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  1. Spanish Fort

    Spanish Fort or Old Spanish Fort can refer to in Micronesia Spanish Fort, Micronesia Spanish Fort Colonia Yap , FM , listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in the United States by state Spanish Fort, Alabama Spanish Fort Colorado , a Spain Spanish military post built near Sangre de Cristo Pass in 1819 Spanish Fort, New Orleans , Louisiana Spanish Fort Site 22SH500 , Holly Bluff, MS, List of RHPs in MS listed on the NRHP in Mississippi Old Spanish Fort Pascagoula, Mississippi , List of RHPs in MS listed on the NRHP in Mississippi Old Spanish Fort Archeological Site , Mount Vernon, Missouri, List of RHPs in MO listed on the NRHP in Missouri Spanish Fort Site , Spanish Fort, TX, List of RHPs in TX listed on the NRHP in Texas disambig it Spanish Fort ...   more details



  1. Battle of Spanish Fort

    Service battle description ref units1 Army of West Mississippi units2 Spanish Fort Garrison casualties1 657 men casualties2 744 men Campaignbox Mobile Campaign The Battle of Spanish Fort took place from ... in Confederate States of America Confederate hands. Spanish Fort, Alabama Spanish Fort was heavily fortified as an eastern defense to the city of Mobile, Alabama Mobile . Fort Huger, Fort Battery Tracey, Fort Battery McDermott, Fort Alexis, Red Fort, and Old Spanish Fort were all part of the Mobile defenses at Spanish Fort. Union forces embarked on a land campaign in early 1865 to take Mobile from ... forcing the Confederates back into their defenses. Union forces then concentrated on Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely, five miles to the north. On March 27, 1865, Canby s forces rendezvoused at Danley s Ferry and immediately undertook a siege of Spanish Fort. The Union had enveloped the fort by April ... L. Gibson , escaped and fled to Mobile, but Spanish Fort was no longer a threat. With Spanish Fort ... to the fall of Spanish Fort, as Lee s forces were in Virginia , Fort Blakely remained the last ... Spanish Fort s fall became inevitable, Union forces had begun moving north in order to concentrate on Fort Blakely, which eventually succumbed late on April 9 in the Battle of Fort Blakely . The falls of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely permitted Union troops to subsequently enter Mobile unopposed after ... of Alabama Category Battles of the Mobile Campaign of the American Civil War Spanish Fort Category Battles of the Main Western Theater of the American Civil War Spanish Fort Category Union victories of the American Civil War Spanish Fort Category Alabama in the American Civil War Category Baldwin County, Alabama Category Conflicts in 1865 Category 1865 in Alabama nl Slag om Spanish Fort ...coord 30 41 3.4 N 87 54 58.95 W region US display title Infobox Military Conflict conflict Battle of Spanish Fort image caption partof the American Civil War campaign Mobile Campaign date Start date 1865 ...   more details



  1. Spanish Fort, Alabama

    Refimprove date August 2011 Infobox settlement official name Spanish Fort settlement type City image ... Portal Alabama Spanish Fort is a suburb of Mobile, Alabama in Baldwin County, Alabama Baldwin ... Demographic Profile Highlights for Spanish Fort, AL , US Census Bureau , 2007, webpage http factfinder.census.gov ... 7C16000US0125240& cityTown Spanish Fort& state 04000US01 US Census SpanishFortAL . ref It is part of the Daphne Fairhope Foley micropolitan area . Geography Spanish Fort is located at 30 40 7.403 North ... 19, 1993, Spanish Fort has seen significant growth. Eastern Shore Centre , an open air regional shopping complex, opened on November 17, 2004. Spanish Fort Town Center, anchored by Bass Pro Shop ... having ongoing issues with vacancies. History The city of Spanish Fort is rich in history dating ... Baptist Bienville of France. Spanish Fort was originally the site of a trading post established by French ... on the site of the old trading post. This Spanish Fort was the site of a counter attack by British ... the area. Following The War of 1812, Spanish Fort as it was now commonly referred to, was officially property of the United States. During the American Civil War , Spanish Fort was heavily fortified ..., Fort Battery McDermott, Fort Alexis, Red Fort, and Old Spanish Fort were all part of the Mobile defenses in what is now Spanish Fort. After the Union victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay , Mobile nevertheless ... Mobile from the east. Spanish Fort was the site of the Battle of Spanish Fort in the Mobile Campaign ... River. The falls of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakeley permitted Union troops to subsequently enter Mobile unopposed after the conclusion of the Civil War. Education Spanish Fort is a part of the Baldwin ... Fort. Schools Col begin Col 1 of 3 High schools Spanish Fort High School Col 2 of 3 Middle schools Spanish Fort Middle School 6 8 Col 3 of 3 Elementary schools Spanish Fort School K 5 Rockwell Elementary ... http www.cityofspanishfort.com City of Spanish Fort Official Web Site http www.blakeleypark.com Historic ...   more details



