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3 unusual facts about Fort Morgan


Bon Secour, Alabama

The name "Bon Secour" derives from the French phrase meaning "safe harbor" due to the secluded location on the inside coast of the Fort Morgan peninsula of southern Alabama.

Fort Morgan

Fort Morgan (Colorado), a frontier military post located in present-day Fort Morgan, Colorado

George Henry Preble

This shot missed, at which time the Florida lowered her false ensign, and made directly for Fort Morgan.



see also

1st Indiana Heavy Artillery Regiment

Companies B and C at Fort Morgan; Companies H and K at Fort Gaines; Companies F and L at Fort Barrancas, Florida; Companies I and M at Fort Pickens, Florida; Companies A, E, and G at Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Company D at Port Hudson, Louisiana.

Gulf Shores, Alabama

Route 182 (Beach Boulevard) runs east-west along the shore front, while Route 180 (Fort Morgan Road) runs parallel to it, north of Little Lagoon.