Fort Jesup - Misplaced Pages

(Redirected from Fort Jesup State Historic Site) United States historic place

Significant dates

Fort Jesup
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark

An army kitchen on the grounds of Fort Jesup state historic site
Fort JesupShow map of LouisianaFort JesupShow map of the United States
Location	Sabine Parish, Louisiana, United States
Nearest city	Many, Louisiana
Coordinates	31°36′41″N 93°24′3″W / 31.61139°N 93.40083°W / 31.61139; -93.40083
Area	21 acres (8.5 ha)
Built	1822
NRHP reference No.	66000381
Added to NRHP	October 15, 1966
Designated NHL	July 4, 1961

Fort Jesup, also known as Fort Jesup State Historic Site or Fort Jesup or Fort Jesup State Monument, was built in 1822, 22 miles (35 km) west of Natchitoches, Louisiana, to protect the United States border with New Spain and to return order to the Neutral Strip. Originally named Cantonment Jesup, the fort operated from 1822 until 1846. After the abandonment of the fort in 1846, the United States federal government continued to own the abandoned fort site until the privatization of the site in 1869.

History

The Neutral Strip was created after the 1803 Louisiana Purchase, from which arose a disagreement about the location of the border between the American and Spanish territories. In order to avoid a war, the two countries agreed that the land in contention would remain neutral and free of armed forces from either side. This region stretched from Sabine River to Arroyo Hondo and encompassed the land that now makes up modern Sabine Parish, Louisiana. The Neutral Strip remained devoid of government and law enforcement until the Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819 finally set the border at the Sabine River.

Zachary Taylor

Colonel (later General) Zachary Taylor—future President of the United States—established Cantonment Jesup in 1822 after Fort Seldon, a temporary headquarters for General Edmund Pendleton Gaines, was too far from the conflict zone of the Sabine River. Taylor quickly subdued the former Neutral Strip, gaining experience and popularity. The surgeon at the cantonment recorded meteorological observations. His forces, known as the Army of Observation, remained in the fort and monitored the Texas territory as it passed from Spanish to Mexican control, and finally broke away as an independent republic. In 1845, General Taylor commanded the US Army of Observation's excursion into Texas and ignited the Mexican–American War. He would eventually gain popularity from his victories that would propel his political career to the Presidency of the United States of America.

Closure

The United States won the war and gained control of Texas, rendering Fort Jesup unnecessary. Officially evacuated in 1846, the fort thereafter deteriorated. The federal government privatized it in 1869.

State Park

By the 1930s, the only remaining building at Fort Jesup was the kitchen of Enlisted Barracks 4. Residents of the nearby town of Many, Louisiana raised money to restore the building and turned the area into a park.

The site was acquired by the Louisiana Office of State Parks in 1956, and in 1961, the fort was designated a National Historic Landmark.

Since then, the kitchen has been restored and decorated with historically accurate furniture. An officer's quarters building has been reconstructed, and now serves as a museum.

The fort site is located on Louisiana Highway 6, seven miles (11 km) northeast of Many.

References

"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
Sternberg, Mary Ann (1993-06-30). The Pelican Guide to Louisiana (2 ed.). Firebird Press. p. 39. ISBN 978-0-88289-901-5.
^ National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. "Fort Jesup Historical Marker".
Frontier Army Road Terminus Bills and Resolutions, House of Representatives, 41st Congress, 1st Session, Read twice, referred to the Committee on the Public Lands, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Julian, on leave, introduced the following bill: A Bill Declaring the lands constituting the Fort Jessup military reservation in the State of Louisiana subject to homestead entry and settlement.
Patricia Heintzelman (August 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Fort Jesup" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) and Accompanying 6 photos, exterior and interior, from 1958, 1960 and undated (1.22 MB)
Fort Jesup--Cane River National Heritage Area: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary - National Park Service

External links

v t e U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Topics	Architectural style categories Contributing property Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places Keeper of the Register National Park Service Property types
Lists by state	List of U.S. National Historic Landmarks by state: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
Lists by insular areas	American Samoa Guam Minor Outlying Islands Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Virgin Islands
Lists by associated state	Federated States of Micronesia Marshall Islands Palau
Other areas	District of Columbia American Legation, Morocco
Related	National Historic Preservation Act Historic Preservation Fund List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places portal Category

