Fort St. Pierre Site - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Fort St. Pierre Site - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Fort St. Pierre was a colonial French fortified outpost on the Yazoo River in what is now Warren County, Mississippi. Also known as Fort St. Claude and the Yazoo Post, it was established in 1719 and served as the northernmost outpost of French Louisiana. It was destroyed in 1729 by Native Americans and was not rebuilt. Its location, north of Vicksburg on the east bank of the river, was discovered by archaeologists in the 1970s, and was given the Smithsonian trinomial 23-M-5. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2000.Ian W. Brown and Mark R. Barnes (December 19, 1997) , National Park Service and thumb| Read more on Wikipedia
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