Fort Gaines -- Fort Gaines SHS, Dauphin Island AL
N 30° 14.926 W 088° 04.581
16R E 396445 N 3346841
The AL Historic marker in front of Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island
Waymark Code: WMNE2M
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 02/25/2015
Views: 9
This historic marker was erected in 1957. It stands outside of the entrance to the Fort Gaines State Historic Site on Dauphin Island AL.
The marker reads as follows:
"FORT GAINES
Established in 1821 for defense of Mobile Bay and named in honor of General Edmund Pendleton Gaines, 1777-1849 who played an important part in early Alabama History and while Commandant of Fort Stoddard captured Aaron Burr near McIntosh in February 1807.
Erected 1957 by Alabama Society Daughters of the American Colonists."
Marker Name: Fort Gaines
Marker Type: Rural Roadside
Addtional Information::
in the parking lot for Fort Gaines
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1957
Marker Number: Not listed
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