  1. Spanish Fort High School

    unreferenced date March 2008 Spanish Fort High School is a high school in Spanish Fort, Alabama , United States founded in the 2005 2006 school year. It serves Educational stages grades ninth grade 9 twelfth grade 12 . The school is a part of the Baldwin County Public Schools Baldwin County Public School System , in Alabama . External links http www.spanishforttoros.org Spanish Fort High School Official Website coord 30.67477 87.90476 display title Category High schools in Alabama Category Educational institutions established in 2005 Category Schools in Baldwin County, Alabama Alabama school stub ...   more details



  1. Spanish Fort, New Orleans

    Unreferenced date December 2009 Spanish Fort , also known as Old Spanish Fort , Fort St. Jean , and Fort St. John , is a historic place in New Orleans, Louisiana , formerly the site of a fort and later an amusement park . Image OldSpanishFortWallPalm.jpg thumb right 250px Ruins of the old fort, 2005 The fort The Colonial era fort protected the Lake Pontchartrain entrance of Bayou St. John . The first small fort here was erected by the France French in 1701 , before the founding of the city of New Orleans, to protect the important trade route along Bayou St. John. After Louisiana passed to Spain Spanish control, a larger brick fort was constructed at the site of the neglected old French fortification this was known as San Juan del Bayou . Louisiana passed back to France and then to the hands of the United States . The fort was decommissioned in 1823 . From fort to amusement park The land was bought by private developers, and became a popular amusement park, known as Spanish Fort or Old Spanish Fort . It featured restaurants, a casino , a resort hotel , dancing pavilions, an alligator pond, and in its later decades amusement rides such as the Scenic railway , a roller coaster . A steam railway , and later an electric streetcar system, connected the lakeside resort with the center of the city. It was especially popular during the summer for the cooling breezes of the Lake. It was billed as the Coney Island of the U.S. South South . From about 1880 to 1908 the small iron submarine now in the collection of the Louisiana State Museum was on display here, identified as the Confederate ... A 1919 newspaper advertisement brags 14,880 people visited the Spanish Fort last Sunday there was no congestion ... fort. The city s main amusement park became Pontchartrain Beach . The site of Spanish Fort, mostly ... Vista neighborhood . Commons category Spanish Fort, New Orleans coord 30 01 24 N 90 04 59 W display ... in Louisiana Category Colonial forts in Louisiana fr Fort Saint Jean Louisiane fran aise ...   more details



