Talk:Fort Hampton (Alabama)

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Did you know... that Fort Hampton was constructed by the United States Army to warn Americans to leave and keep them from illegally settling in Chickasaw territory?

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Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Vaticidalprophet (talk) 01:39, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Fort Hampton was constructed by the United States Army to warn Americans to leave and keep them from illegally settling in Chickasaw territory? Source: "...an untold number of Anglo settlers continuing to inhabit Chickasaw lands. Given the recurring settlement problem, a more fixed military presence was necessary to ensure that, once removed, settlers did not return. As a result, the United States military constructed the frontier post of Fort Hampton in the late summer and fall of 1810." Taken from page 25 of the linked pdf: [1]

Created by Dofftoubab (talk). Self-nominated at 05:17, 3 July 2021 (UTC).[reply]

Hi Dofftoubab, review follows: article created 3 July; article is of good length, well written and cited inline throughout to reliable sources (I think the post-grad thesis is reliable in this case); I didn't spot any overly close paraphrasing from the main source; hook fact is interesting, mentioned in the article and checks out to the source cited; nominator is exempt from QPQ requirements. Looks fine to me, good work on the article - Dumelow (talk) 14:11, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]