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Fort Payne

Naperville, IL , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 41° 46' 14.7", -88° 8' 42.839988"
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Near this site in 1832, a 100-foot square stockade enclosed by wooden pickets, with two blockhouses on diagonal corners, was built. Here Captain Morgan L. Payne and his company of forty-five men protected the settlers from roaming Sauk Indians during the Black Hawk War.

Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00
 
   
 
 
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