Battle of New Orleans.

Thursday, May 3, 2018

Fort Cap au Gris-- Part 2


From Legends of America.

**  Also called Fort Independence.

**  Eighteen miles east of Troy.

**  The small town of Cap au Gris grew up around the fort.

**  Officially laid out inj 1845.

**  By 1876, the arrival of railroads caused the town to disappear.

--Brock-Perry


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