Fort Armstrong

Fort Armstrong (1816–1836), was one of a chain of western frontier defenses which the United States erected after the War of 1812. It was located at the foot of Rock Island, in the Mississippi River near the present-day Quad Cities of Illinois and Iowa. It was five miles from the principal Sauk and Meskwaki village on the Rock River in Illinois. Of stone and timber construction, 300 feet square, the fort was begun in May 1816 and completed the following year and consisted of three large blockhouses, like the replica, on its prominent corners. In 1832, the U.S. Army used the fort as a military headquarters during the Black Hawk War. It was normally garrisoned by two companies of United States Army regulars. With the pacification of the Indian threat in Illinois, the U.S. Government ceased operations at Fort Armstrong and the U.S. Army abandoned the frontier fort in 1836.

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Fort Armstrongは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界3,527位（全5,793件中）、アメリカ合衆国の98件では95位にランクされています。1816年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の14%より古い城です（19世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の407件のひとつ）。アメリカ合衆国が他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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