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At the beginning of the French and Indian War, Edward Braddock's defeat left Pennsylvania without a professional military force. [1] Lenape chiefs Shingas and Captain Jacobs launched dozens of Shawnee and Delaware raids against British colonial settlements, [2] killing and capturing hundreds of colonists and destroying settlements across western and central Pennsylvania. [3]
The drivers fled in the direction of Fort Loudoun. [9] Once at the fort, the pack horse drivers pleaded with the officer in charge, Lieutenant Charles Grant of the Royal Highlanders, falsely claiming that highwaymen had destroyed the King's goods rather than admitting that they were transporting illegal trade goods. After being bribed by the ...
McDowell's Mill, often referred to as McDowell's Fort, or Fort McDowell, was a privately-built and garrisoned stockaded blockhouse, built in 1755 in Pennsylvania and fortified in early 1756 during the French and Indian War. Although it was, by all accounts, a small, poorly-built structure, it was the center of several notable events during the war.
Fort Davis - PLAQUE: June 1, 1931: on private farm, W side of Bain Rd., 1.3 mi. S of PA 995 at Welsh Run: Plaque Forts, French & Indian War, Government & Politics 18th Century, Military Fort Loudon: May 27, 1947
The community is named after the colonial Fort Loudoun, built in 1756 during the French and Indian War. [5] A replica of the fort, built in 1993, stands at the corner of US 30 and Brooklyn Road North, at the southeastern corner of the CDP. A post office called Loudon was established in 1814, and the name was changed to Fort Loudon in 1883. [6]
I'll begin with the Mount Pleasant Iron Works that was 3 miles north of Fort Loudon and was built in 1783 by by Benjamin, William and George Chambers. It was known to produce 5,000 tons of iron ...
James Smith (November 26, 1737 – April 11, 1813 [1]) was a frontiersman, farmer and soldier in British North America.In 1765, he led the "Black Boys", a group of Pennsylvania men, in a nine-month rebellion against British rule ten years before the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War.
Fort Loudoun may refer to: Fort Loudoun (Tennessee), a British colonial fort in present-day Monroe County, Tennessee, United States; Fort Loudoun (Pennsylvania), a ...