Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Imba yakavakwa mumatanho kutanga pane imwe nguva pakati pa1818 na1826. Nzvimbo yokumashure yeimba iyo Joseph Campbell akatengesa kuna Henry Knox Thatcher muna 1832 zvimwe yakavakwa panguva iyoyo; Campbell akavaka imba huru pakati pa 1826 na 1832. Thatcher, muzukuru womukuru mukuru wehondo yeAmerica yeRusununguko Henry Knox, akabatira muUnited States Navy kwemakore anopfuura 50, achikwira kusvika pachinzvimbo chemauto. Nguva yake yaakashanda zvakanyanya yaive panguva yeAmerican Civil War, kwaaitungamira zvikwata zvaiita basa rekukomba zviteshi zveConfederate, uye akatungamira zviitiko zvengarava muFirst neChipiri
Hondo dzeFort Fisher.