FORT SPOONS

PART 2


fort spoons
1.  Fort Snelling St. Paul, Minn.
2. Old Fort Harrison, Terre Haute, Ind.. handle engraved "MEM"
3. Fort Stanwix, 1758, Rome, NY.  back of handle engraved "Nettie 1893"
4. Fort Defiance 1794. Handle engraved  "D of U"
    5. Washington's Headquarters
6. Old fort, Fort Wayne, Ind.

fort Snelling spoon
nicely engraved image of Fort Snelling
Fort Snelling, originally , Fort Saint Anthony, was a military fort at the confluence of the Minnesota  and Mississippi Rivers in Hennepin County, Minnesota.


fort harrison spoon
Engraved image of fort Harrison
Fort Harrison, also called Fort Ben, is now an Indiana state park located in Lawrence, Indiana, and occupies part of the former site of Fort Benjamin Harrison.

fort stanwix spoon
engraved image of Fort Stanwix
a colonial fort constructed between August 26, 1758 and 1762 under British General John Stanwix, near Rome, New York.


fort defiance spoon
A beautifully engraved image of Fort Defiance
built by General "Mad" Anthony Wayne in August 1794 at the confluence of the Auglaize and Maumee rivers
the name is derived from  Charles Scott, who was leading a band of Kentucky militiamen in support of Wayne, who said: "I defy the English, Indians, and all the devils of hell to take it."

washington headquarters spoon
a nicely engraved spoon of Washington's headquarters in Newburgh, NY
a historic site  of the Hasbrouck House, the longest-serving headquarters of George Washington during the American Revolutionary War

old fort wayne spoon
Another beautifully engraved image of the old fort in Fort Wayne, Ind.



NON US FORTS

fort spoons

1. Morro Castle, Habana (now Havana), Cuba
2. Firenze , Tijuana, Mexico

morro castle havana spoon

Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro is a picturesque fortress guarding the entrance to Havana bay

fort Tijuana Mexico spoon
Fort Tijuana is a large square walled structure built in a traditional fortress style.

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