FortFallendonHistory

  Home History: == Fort Fallendon’s original name was just Fallendon. The founder of the city was Arthur Mc Fallendon. Mc Fallendon was a catholic Monk from Ireland, who lived in the 800 century. He wanted to travel around the world, but one day he came to the place were Fort Fallendon lays today and he felt that he couldn’t leave, so he build a catholic Closter for monks and nuns.The Closter got very popular, and many monks and nuns decided to move to Mc Fallendon`s Closter. They lived in peace and survived on agriculture and fishing. But in the 900 century the Vikings plundered and destroyed the Closter. After that the monks and nuns decided to build a Fort for protection. They used 27 years to finish the fort, because they had big troubles during the building process. So in 953 the fort was finished, and they changed the name of the town to Fort Fallendon. Some years after the fort was finished, people started to settle down around the fort. In 1251 it lived 1000 people in Fort Fallendon, most of the men was farmers and fishermen’s. The city was growing fast and in year 1309 it lived 2000 people in Fort Fallendon. In 1520 some people in Fort Fallendon started to trade fish and vegetables with German and Netherland commerce. And in 1537 Fort Fallendon became an official town with 6000 villagers. Fort Fallendon was a fast growing town, but in 1695 a terrible hurricane hit the city.destroyed most of the city and many people got killed and lost their homes. The population fell from 10 000 to 4000 because of the hurricane. Many years after the hurricane Fort Fallendon had problems with declining population and unemployment, but in 1779 they discovered that they could recover coal, and in 1780 the production started. Again Fort Fallendon was a fast growing city. Some years after they started the production, they build a factory. In 1923 Fort Fallendon formed a football team, FC Fallendon. Today people in Fort Fallendon are still farmers and fishermen’s, but most of the villagers work in the industry. ==