. frontier military system ⓘ
linked to: United States frontier fort system
Camp Robinson, Nebraska → partOf → United States western frontier forts system ⓘ
linked to: United States frontier fort system
capture of Fort Miami → relatedTo → Great Lakes frontier forts ⓘ
linked to: United States frontier fort system
Fort Reno → partOf → U.S. frontier fort system ⓘ
linked to: United States frontier fort system
Fort Decatur, Alabama Territory → partOf → United States frontier fort system ⓘ
Brackettville, Texas → hasHistoricalAssociationWith → U.S. Army frontier forts ⓘ
linked to: United States frontier fort system
Fort King, Florida → partOf → United States frontier defense system ⓘ
linked to: United States frontier fort system
Fort Harker → partOf → U.S. Army frontier forts ⓘ
linked to: United States frontier fort system