Fort Pike State Historic Site Maps

Cypremort Point, LA

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Fort Pike State Historic Site Description

Begun in 1819 and completed in 1826, Fort Pike was named for the explorer and soldier General Zebulon Montgomery Pike (1779-1813) whose name is also attached to Pike's Peak in the Rocky Mountains. Fort Pike is the first of the Third System fortifications, a group of brick and masonry structures built between 1816 and 1867. The fort was designed to withstand attack from land or sea. Although the United States survived the War of 1812, the British destruction of our nation's capital and their attack on New Orleans emphasized the weakness of our country's defense. To prevent a foreign invasion f

Coordinates
: 29.732, -91.841
Area
: 9.6 acres (0.04 km²)
Official Link
: Fort Pike State Historic Site

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