Fort Strother Site | |
 1820 map by John Coffee showing Fort Strother (located in bottom left corner) in relation to Fort Armstrong and other Cherokee towns | |
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| Nearest city | Ragland, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | 33°45′49″N 86°02′51″W / 33.76361°N 86.04750°W |
| Area | 334 acres (135 ha) |
| Built | 1813 |
| NRHP reference No. | 72001440[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 24, 1972 |
Fort Strother was a stockade fort at Ten Islands in the Mississippi Territory, in what is today St. Clair County, Alabama.[2] It was located on a bluff of the Coosa River, near the modern Neely Henry Dam in Ragland, Alabama.[3] The fort was built by General Andrew Jackson and several thousand militiamen in November 1813, during the Creek War and was named for Captain John Strother, Jackson's chief cartographer.[4]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
- ^ Harris 1977, pp. 52.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fort Strother (historical)
- ^ Smith, Jerry. "Pieces of History". Discover St. Clair. Retrieved 9 August 2020.