Fort Halifax

Winslow's Historic Outpost

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  • Winslow
  • has
  • grown
  • up
  • around
  • Fort
  • Halifax
  • in
  • its
  • many,
  • many
  • incarnations.
  • Beginning
  • as
  • a
  • French
  • and
  • Indian
  • War
  • garrison
  • and
  • trading
  • post,
  • the
  • fort
  • welcomed
  • historic
  • figures
  • from
  • Benedict
  • Arnold
  • and
  • Aaron
  • Burr
  • to
  • Paul
  • Revere
  • and
  • Chief
  • Joseph
  • Orono.
  • Reduced
  • to
  • one
  • small
  • blockhouse
  • in
  • the
  • 1800s,
  • Fort
  • Halifax
  • hosted
  • archaeologists,
  • travelers,
  • artists,
  • politicians
  • and
  • students.
  • The
  • Flood
  • of
  • 1987
  • swept
  • away
  • the
  • blockhouse,
  • leaving
  • the
  • fort
  • and
  • its
  • supporters
  • to
  • fight
  • an
  • uphill
  • battle
  • for
  • reconstruction.
  • Throughout
  • varied
  • iterations,
  • uses,
  • trials
  • and
  • tribulations,
  • Fort
  • Halifax
  • has
  • remained
  • the
  • symbol
  • of
  • a
  • community.
  • Join
  • historian
  • Daniel
  • J.
  • Tortora
  • in
  • this
  • engaging
  • narrative
  • of
  • Fort
  • Halifax's
  • fight
  • for
  • survival.
  • Meet
  • the
  • famous
  • visitors
  • to
  • the
  • fort,
  • the
  • local
  • residents
  • who
  • have
  • cared
  • for
  • it
  • and
  • the
  • figures
  • who
  • have
  • kept
  • its
  • memory
  • relevant
  • and
  • its
  • future hopeful.
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