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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 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]
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: US 30 & Brooklyn Rd., ~1 mile E of Fort Loudon (Missing)
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the ...
Cowans Gap State Park is a 1,085-acre (439 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Todd Township, Fulton County and Metal Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is largely surrounded by Buchanan State Forest in Allens Valley just off Pennsylvania Route 75 near Fort Loudon .
The iron was then transported by wagon to the Cumberland Valley Railroad stations at Fort Loudon and Chambersburg for shipment. At one time the quality of iron produced here sold for $31 per ton.
Additional work was supported by the Fort Loudoun Association and the Tennessee Division of Archaeology in the 1970s and 1980s. The fort was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1965. It was moved and reconstructed above the water levels of Tellico Lake, created in 1979. It is now the focus of Fort Loudoun State Historic Park.
Built circa 1800, this historic structure is a two-story, nine-bay, fieldstone dwelling with a gable roof. It measures forty-three feet wide by twenty-five feet deep. It was built on the Mt. Pleasant Iron Works property, established in 1783. The furnace closed in 1834, and forge ceased operation in 1843.