The Soldiers of Fort Mackinac: An Illustrated History Colonial Michilimackinac By the late 1830s the

By the late 1830s the decline of the fur trade and acquisition of Native American lands that resulted in the creation of the state of Michigan diminished the fort's strategic value

He proposes reforms to improve the French position form the Great Lakes Basin south to the Ohio River and east to Acadia

inconsistent practices of both the church and the government regarding the brandy trade

and shortcomings of French relations with allied Native people

Fort Mackinac was home to more than 4

The Soldiers of Fort Mackinac: An Illustrated History Colonial Michilimackinac By the late 1830s theFort Mackinac was home to more than 4,500 British and U. S. soldiers between 1780 and 1895. These soldiers constructed buildings and walls, drilled on the parade ground, marched sentry beats, and performed myriad maintenance and administrative duties in support of the fort's strategic military function. That function varied greatly over the fort's 115 year history. During the first half century of its occupation the island fort protected and