The fort was constructed in 1850 and was abandoned three years later. What we experience today is a replica built between 1962 and 1964. The fort was rectangular in form, with two sides composed of buildings and two of a vertical log stockade. At one corner was a single blockhouse with a cantilevered second floor.
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