From January 2011 Peoria Magazine "Fort Clark constructed in Peoria in 1813" by Mark L. Johnson.
Charles Ballance, in his 1870 book "The History of Peoria" described the fort as :
"This fort was a simple stockade, constructed by planting two rows of logs firmly in the ground, near each other and filling the space in between with earth. This, of course, was nit intended as a defense against artillery, of which the Indians had none.
This fort was about a hundred feet square, with a ditch along each side. It did not stand with a side to the lake, but with a corner toward it. The corner farthest from the lake was on the upper side of Water Street, near the intersection of the upper side of Water and Liberty streets, at the lower corner of Liberty and Water streets.
What was at this corner was what I suppose military men call a bastion; that is, there was a projecting corner made in the same manner as the side walls, and so constructed, as I imagine, as to accommodate a small cannon to command the ditches.
And the same had no doubt been at the opposite corner."
Well, now that you and I are completely baffled, but there you go.
--Brock-Perry
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