  1. Spanish Fort, Texas

    Unreferenced date December 2009 Spanish Fort is an unincorporated area unincorporated town in north central Montague County, Texas Montague County , Texas , United States at the end of Farm Road 103 one mile south of the Red River. History Native Americans long used the fertile areas near the Red River for farming and hunting. Taovoyas , flying the French flag, established a fort here around 1750 to defend against Spanish incursions in the area. In 1759, the Spanish under Col. Diego Ortiz Parrilla attacked the Taovoyas fortified position, but were defeated by as many as 6000 Indians of both the Taovoyas and Comanche tribes. Anglo settlers later misnamed the area Spanish Fort after assuming that the Spanish forces had built a fortification there, rather than the Native Americans in the United States Native Americans . By 1859, Anglos began settling the area as the population of Native Americans dwindled. White settlement was encouraged across the newly formed Republic of Texas , and though Texas became a state in 1845 , European settlers kept coming to Texas for farm land. By the early 1870s, a town called Burlington had been established near present day Spanish Fort. The town was strategically ... on another Texas town of the same name. Two local men suggested the misnomer Spanish Fort after the ruins nearby. The new name was accepted, and the Spanish Fort post office opened in 1877. At its ... saloons. Spanish Fort became known as a very rough and tumble cowboy town, and at least .... The 20th Century saw Spanish Fort almost completely vanish. The post office, school, and newspapers all had closed by 1970. Even the oil boom in Nocona s North Field could not save Spanish Fort, and the town has maintained a population of around 50 ever since. Education Spanish Fort is serviced ... and had their custom made boots ready in time for them to pick up on their way back through. But Spanish Fort would suffer, as many small Texas towns did, by being bypassed by the railroad. When fencing ...   more details



  1. Spanish

    wiktionary Spanish may refer to Of or related to Spain Spanish language , the official language of Spain and most of Latin America Spanish people or Spaniards The Spanish Empire , the empire administrated by Spain from the 15th century Spanish cuisine Spanish song Spanish song , R&B song by Craig David Spanish, Ontario , a town in the Canadian province of Ontario Spanish River Ontario , a major river in Northern Ontario Liquorice , known as Spanish in Yorkshire and Lancashire Spain disambiguation disambig ar da Spansk de Spanisch es Espa ol desambiguaci n fr Espagnol homonymie ia Espaniol disambiguation it Spagnolo nl Spaans doorverwijspagina pt Espanhol sq Spanjoll simple Spanish sk panielsky ur ...   more details



  1. Spanish Formosa

    map caption Location in East Asia common languages Spanish language Spanish , Formosan languages government type Colony capital Fort Santo Domingo , Tamsui religion Roman Catholicism currency Spanish .... ref name Davidson In 1629 the Spanish set up their second base, centred around Fort San Domingo in Tamsui District Tamsui . ref name Davidson First battle with the Dutch In 1641 the Spanish had ...Infobox Former Country native name Hermosa conventional long name Spanish Formosa common name Formosa ... event start year start 1626 date start event end Surrender of Fort Santo Domingo year end 1642 ... representative2 year representative2 event1 date event1 History of Taiwan Spanish Formosa was a Spain Spanish colony established in the north of Taiwan discovered by Portugal in 1544 and known to Europeans as Formosa from 1626 to 1642. Designed to protect Spanish and Portuguese trade from interference ... fortress of the Spanish was besieged by Dutch forces, and eventually fell, giving the Dutch control ..., the Dutch gained the ability to effectively threaten Spanish trade in the region. As a counter to this threat, the Spanish decided to establish their own colony in the north of the island. The early ... but finding it unsuitable for defensive purposes, the Spanish continued westwards along the coast ... the Spanish by force. In courteous terms, the Governor of Formosa Dutch Governor Paulus Traudenius informed the Spanish governor of their intentions. quotation Sir, br I have the honor to communicate ... PAULUS TRAUDENIUS ref name Davidson The Spanish governor was not inclined to give in so easily, and replied ... he can. We are Spanish Christians and God in whom we trust is our protector. br May the Lord have ..., but the Spanish positions were well defended and the attacking troops were not able to breach the walls of the fortresses. They returned, thwarted, to the Dutch base at Fort Zeelandia Taiwan Fort Zeelandia . See also Dutch Formosa Spanish Empire References reflist DEFAULTSORT Formosa, Spanish Category ...   more details



