Fort Ouiatenon
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Fort Ouiatenon, built in 1717, was the first fortified European settlement in what is now Indiana, United States. It was a palisade stockade with log blockhouse used as a French trading post on the Wabash River located approximately three miles southwest of modern-day West Lafayette. The name 'Ouiatenon' is a French rendering of the name in the Wea language, waayaahtanonki, meaning 'place of the whirlpool'. It was one of three French forts built during the 18th century in what was then New France, later the Northwest Territory and today the state of Indiana, the other two being Fort Miami and Fort Vincennes. A substantial French settlement grew up around the fort in the mid-18th century. It was ceded to the British and abandoned after the French and Indian War. Later, it passed into Indian hands and was destroyed in 1791 by American militia during the Northwest Indian War. It was never a U.S. fort. The original site was rediscovered in the 1960s; the archaeological site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2021.
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Location: 40.4064, -86.9639, KML, Cluster Map, Maps, 
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Battle of Tippecanoe ⓘ
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Fort Ouiatenon ⓘ
first fortified European fort in Indiana
Fort Ouiatenon blockhouse frontFort Ouiatenon blockhouse front
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Fort Ouiatenon
Ancient campfire at Fort Ouiatenon, West Lafayette, Indiana
Ancient campfire at Fort Ouiatenon, West Lafayette, Indiana
Fort Ouiatenon, West Lafayette, Indiana
View of the Wabash River from Fort Ouiatenon
Bread oven at Fort Ouiatenon
Bread oven at Fort Ouiatenon| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | 1811 | Battle of Tippecanoe | United States, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| link | page | National Register of Historic Places listed place page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | National Register of Historic Places page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | FortWiki page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | Tripadvisor page@ | Wikidata | ||
| site | fort | 1717 | Fort Ouiatenon | fort | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Fort Ouiatenon blockhouse front | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Fort Ouiatenon blockhouse front | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Fort Ouiatenon 2 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Fort Ouiatenon | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Ancient campfire at Fort Ouiatenon, West Lafayette, Indiana | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Ancient campfire at Fort Ouiatenon, West Lafayette, Indiana | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Fort Ouiatenon, West Lafayette, Indiana | Commons | ||
| commons | image | View of the Wabash River from Fort Ouiatenon | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Bread oven at Fort Ouiatenon | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Bread oven at Fort Ouiatenon | Commons | ||
