Show famous forts in U S history by SCOTT WATSON S D western union scene of last battle in the revolution in the summer sut unter of 1700 1709 it virginia haupter came to a high bluff overlooking the ohio river and impressed buttressed by the lie of tile the spot lie took attoma domn hawk possession built a rude shuck shack and remained there for several severn I 1 mouths ebenezer Ebe hezer zone zane wits lit s name and tile tha next year lie returned bringing with him several of tits his friends and their fu families to make inako a settlement when lord dunmore the governor of virginia decided dec tiled in 1774 to make war on the western indians who hud had been attaching tile the border settlements lie ordered several companies of ml litia to rendezvous tit nt tile the anno settlement and build a fort MS its the base for ills his military operations accordingly n typical frontier stockade was erect ed here by maj angus mcdonald Mc Donnld with ebenezer anno tin and john cald well supervising the construction anti it was named fort Finc ustle in honor of dunmore one of whose titles was NIs viscount count ln castle when Dun Dunmore inores 8 campaign ended successfully lie left it garrison of 25 men tit nt fort who held the tha post until june 1775 when the alevo lution broke out and tile the frontiersmen took possession of it for the continental congress in 1777 the fort was wag enlarged and renamed fort fo rt henry in honor of patrick henry from that time on oil fort hear glenry i y saw some stirring events on august artigu st 31 1777 it was attacked by shawnee mingo and wyandot warriors arr fors and 1 during I it r tills aids attack betty anno made tier hop famous dash across the bullets bullet s swept ept clearing to carry back in her 11 apron ron the powder so RO desperately needed hy by the defenders of the lie fort again on september 10 1782 the indians indian aided by a force of british rangers from detroit swept down upon the post but again the front frontiersmen lers bent beat on off tile the tit attack tack this was virtually the last battle of the revo crevoi lution arid the war var which was opened by a shot from a little four on the walls of fort william and alar mary in new hampshire ended with the me sharp crack of a frontiers mans long rifle tat at fort henry in west virginia after the revolution the sight of fort henry was a welcome one to thousands of emigrants who floated down tile the ohio in their quest tor for homes in the west for it wits was tile symbol of the conquering pioneer the outpost of white civilization which had success fully withstood nil all the savage assaults ass nulta launched against it when the frontier days were over the settlement around fort henry continued to grow and today it Is the important city of wheeling W vu va |