  1. Spanish Invasion

    Spanish Invasion may refer to one of the following historical invasions by Spain Spanish colonization of the Americas Spanish Invasion of Britain 1719 Spanish invasion of Georgia Spanish invasion of Portugal 1762 Spanish invasion of New Granada Disambig ...   more details



  1. Spanish River

    Spanish River may refer to Spanish River Florida , a river in Boca Raton, Florida Spanish River Jamaica Spanish River Ontario , a major river in Northern Ontario dab de Spanish River pl Spanish River ...   more details



  1. Johnny Spanish

    Infobox criminal name Johnny Spanish image name image size image caption birth date 1890 birth place New York City, New York , United States death date Death date and age 1919 7 29 1891 1 1 death place ..., armed robber, drug dealer spouse parents children Johnny Spanish 1890 July 29, 1919 was an United ... of Spanish ruled Cuba . He became involved in labor racketeering and murder, allegedly involved in a killing at age seventeen, before organizing a crew of thugs allied with the Five Points Gang . Spanish ... robbery of a Norfolk Street saloon owned by Mersher the Strong Arm . Spanish, who had earlier boasted ..., Carl. Johnny Spanish. Encyclopedia of American Crime . 2nd ed. New York Facts On File Inc, 2001. ref In 1909, Spanish started working together with Kid Dropper Nathan Kaplan . The two soon had a falling out that culminated in a knife fight in the street They fell out because of a dispute over Spanish ... rival to death. Once he recovered, Spanish began taking over control of the Kid Jigger s Lower East ... discovered, when he returned after several months, that his girlfriend had left him for Kaplan. Spanish ... several hours later, giving birth to her baby who had three fingers shot off. ref name Sifakis Spanish ... time Kaplan was arrested for robbery. After being released from prison in 1917 Spanish rejoined Kaplan ... However Spanish and Kaplan soon began fighting again as the gang split into two separate factions, as each attempted to gain dominance over the New York s labor slugging operations. Johnny Spanish .... He was assisted by his brother Joseph, appropriately nicknamed, Joey Spanish . Yet there was too much bad blood between Spanish and the Dropper for either of them to relax. Spanish was shot and killed ... reading Downey, Patrick. Gangster City The History of the New York Underworld, 1900 1935 . Fort Lee ... Spanish, Johnny ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1890 PLACE OF BIRTH ... York DEFAULTSORT Spanish, Johnny Category 1890 births Category 1919 deaths Category 1911 crimes Category ...   more details



  1. Spanish Synagogue

    Spanish Synagogue may refer to Spanish Synagogue Prague Spanish Synagogue Venice disambig ...   more details



  1. American Spanish

    American Spanish may refer to Spanish language in the Americas Spanish language in the United States dab ...   more details



  1. Spanish school

    Spanish school may refer to the Spanish Riding School of Vienna Destreza , the Spanish school of swordsmanship disambiguation ...   more details



  1. Spanish Ranch

    Spanish Ranch may refer to Spanish Ranch, California Spanish Ranch Creek geodis ...   more details



  1. Spanish Florida

    St. Augustine from the sea. The Spanish overwhelmed the lightly defended Fort Caroline, sparing only ... known as Matanzas Inlet Matanzas . The Spanish renamed Fort Caroline Fort San Mateo. Two years later, Dominique de Gourgues recaptured the fort from the Spanish and slaughtered all of the Spanish defenders ...more footnotes date April 2011 Infobox Former Country conventional long name Spanish Florida common name Spanish Florida native name La Florida ag d continent North America region country United States ... map image map caption 1810 map of East Florida East and West Florida , the territories that formed Spanish ... common languages Spanish currency Titles and names of the first and last leaders and their deputies ... year stat year1 stat area1 stat pop1 stat year2 stat pop2 political subdiv footnotes Spanish Florida lang es La Florida refers to the Spain Spanish territory of Florida , which formed part of the Captaincy General of Cuba , the Viceroyalty of New Spain , and the Spanish Empire . Originally extending ... of the Spanish colonization of the Americas and the expansion of the Spanish Empire . Wide ..., and land to govern under the Spanish crown. Ponce de Le n probably was not the first Spaniard to reach Florida, although he was the first to do so with permission from the Spanish crown. It is likely that Spanish ships from the Caribbean were already secretly raiding Florida to capture Indian ... at first contact, and he encountered an Indian in Florida who knew some Spanish words. ref Milanich 1995. 106 10 ref Other Spanish voyages to la Florida quickly followed. Sometime in the period from ... only two months. About 150 survivors returned to Spanish settlements. ref Milanich 1995. 111 115 ref ... Spanish settlements in Mexico and Florida. After storms and delays, the expedition landed ... of Tampa Bay Milanich notes that a navigation guide used by Spanish Maritime pilot pilots ... River . The chief, Dulchanchellin, tried to enlist the Spanish as allies against his enemies, the Apalachee ...   more details



