also known in French as Fort Maurepas to honor Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Maurepas from the city of Maurepas. It appeared as "Fort Bilocci" on English maps...
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First Fort Maurepas (Red River) Second Fort Maurepas (Winnipeg River) They were both named after Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas (from the...
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Maurepas may refer to: Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas, French statesman Count of Maurepas (Yvelines) Fort Maurepas, also known as Old Biloxi...
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near a replica of Fort Maurepas. The authorities had authorized John Egan to construct and operate a public wharf near this ancient fort site at the foot...
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Biloxi, with fort completion May 1, 1699; sailed for France May 4. "Fort Maurepas", Mississippi Genealogy, 2002–2008, webpage: Mgenealogy-maurepas. Online...
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years; serious attempt at settlement began with the establishment of Fort Maurepas, near modern Biloxi, Mississippi, in 1699. A colonial government soon...
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Fort Ellice Fort Garry Fort Gibraltar Fort La Reine Fort Maurepas Fort Paskoya Lower Fort Garry York Factory Fort Collinson Old Fort Providence Fort Ross...
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Iberville established the first settlement of the Louisiana colony: Fort Maurepas or Old Biloxi, at present-day Ocean Springs, Mississippi. He appointed...
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Baptiste was instrumental in founding Fort St. Charles on Lake of the Woods and in 1734 he established Fort Maurepas on the Red River. On June 6, 1736, Sioux...
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aim and finding no good sites in the delta, he built a temporary fort Fort Maurepas at Ocean Springs, Mississippi, left a garrison of 81 men, and returned...
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