Woods Fort, Present-Day Troy, Mo.-- Part 1: Named After Zaddock Woods

From Waymarking.

In the last post I mentioned the U.S. Mounted Rangers being based at Woods Fort in 1815, present-day site of Troy, Missouri.

Woods Fort was where settlers gathered for protection from the Indians (primarily Sac and Fox Indian tribes) during the War of 1812.  It was the headquarters of Lieutenant Zachary Taylor (later U.S. president).

Troy was laid out on the site of Woods Fort in 1819.  Before whites came to the area, it was the site of an old Sac and Fox Indian camp.  The first white settlers to the area were Joseph Cottle and Zadock Woods and they built their cabins there in 1810.

--Brock-Perry