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== History == | == History == | ||
Built in 1778 under the direction of Lt. Colonel [[Louis Antoine Cambray-Digny]], a French engineer, who directed the construction of Fort McIntosh as chief engineer. Located near the former site of King Beaver's Town, an important Delaware native town at the junction of the Ohio River and the Beaver River. The fort was constructed as a 50-yard square stockade with four bastions. It was initially armed with one gun in each bastion, increased by 1785 to six guns total. | [[File:Fort McIntosh Plan.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Fort McIntosh Plan.]] | ||
Built in 1778 under the direction of Lt. Colonel [[Louis Antoine Cambray-Digny]], a French engineer, who directed the construction of Fort McIntosh as chief engineer. Located near the former site of King Beaver's Town, an important Delaware native town at the junction of the Ohio River and the Beaver River. The fort was constructed as a 50-yard square stockade with four bastions on a site that was 130 feet above the river. It was initially armed with one gun in each bastion, increased by 1785 to six guns total. | |||
Fort McIntosh became the first United States Army post (except for small detachments at [[West Point]] and [[Fort Pitt]]) after the end of the revolution. The first American regiment was garrisoned at Fort McIntosh between 1784 and 1785 under the command of Lt. Colonel [[Josiah Harmar]]. | Fort McIntosh became the first United States Army post (except for small detachments at [[West Point]] and [[Fort Pitt]]) after the end of the revolution. The first American regiment was garrisoned at Fort McIntosh between 1784 and 1785 under the command of Lt. Colonel [[Josiah Harmar]]. | ||
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Abandoned as a fortification in 1788 as the frontier moved further west. | Abandoned as a fortification in 1788 as the frontier moved further west. | ||
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History Built in 1778 under the direction of Lt. Colonel Louis Antoine Cambray-Digny, a French engineer, who directed the construction of Fort McIntosh as chief engineer. Located near the former site of King Beaver's Town, an important Delaware native town at the junction of the Ohio River and the Beaver River. The fort was constructed as a 50-yard square stockade with four bastions on a site that was 130 feet above the river. It was initially armed with one gun in each bastion, increased by 1785 to six guns total. Fort McIntosh became the first United States Army post (except for small detachments at West Point and Fort Pitt) after the end of the revolution. The first American regiment was garrisoned at Fort McIntosh between 1784 and 1785 under the command of Lt. Colonel Josiah Harmar. The Treaty of Fort McIntosh was signed here in January 1785. Over 400 chiefs and warriors of the Delaware, Wyandot, Chippewa and Ottawa tribes met at Fort McIntosh with the American Treaty Commissioners George Rogers Clark, Richard Butler and Arthur Lee. The tribes surrendered all future claims to the lands north of the Ohio River. This made possible the settlement of Western Pennsylvania and Northwestern Ohio. Abandoned as a fortification in 1788 as the frontier moved further west.
Current StatusSite excavated in 1974. A memorial plaza and eight assorted historical markers.
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