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1763 map of a route through southwest Pennsylvania from Fort Loudoun, Franklin County to Fort Pitt, Pittsburgh, showing the location of "Sidling Hill" near the bottom of the page. Location. The precise location of the Battle of Sideling Hill, and hence the burial site of the militia lost in the battle, has not been determined.
Doddridge's Fort was a series of stockaded log cabins in Washington County, Pennsylvania. [1] It was built c. 1773 by John Doddridge as a refuge for settlers in area, which was then the American frontier. [1] The fort was located in present-day Independence Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. [2]
The park is about 30 miles (48 km) from the city of Pittsburgh, near Hookstown. Raccoon Creek State Park is easily accessed from Pennsylvania Route 18 and U.S Routes 30 and 22 . The park offers numerous activities such as hiking, biking, cross-country skiing , camping, hunting, swimming, fishing , and boating, the last three at the 101-acre (41 ...
The Northwest Territory, also known as the Old Northwest [a] and formally known as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio, was formed from unorganized western territory of the United States after the American Revolution. Established in 1787 by the Congress of the Confederation through the Northwest Ordinance, it was the nation's first post ...
Shades Beach Park is a lake-side recreational area, beach, and marina north of Lake Road East in Harborcreek Township. Once part of the Erie County park system, control passed from the county to the township in the late 1990s. Federal, state, and county funding totaling $2.6 million provided a boat launch and other major improvements.
Fort Lyttleton, also known as Fort Littleton, was a militia stockade located in the colonial Province of Pennsylvania. Its site was about a mile from Fort Littleton, Pennsylvania, near Dublin Township, in what is now Fulton County, Pennsylvania. Active from 1755 until 1763, the stockade was initially garrisoned by 75 Pennsylvania troops but at ...
Designated. October 7, 2001. Fort Deshler, located near Egypt, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA, was a French and Indian War era frontier fort established in 1760 to protect settlers from Indian attacks. [1] The fort was near the location of what is now the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 145 and Chestnut Street, between Egypt and Coplay .
Pennsylvania is one of 13 original colonies that share a border with Canada. Pennsylvania is 180 miles (290 km) north to south and 310 miles (500 km) east to west. The total land area is 44,817 square miles (116,080 km 2 )—739,200 acres (2,991 km 2) of which are bodies of water. It is the 33rd largest state in the United States.