outpost

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Telephone Hill’s history is woven into the city’s identity, from its 1880s use as a Navy outpost to housing Alaska’s first commercial telephone company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

Founded in 1778, the luxury outpost has hosted U.S. presidents, royalty and the rich and famous who now come for golf and $3,500 executive physicals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Kronstadt is the main outpost of the Russian Navy's Baltic Fleet.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Over the weekend, Israel announced that it had recaptured the outpost, built around 1137.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

There was a Japanese outpost at Cape Torokina nearby, but our scouts thought it had only about a hundred men.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac