Fort Henry
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Fort Henry is the name of:
- Fort Henry (Virginia)Fort Henry (Virginia)Fort Henry was an English frontier fort in 17th century colonial Virginia near the falls of the Appomattox River. Its exact location has been debated, but the most popular one is on a bluff about four blocks north of the corner of W. Washington and N...
, a 1646 fort near present-day Petersburg, Virginia - Fort Henry (West Virginia), a 1774 fort near present–day Wheeling, West Virginia
- Fort Henry, a winter camp built by Andrew Henry (fur trader)Andrew Henry (fur trader)Major Andrew Henry was an American fur trader who, with William H. Ashley started the Rocky Mountain Fur Company in 1822...
on Henry's Fork of the Snake River in 1810-11 - Fort Henry, OntarioFort Henry, OntarioFort Henry is located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada on Point Henry, a strategic point located near the mouth of the Cataraqui River where it flows into the St. Lawrence River, at the upper end of the Thousand Islands...
(1837) in Kingston, Ontario, a limestone redoubt and connected fortified battery, built to protect the Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard and the entrance to the Rideau Canal — now a popular tourist destination - Fort Henry (site of the Battle of Fort Henry), site of the Battle of Fort Henry (1862) in Tennessee during the American Civil War
- Fort Henry in StudlandStudlandStudland is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. It is famous for its beaches and nature reserve. In 2001 Studland had a population of 480, the lowest in 50 years...
Bay, built in 1943 by Canadian engineers and used during the Second World War for training exercises in preparation for D-Day - Fort Henry on the Missouri RiverFort Henry on the Missouri RiverFort Henry on the Missouri River, located at the mouth of the Yellowstone where it enters the Missouri, was established on October 1, 1822 by a party of men led by Major Andrew Henry, who mounted the expedition for the purpose of establishing a fur trade outpost for an area which now encompasses...
, an 1822 fort southwest of present-day Williston, North Dakota