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Fort Benjamin Harrison (Ind.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

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Fort Quiatenon and Fort Harrison collection

 Collection — Folder S1540
Identifier: S1540
Scope and Contents Two typed documents are in this collection. A five-page manuscript is entitled "How I Found Quiatenon" by Wilson Smith. He tells of "historical personages" who recorded information about the location of the fort beginning in 1718, and how he located the site of the old fort. The second paper is only two pages, and is entitled: "The Old Fort, A Copy of the Original Order Transferring the Troops from Fort Knox to Fort Harrison. A Short Sketch of the Life of Major Chunn, Commander of...
Dates: 1934-1936