Fort Likens
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fort-likens-270-2396689
title:
Fort Likens
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Fort Likens was a temporary stockade fort built in 1838 in present-day Cherokee County, Alabama. The fort was used to house soldiers who participated in the Cherokee removal. After the Treaty of New Echota, the Cherokee were given two years to voluntarily relocate from their traditional homeland in the southeastern United States to Indian Territory. In 1838, the remaining Cherokees became subject to forcible removal. To assist in the removal process, the United States Army constructed thirty-thr
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United States historic site in Alabama
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Likens
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2023-09-16T19:43:51Z
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