. Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis. Daniel Boone. SAINT LOUIS 15. Old Spanish Fort. STOCKADE ANT) FORT. In 1779, during- the Revolution, because of a re-port that the Commandant at Mackinac was plan-ning an attack on Saint Louis, a stockade was builtto defend the town, made of upright posts set intwo rows and filled in with earth. This defense completely surrounded the town,although extending only to the present FourthStreet, which was then woods. It had three open-ings for egress to the Commons and CommonField, and at either extremity was a fort com-manded by cannon. In the fo
. Historical and interesting places of Saint Louis. Daniel Boone. SAINT LOUIS 15. Old Spanish Fort. STOCKADE ANT) FORT. In 1779, during- the Revolution, because of a re-port that the Commandant at Mackinac was plan-ning an attack on Saint Louis, a stockade was builtto defend the town, made of upright posts set intwo rows and filled in with earth. This defense completely surrounded the town,although extending only to the present FourthStreet, which was then woods. It had three open-ings for egress to the Commons and CommonField, and at either extremity was a fort com-manded by cannon. In the following year, 1780,occurred the attack by the Indians and British,known as LAnnee du Grand Coup (year of thegreat blow). This attack led to the erection ofnew fortifications. Beginning at Second Street,was a stone tower, and westwardly of it, whereBroadway and Cherry Street intersect, a stone*Bastion, between which was another stone fort,to these were added a half dozen square or circularstone fortresses forty feet in diameter and twentyfeet high, connected with a high and sto
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