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Fort Charlotte (Mobile, Ala.)


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    • n-us-al

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    • Carlotta, Fort (Mobile, Ala.)
    • Charlotte, Fort (Mobile, Ala.)
    • Condé de la Mobile, Fort (Mobile, Ala.)
    • Fort Carlotta (Mobile, Ala.)
    • Fort Condé de la Mobile (Mobile, Ala.)
    • Fort Louis de la Louisiana (Mobile, Ala.)
    • Fort Louis de la Mobile (Mobile, Ala.)
    • Louis de la Louisiana, Fort (Mobile, Ala.)
    • Louis de la Mobile, Fort (Mobile, Ala.)

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    • found: Work cat.: NUCMC data from Univ. of West Fla., Spec. Coll. Dept. for French archives records, 1696-1835(maps of Fort Conde and Fort Charlotte (Mobile))
    • found: Encyc. of historic forts(Fort Charlotte (Fort Louis de la Louisiana; Fort Louis de la Mobile; Forte Condé de la Mobile; Fort Carlotta) erected by French at Twenty-Seven Mile Bluff on the Mobile River; begun in 1702; designated as capital of French Louisiana; after 10 year battle against the environment some 400 inhabitants were removed to the site of today's Mobile; Fort Louis de la Mobile built in 1711; largely rebuilt in 1717 when renamed Fort Condé de la Mobile; after Treaty of Paris, 1763, British occupied Mobile and changed name to Fort Charlotte; Spaniards seized possession of fort and called it Fort Carlotta; Spanish dispossessed in 1818; land developers sought to demolish fort and sale of fort was consummated in 1820; a reconstructed fort was opend to the public on July 11, 1976, with reconstruction of portions of the fort's walls and bastions in exactly the same locations)
    • found: Online city guide, Mobile(Fort Condé is a partially reconstructed 1724-35 French fort; features workable reproductions of 1740's naval cannon and muskets; museum inside houses artifacts from the site; areas of the fort are furnished as officer's and enlisted men's quarters; staffed with soldiers in French period uniforms; serves as city's welcome center)

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    • 1999-06-14: new
    • 1999-10-15: revised

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