Fort Nashborough
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Fort Nashborough was an 18th-century frontier stockade settlement that served as the original nucleus of what would become Nashville, Tennessee.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Nashborough canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
frontier fort
ⓘ
historic settlement ⓘ stockade ⓘ |
| associatedWithEthnicGroup |
Cherokee
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chickamauga Cherokee NERFINISHED ⓘ European-American settlers ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1779 ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | Nashville downtown riverfront coordinates ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| foundedBy |
Cumberland Compact signers
ⓘ
James Robertson NERFINISHED ⓘ John Donelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | early Cumberland settlement leadership ⓘ |
| hasFortificationType |
blockhouse
ⓘ
palisade ⓘ stockade walls ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalRole |
administrative center for early Nashville settlers
ⓘ
defensive stronghold against Native American attacks ⓘ |
| hasModernSuccessor | Nashville city center NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic site ⓘ |
| inception | 1779 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
American frontier
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cumberland River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Davidson County, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ Nashville NERFINISHED ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Francis Nash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyWaterBody | Cumberland River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalNucleusOf | Nashville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
American Revolutionary War era frontier
ⓘ
Cumberland settlements NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Donelson flotilla migration on the Cumberland River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reconstructedAs | Fort Nashborough replica ⓘ |
| reconstructionLocation | downtown Nashville riverfront ⓘ |
| reconstructionMaterial | log ⓘ |
| region | Middle Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Chickamauga Cherokee attacks
ⓘ
Cumberland Compact signing ⓘ |
| significantFor |
early history of Nashville
ⓘ
pioneer settlement in Tennessee ⓘ westward expansion ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| topicOf | local Nashville historical interpretation ⓘ |
| touristAttractionStatus | local tourist attraction (reconstructed site) ⓘ |
| usedFor |
defense
ⓘ
governance of Cumberland settlements ⓘ settlement ⓘ trade ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.