Fort Pike

ID: 5933 ~ Source: National Parks Service
https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/AssetDetail?assetID=8037cbec-19ee-4c8f-abaa-d7ec61fd6d09 ~ Creator: National Register of Historic Places Collection
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Black and white aerial view of a quarter circle shaped fort and the surrounding area with roads and trees.
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By Kalie A. Rhodes & Kathryn O'Dwyer, Editor
In 1819, President James Monroe commissioned Fort Pike’s construction alongside six other forts on the Louisiana coast. [2] Originally known as Fort Petites Coquilles, Monroe commissioned the fort…