  1. Spanish Fork

    Spanish Fork may refer to Places Spanish Fork, Utah , a city Spanish Fork Canyon , containing the Spanish Fork and Soldier Creek southeast of the city Streams Spanish Fork Utah , a river that flows past the city of Spanish Fork into Utah Lake dab ...   more details



  1. British Spanish

    British Spanish or Spanish British may refer to Spain United Kingdom relations Spanish language in the United Kingdom British Spanish , British Spaniards , Spanish British , or Spanish Britons may refer to Britons in Spain Spaniards in the United Kingdom See also Latin Americans in the United Kingdom dab ...   more details



  1. AP Spanish

    AP Spanish can stand for two distinct Advanced Placement Program s provided by the College Board AP Spanish Language AP Spanish Literature disambig ...   more details



  1. Spanish Bay

    Spanish Bay can mean Spanish Bay Nova Scotia a previous name for Sydney Harbour Nova Scotia The Links at Spanish Bay a golf course at Pebble Beach The Inn at Spanish Bay a resort at Pebble Beach Disambig ...   more details



  1. Spanish Mission

    Spanish Mission may mean Spanish Colonial Revival architecture Mission Revival Style architecture List of Spanish missions Spanish Missions , institutions established by Roman Catholic Church Catholic religious order s under the auspices of the Spanish colonization of the Americas Spanish crown to convert indigenous peoples of the Americas and Asia and the History of the Philippines Philippines , which include Category Spanish missions in the Americas Spanish missions in the Americas Spanish missions in South America missions by country disambig ...   more details



  1. Uruguayan Spanish

    refimprove date August 2010 Spanish merge into Rioplatense Spanish date May 2011 Uruguayan Spanish or Uruguayan Castilian Spanish language Spanish Espa ol uruguayo o castellano uruguayo is Spanish language Castilian as spoken in Uruguay and by the Uruguayan Diaspora. Uruguayan spanish is Rioplatense Spanish rioplatense spanish but it differs with the Rioplatense Spanish rioplatense spoken in Argentina in a few words. For example, championes instead of the argentine word zapatillas . Although it is not spoken by all the population, it is used as the standard dialect in audiovisual uruguayan media. See also Languages of Uruguay Rioplatense Spanish References reflist External link http board.totaluruguay.com Expat Uruguayan Spanish Spanish variants by continent Category Spanish varieties of South America es Espa ol uruguayo ...   more details



