United States · 19th century
Fort Gibson ranks #4,351 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #83 of the 110 mapped in United States. Founded 1824, it is older than 10% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 705 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,330 times in the last 60 days, more than 58% of the atlas. See how United States compares in the castle statistics.
Fort Gibson is a historic military site next to the modern city of Fort Gibson, in Muskogee County Oklahoma. It guarded the American frontier in Indian Territory from 1824 to 1888. When it was constructed, the fort was farther west than any other military post in the United States. It formed part of the north–south chain of forts that was intended to maintain peace on the frontier of the American West and to protect the southwestern border of the Louisiana Purchase. The fort succeeded in its peacekeeping mission for more than 50 years, as no massacres or battles occurred there.
The site is now managed by the Oklahoma Historical Society as the Fort Gibson Historical Site and is a National Historic Landmark.
Text adapted from “Fort Gibson” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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