United States frontier fort system

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frontier defense system historical phenomenon military infrastructure network

The United States frontier fort system was a network of military outposts established along the expanding American frontier to protect settlers, assert federal authority, and secure territorial claims during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
U.S. frontier military system	1
United States Northwest frontier defenses	1
United States frontier fort system canonical	1
United States military frontier posts	1

Statements (86)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	frontier defense system ⓘ historical phenomenon ⓘ military infrastructure network ⓘ
administeredBy	United States War Department NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
declinedDuring	late 19th century ⓘ
developedFrom	British colonial frontier forts in North America ⓘ
documentedIn	19th-century military maps ⓘ U.S. Army frontier reports NERFINISHED ⓘ
expandedDuring	Indian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexican–American War era ⓘ post–Civil War westward expansion ⓘ
garrisonedBy	U.S. Cavalry NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Infantry NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicRegion	American frontier ⓘ Great Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Northwest NERFINISHED ⓘ Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwest United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Upper Midwest NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Fort Abercrombie NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Apache NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Atkinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Belknap NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Benton NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Boise NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Bowie NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Bridger NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Buford NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Clark NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Custer NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Davis NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Defiance NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Dodge NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Fetterman NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Gibson NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Griffin NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Harker NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Hays NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Inge NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Jesup NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Kearny NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Keogh NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Laramie NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Larned NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Leavenworth NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort McKavett NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Niobrara NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Peck NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Phil Kearny NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Pierre NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Randall NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Richardson NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Riley NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Scott NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Sill NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Snelling NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Stockton NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Sumner NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Towson NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Union Trading Post NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Vancouver NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Walla Walla NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Washita NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Yuma NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	development of frontier towns ⓘ settlement patterns in the American West ⓘ
mainFunction	assertion of federal authority ⓘ control of Native American populations ⓘ protection of settlers ⓘ protection of trade routes ⓘ securing territorial claims ⓘ support of westward expansion ⓘ
relatedTo	Indian removal policies ⓘ Manifest Destiny NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. territorial expansion ⓘ
startPoint	post-American Revolutionary War period ⓘ
status	historical ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
usedBy	United States Army ⓘ United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Harmar → partOf → United States frontier fort system ⓘ

Fort Finney → partOf → United States frontier fort system ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States military frontier posts

Fort McIntosh → partOf → United States frontier fort system ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Northwest frontier defenses

Second Fort (log and adobe structures) → partOf → United States frontier fort system ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. frontier military system