United States · 19th century
Fort Abercrombie ranks #4,092 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #75 of the 110 mapped in United States. Founded 1858, it is older than 7% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 705 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how United States compares in the castle statistics.
Fort Abercrombie, in North Dakota, was a United States Army fort established by authority of an Act of Congress, March 3, 1857. The act allocated twenty-five square miles of land on the Red River of the North in Dakota Territory to be used for a military outpost, but the exact location was left to the discretion of Lieutenant Colonel John J. Abercrombie. The fort was constructed in the year 1858. It was the first permanent military installation in what became North Dakota, and is thus known as "The Gateway to the Dakotas". Abercrombie selected a site right on the river. Spring flooding was a problem and the fort was abandoned. However, in 1860 the Army returned, moving the fort to higher ground.
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