Fort Seward encampment: Cannon fired, cooking demonstrated
September 10, 2012 in The Jamestown Sun
Commands were shouted at Fort Seward Saturday more than 130 years after this site was an active military post during the American Indian wars.
Worm, sponge, load, ram, prick, prime and fire then a thunderous boom from a replica 12-pound Mountain Howitzer cannon. Continue Reading
Anticipation ran high Sunday afternoon at Fort Seward, as participants in the 43rd annual Fort Seward Wagon Train gathered to register for their 79-mile journey.
Old Glory is expected to wave in the wind again at Fort Seward sometime this summer after a series of repairs sidelined one of Jamestown’s most recognizable landmarks.
More than a dozen art students from Seoul, South Korea, got the opportunity to check out a slice of military life in the 1870s Saturday at Fort Seward. 
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