Protected areas of Louisiana

Federal

National Historical Parks	Cane River Creole Jean Lafitte NHP and Preserve New Orleans Jazz
National Monuments	Poverty Point
National Marine Sanctuary	Flower Garden Banks
National Forests	Kisatchie
National wild and scenic rivers	Saline Bayou
National Wildlife Refuge System	Atchafalaya Bayou Cocodrie Bayou Sauvage Bayou Teche Big Branch Marsh Black Bayou Lake Bogue Chitto Breton Cameron Prairie Cat Island Catahoula D'Arbonne Delta East Cove Grand Cote Handy Brake Lacassine Lake Ophelia Mandalay Red River Sabine Shell Keys Tensas River Upper Ouachita

State

State Parks	Bayou Segnette Bogue Chitto Chemin-A-Haut Chicot Cypremort Point Fairview-Riverside Fontainebleau Grand Isle Hodges Gardens Jimmie Davis Lake Bistineau Lake Bruin Lake Claiborne Lake D-Arbonne Lake Fausse Pointe North Toledo Bend Palmetto Island Poverty Point Reservoir St. Bernard Sam Houston Jones South Toledo Bend Tickfaw
State Historic Sites	Audubon Centenary Fort Jesup Fort Pike Fort St. Jean Baptiste Forts Randolph & Buhlow Locust Grove Longfellow-Evangeline Los Adaes Mansfield Plaquemine Lock Port Hudson Poverty Point Rebel State Rosedown Plantation Winter Quarters
State Preservation Area	Louisiana State Arboretum
State Forests	Alexander Indian Creek
State Wildlife Refuges	Elmer's Island Marsh Island Rockefeller St. Tammany State Terrebonne Barrier Islands White Lake Wetlands
Wildlife management areas	Acadiana Conservation Corridor Atchafalaya Delta Attakapas Barataria Preserve Bayou Macon Bayou Pierre Ben Lilly Conservation Area Ben's Creek Big Colewa Bayou Big Lake Biloxi Bodcau Boeuf Bonnet Carré Spillway Buckhorn Camp Beauregard Catahoula Lake Clear Creek Dewey Wills Elbow Slough Elm Hall Esler Field Floy Ward McElroy Fort Polk Grassy Lake Hutchinson Creek Indian Bayou Jackson Bienville J. C. "Sonny" Gilbert Wildlife Management Area Joyce Lake Boeuf Lake Ramsey Savannah Little River Loggy Bayou Manchac Marsh Bayou Maurepas Swamp Old River Control Ouachita Pass A Loutre Pearl River Peason Ridge Pointe-aux-Chenes Pomme de Terre Richard K. Yancey Russell Sage Sabine Sabine Island Salvador/Timken Sandy Hollow Sherburne (See: Atchafalaya Delta) Soda Lake Spring Bayou Tangipahoa Parish School Board Thistlethwaite Three Rivers Tunica Hills Union Walnut Hill West Bay

Other

Private	Bird City Paul J. Rainey Wildlife Sanctuary
City	Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center

v t e Zachary Taylor
12th President of the United States (1849–1850)
Life	Hare Forest Farm 7th Infantry Regiment Cypress Grove Plantation Forts of Vincennes, Indiana Fort Harrison, Indiana Battle of Wild Cat Creek Credit Island Fort Johnson Fort Howard Fort Jesup Fort Snelling Fort Crawford 1st Infantry Regiment Fort Gardiner Fort Basinger Battle of Lake Okeechobee Army of Occupation Battle of Palo Alto Battle of Resaca de la Palma Battle of Monterrey Battle of Buena Vista Congressional Gold Medal 1848 United States presidential election 1848 Whig National Convention Zachary Taylor and slavery
Presidency	Inauguration of Zachary Taylor Mexican Cession State of Deseret Compromise of 1850 Washington Monument
Public image	Zachary Taylor National Cemetery Camp Taylor, Louisville Fort Zachary Taylor Historic State Park SS Zachary Taylor Taylor County, Georgia Taylor County, Iowa Taylor County, Kentucky Rough and Ready, California Taylor, Michigan Taylor Street
Family	Margaret Taylor (wife) Sarah Knox Taylor (daughter) Mary Elizabeth Bliss (daughter) Richard Taylor (son) John Taylor Wood (grandson) Zachary Taylor Wood (great-grandson) Charles Carroll Wood (great-grandson) Stuart Wood (great-great-grandson) Richard Taylor (father) Joseph Pannell Taylor (brother) Isaac Allerton Jr. (great-great-grandfather) Old Whitey (pet)
← James K. Polk Millard Fillmore → Category

Categories: