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The blockhouse, Fort Cheshire, was a 2-story log fortress, constructed so as to provide a place from which to shoot, drop boiling water, and defend against the threat of fire. The blockhouse was subsequently used as a schoolhouse and remained intact until the Civil War. The fort is commemorated by a bronze plaque where the blockhouse once stood.
A Block House steak in Portugal. Block House AG is a restaurant chain based in Hamburg, Germany. Block House restaurants specialize in steaks. The chain was founded in 1968 [1] by Eugen Block and his sister Marlies Head. It currently owns 53 restaurants in Europe; 42 of which are in Germany, and the others are in Portugal, Spain and Austria. [2]
Imagined Blockhouse at Big Bottom, 1791. The Big Bottom massacre was a mass killing perpetrated by Lenape and Wyandot warriors against American settlers on January 2, 1791. The massacre occurred near present-day Stockport, Ohio.
The company built and garrisoned the blockhouse for a few weeks, but when a false alarm was sounded regarding Indians attacking the settlements, the men returned to their homes. [4] This was the only fort ever constructed in Union County, and some of the foundation is still visible today. [4] After the war ended, Alder returned to the life of a ...
Iron City Brewery circa 1919 Distinctive Iron City space-bottle.. Pittsburgh Brewing Company (formerly known as Iron City Brewing Company) is a beer company headquartered in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, best known for producing brands such as Iron City Beer, I.C. Light Beer, I.C. Light Mango, Old German, and Block House Brewing.
The St. Andrews Blockhouse is a blockhouse fortification built in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick during the War of 1812. Built by nearby residents between 1812 and 1813, [ 1 ] it was one of three blockhouses built by locals to protect the area from American raids.
The blockhouse fortress was strategically located downriver, from Cave-In-Rock, at the top of a cliff, overlooking the Ohio River, and clearly visible from the Cave-in-Rock bluff. [19] The counterfeiters' blockhouse was raided by local law enforcement and regulator/vigilantes , in 1822 and by citizen mob action, twice, in 1823, which finally ...
Blockhouse Site is a historic blockhouse located near Tryon, Polk County, North Carolina. It was built about 1756, as a dogtrot log cabin, with two rooms separated by an open passage. In 1942, the blockhouse was moved from South Carolina into North Carolina to its present site, about 300 yards from its original location.