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Once the fort was no longer needed for protection, a community grew up around the fort site. The community was originally known as Poplar Spring but later known as Fort Dale. Fort Dale served as the county seat for Butler County from 1819 to 1822. A post office first began operating at Fort Dale in
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Captain Motley commanded infantry at Fort Dale in September 1818. Lieutenant Samuel Riddle of the U.S. Army was also stationed at Fort Dale in the fall of 1818.
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and charged residents a fee to stay in it. On March 13, 1818, members of the Ogly and Stroud families were killed by Red Stick warriors under the command of Uchee Tom in what became known as the Ogly-Stroud
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to assist in the pursuit of the Red Sticks. Fort Dale was garrisoned from April to June 1818, but some sources indicate it was garrisoned until the end of 1818. Members of the
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described the blockhouses as being built at diagonal angles. Seven days after the Ogly-Stroud
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