Fort Recovery Beachfront Villas History of Fort Recovery (retrieved 16 February 2007). However, the information may not be entirely accurate, as it refers to British soldiers even though Britain did not establish a garrison in the Territory until well after 1672. Nor did the Dutch establish a garrison, as the settlements by Jost Van Dyke and his compatriots were essentially private enterprises, with only tacit support from the Dutch West India Company. Accordingly, it is likely that these dates are mistaken, and are more likely to refer to 1723 to 1730.
