Jim Lane's Fort or Fort Jim Lane

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Jim Lane's Fort, sometimes called Fort Jim Lane, was built in August 1856, in Holton, Kansas, United States. It was named to honor free-state leader James H. Lane, who helped organize the settlement of several towns in northeast Kansas Territory, including Holton. Holton was settled by about fifty free-state settlers at the time the fort was built. The fort, built to serve as a place of refuge for the townspeople, was built of logs. It measured by ."The Church Is Our Past and Future" (Holton, Kansas: St. Dominic Church, n.d.), p. 1.Martha M. Beck, "Holton's Colorful History," The Holton Recorder, November 2, 1950, p. 4.Mary M. Allard, Holton, Kansas, 1856-1970 (Holton: The Bookman Club, 1970), p. 4. Read more on Wikipedia

type: military structure
date from: 1856

Source: en.wikipedia.org