Friday, May 07, 2010

Where In The World?

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UPDATE: Congrats to Dual Freq!  This is Fort Massac on the Ohio River in southern Illinois.  Used by the Spanish and French.  Burned.  Rebuilt on order of George Washington.  Visited by Lewis and Clark.  Site of where Aaron Burr and General Wilkinson hatched a conspiracy. 

You guys are getting good.  I’m going to have to make them harder.

(10) Comments
Posted by Owen at 1915 hrs
Military + Off-Duty + Fun With Maps

  1. Fort McHenry

    Posted by John Washburn on May 07, 2010 at 2143 hrs


  2. Nope.

    Posted by Owen on May 07, 2010 at 2232 hrs


  3. fort stanwix?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on May 07, 2010 at 2332 hrs


  4. No

    Posted by Owen on May 08, 2010 at 0711 hrs


  5. Dave Obey’s retirement home?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on May 08, 2010 at 0751 hrs


  6. It’s Fort Massac in southern Illinois, but I spent an embarrassing amount of time looking for it. Wikipedia’s coordinates are not pinpointed to the fort. Instead they point at about the middle of a forest. Thanks for the entertainment and challenge.

    Linkage:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Massac

    http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/lewisandclark/mas.htm

    http://www.dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/PARKS/R5/frmindex.htm

    http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&q=37.143889,-88.687222&ie=UTF8&ll=37.143111,-88.711853&spn=0.002788,0.009012&z=18

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on May 08, 2010 at 0834 hrs


  7. Yes!

    Posted by Owen on May 08, 2010 at 0837 hrs


  8. How do you find these locations?  What do coordinates have to do with it?  I see a picture in the post and assume you have to start searching all over the earth.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on May 08, 2010 at 2221 hrs


  9. Usually it has to do with something in the news or something I’m reading.  I like to look up the locations on Google Earth.  In this case, I was looking at Nashville because of the floods and I followed the Cumberland until it fed into the Ohio and then ran across this fort.  Then I got to read all about the fort and its history.  That’s just how my mind tends to drift.

    Posted by Owen on May 08, 2010 at 2238 hrs


  10. I would add that looking at the environment also usually helps narrow down the search.  In this case you see a body of water to the south, it’s in a temperate climate as indicated by the lush green, the trees aren’t conifers, the parking lot indicates this is a preserved fort and not abandoned, and the small size of the fort indicates an outpost - not a major fortification.  That should point you to the historic frontiers instead of a defensive point between major powers.

    Posted by Owen on May 09, 2010 at 0818 hrs


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