  1. Spanish Legion

    Merge from List of Spanish Legionnaires date December 2011 refimprove date September 2011 Infobox military unit unit name Legi n Espa ola image File Emblem of the Spanish Legion.svg 200px caption Emblem of the Spanish Legion nickname Novios de la muerte Grooms of Death motto Legionarios a luchar. Legionarios ... branch Image Escudo del Ej rcito de Tierra.PNG 22px Spanish Army Army dates January 28, 1920 ... Melilla, Ceuta. battles Rif War 1920 Rif War br Spanish Civil War br Ifni War br Yugoslav Wars br ... Gun E. T..JPG thumb right 200px Light howtizer of the Legion Artillery Group File Spanish flag.jpg thumb right 200px The Spanish Legion lang es Legi n Espa ola , La Legi n or colloquially El Tercio , formerly Spanish Foreign Legion , is an elite unit of the Spanish Army and Spain s Rapid Reaction Force. Founded as the Tercio de Extranjeros Foreigners Regiment , it was originally intended as a Spanish ... and Spanish expatriates from Spanish speaking countries. History The Spanish Foreign Legion ... by the minister of war. In the 1920s the Spanish Foreign Legion s five battalions were filled primarily ... coming from the now independent Republic of Cuba . Predecessor Historically there had been a Spanish ... had decided to hand over to the Spanish government, lock, stock, and barrel, the French Foreign Legion in support of Queen Isabella s claim to the Spanish throne during the First Carlist War ... Spanish Legion until it was dissolved on 8 December 1838, when it had dropped to only 500 men. The British Legion La Legi n Brit nica of the Spanish Legion also fought during the First Carlist War. This Legion fought for the fortified bridge of Arrigorriaga on September 11, 1835 The Title of Spanish Legion The Spanish Legion was modelled on the French Foreign Legion . Its purpose was to provide ... Emperors. Organised into tercios in 1534, the Spanish infantry gained a reputation for invincibility ... This was soon abbreviated to The Tercio . In 1937 at the height of the Spanish Civil War, the name ...   more details



  1. Cuyo Spanish

    The Cuyo Spanish Espa ol Cuyano is the dialect of Spanish language Spanish that evolved in the Cuyo Province historical province of Cuyo and that is now spoken in the Argentine provinces of Mendoza Province Mendoza and San Juan Province San Juan . To a lesser extent it is also spoken in the provinces of San Luis Province San Luis and La Rioja Province La Rioja . The Cuyo Spanish shares a series of common traits with Chilean Spanish due to settlement history and commercial ties. Later on, under the Argentine Republic Rioplatense Spanish , the dialect of Buenos Aires and Uruguay influenced the Cuyo Spanish. language stub Spanish variants by continent Category Spanish varieties of South America Category Languages of Argentina es Espa ol cuyano ...   more details



  1. Spanish Texas

    to Louisiana. Aguayo then ordered the building of a new Spanish fort Los Adaes Nuestra Senora del ...  members, they chose not to attack the fort. ref name weber189 The Spanish government refused ...Texas History Spanish Texas was one of the Provincias Internas interior provinces of New Spain from 1690 ... Texas , including the land north of the Medina River Medina and Nueces River s, the Spanish did not attempt to colonize the area until after discovering evidence of the failed French colony of Fort Saint Louis Texas Fort Saint Louis in 1689. In 1690, Alonso De Le n escorted several Roman Catholic .... When native tribes resisted the Spanish presence, the missionaries returned to Mexico, abandoning Texas for the next two  decades. The Spanish returned to East Texas in 1716, establishing several missions and a presidio to maintain a buffer between Spanish Territory and the French territory ... Spanish settlement. The new town quickly became a target for raids by the Lipan Apache people Lipan Apache . The raids continued periodically for almost three decades, until in 1749 the Spanish and the Apache made peace. The peace treaty angered the enemies of the Apache and resulted in raids on Spanish ... Apache and Karankawa tribes which had continued to cause difficulties for Spanish settlers. An increase ... Salcedo. The Spanish response was brutal, and by 1820 fewer than 2000 Hispanic citizens ... history known as Mexican Texas . The Spanish left a deep mark on Texas. Their European livestock caused .... Spanish language provided the names for many of the rivers, towns, and counties that currently exist, and Spanish architectural concepts still flourish. Although Texas eventually adopted much of the Anglo American legal system, many Spanish legal practices were retained, including the concept of a homestead exemption and community property . Location Spanish Texas was a part of New Spain . On its ... back to a Spanish settlement after they survived the ill fated Narv ez expedition in Florida . De ...   more details




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