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== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
The site is now occupied by the Fort Hunter Mansion and Museum. Part of Fort Hunter County Park in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania | The site is now occupied by the Fort Hunter Mansion and Museum. Part of Fort Hunter County Park in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania | ||
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'''Location:''' County Park, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. | '''Location:''' County Park, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. | ||
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Revision as of 17:49, 20 April 2012
Fort Hunter (1) (1755-1758, 1763) - A fortified settler stockade and gristmill established in 1755 during the French & Indian War by Samuel Hunter in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Garrisoned by provincial troops untill 1758. Abandoned as a fortification in 1758 but temporarly occupied during Pontiac's War in 1763.
Current Status
The site is now occupied by the Fort Hunter Mansion and Museum. Part of Fort Hunter County Park in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
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Location: County Park, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Maps & Images Lat: 40.342603 Long: -76.910133 |
Sources:
- Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 683
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Visited: 20 Apr 2012
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