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Kittanning (Lenape Kithanink; pronounced [kitˈhaːniŋ]) was an 18th-century Native American village in the Ohio Country, located on the Allegheny River at present-day Kittanning, Pennsylvania. The village was at the western terminus of the Kittanning Path , an Indian trail that provided a route across the Alleghenies between the Ohio and ...
The Kittanning Expedition, also known as the Armstrong Expedition or the Battle of Kittanning, was a raid during the French and Indian War that led to the destruction of the American Indian village of Kittanning, which had served as a staging point for attacks by Lenape warriors against colonists in the British Province of Pennsylvania.
The Kittanning Path was a major east-west Native American trail that crossed the Allegheny Mountains barrier ridge connecting the Susquehanna River valleys in the center of Pennsylvania to the highlands of the Appalachian Plateau and thence to the western lands beyond drained by the Ohio River.
Kittanning (/ k ɪ ˈ t æ n ɪ ŋ / ki-TAN-ing) is a borough in and the county seat of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, United States. [3] It is situated 36 miles (58 km) northeast of Pittsburgh , along the east bank of the Allegheny River .
Kittanning Coal, coal seams in the Kittanning cyclothem of the Pennsylvanian Epoch; Kittanning Expedition, a raid during the French and Indian War that led to the destruction of the American Indian village of Kittanning; Kittanning Gap, a gap at the summit of Allegheny Ridge in Central Pennsylvania, United States; Kittanning Path, a major east ...
Armstrong County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.As of the 2020 census, the population was 65,558. [2] The county seat is Kittanning. [3] The county was organized on March 12, 1800, from parts of Allegheny, Westmoreland and Lycoming Counties.
Although two French and Native American war parties were sent to capture it, Fort Shirley was never attacked. The fort served as the launching site for the Kittanning Expedition in September 1756, after which it was abandoned. 1770 map of the Province of Pennsylvania showing Fort Shirley below and to the left of the map's center.
Kittanning was an 18th-century Lenape village in the Ohio Country, located on the Allegheny River at present-day Kittanning, Pennsylvania. The village was at the western terminus of the Kittanning Path, an Indian trail that provided a route across the Alleghenies between the Ohio and Susquehanna river basins.