Bum Proof Stockade
Inscription
Those things [you see] inside the fort ... this shape + ... are bum [bomb] proof stockades. The outside line is heavy oak timer hewn on 3 sides ... about 10 feet high. The timber is .. set up end ways and firmly secured .... The top is first covered o
Location
AddressN35 51.538 W86 24.578
CityMurfreesboro
CountyRutherford
StateTennessee
Coordinates35.858967, -86.409633
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