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Story Archives: Descriptions of Fort Adams: 1807-1839


Descriptions of Fort Adams: 1807-1839
by Stanley Nelson - posted E-mail Story E-mail Story | Print Story Print Story 
On Tuesday, March 10, 1807, Dr. Thomas Bedford's skiff arrived at Fort Adams, Mississippi Territory.

Built in the late 1790s by the U.S. Army, the fort was named in honor of President John Adams and was located on what was then the southwestern corner of the United States in the newly-created Mississippi Territory.

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