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  • Brother Marcus's daily duty was to walk the perimeter of the fort's grounds, a few patches of land comprised of crops and grazing fields for livestock.

    G'lder Curtis Hox 2011

  • The equisarans carried their gear to the fort's single hall.

    G'lder Curtis Hox 2011

  • Next spring, forensic anthropologists will exhume the row of chancel graves, which might contain the remains of the fort's first minister or Sir Ferdinando Wenman, a knight who arrived in 1610 to rally the fort's starving few and aid the colony's historic turnaround.

    Where Pocahontas Said, 'I Do' 2010

  • Shooting holes were scattered on the fort's wall so enemies could be beaten back from all directions.

    Asia in Pictures 2011

  • They believe the holes once anchored heavy, timber columns supporting the fort's first church, known to have been built in 1608 and the place where Pocahontas got married in 1614.

    Where Pocahontas Said, 'I Do' 2010

  • Smith's men planted their first church in the center of the compound, the first and largest structure anyone would notice after passing through the fort's entrance.

    Where Pocahontas Said, 'I Do' 2010

  • Upon the advent of railroads, a message is sent to the fort's commander which reads Due to the advent of rail technology, we are suspending the use of Conestoga wagons to ferry people and supplies to the fort.

    Administrator Update - NASA Watch 2009

  • But Lincoln was loath to agree, not least because he believed that the fort's surrender would be "utterly ruinous . . . that, at home, it would discourage the friends of the Union, embolden its adversaries, and go far to insure to the latter, a recognition abroad."

    Lessons of Fort Sumter Bret Stephens 2011

  • Between March 8-11, there was a series of communiqués from the fort's Union commanders to Washington which revealed that, for the most part, there was nothing more unusual about the weather there than there was in D.C. One exception: the "prevalence of a high and cold wind" on March 11 which temporarily slowed things down.

    Weather leading up to the Civil War 2011

  • On Aug. 29, 1833, the Assiniboine Indians attacked the Blackfoot encamped on the fort's grounds.

    From the Rhine to the Wild West Stuart Ferguson 2011

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