Show famous forts in Us S history by ELPIO ELMO SCOTT WATSON IU II 11 W lv calon scene of last brittle battle us the th revolution in the summer am ar of 11 1789 1 a virginia hunter came a to high bluff blaff overlooking or 1 4 the ohl ohio river and impressed by the beauty of the spot hg he took I 1 tm tomahawk possession built A rude do back and remained there for far 1 several I months Eba rever zan zane was his name and tha me next year he rc returned turned bringing with him everal of 0 hla his friends friend and ad theli their families to make a settlement when heri lord dunmore the governor of virginia decided 1 in 1774 to na malt war on 11 the me west western indiana who bad d b been em attacking the b border set settlements en he ordered dead 1 several I companies of militia 10 itt to read rendezvous render ous at the tb zane btttle ment ent and build a fort as the be base tor far hla his military operations accordingly ft typical frontier stalked blockade am was erected hen here by mj mal angus mcdonald wl with t it Lb onezer zane and john caldwell I 1 the construction and it w was as named port fort in honor becar of dunmore one me of whose titles was viscount fincastle Fin castle when Dum dunmore mores s campaign ended sure successfully scully he left a garrison of 25 Z men at fort fincastle Fin castle who held t tha h 6 post pas until june 1775 when wheat the I 1 revolution led on and broke out and the frantic frontiersmen as took possession of it for the continental or malt congress in 1777 the ian fort waa we en enlarged 1 arced and add renamed port herly henry in honor ho nor of patrick henry from that unie on oa fort henry evy saw A some stint stirring events on august 31 1777 it was g art attacked led by sod shawn shawnee wage mango and wyandot w warriors bors and our dur 1 las 19 9 this attack attach betty zero made ad 1 her famous dash across the bullet swept vi ving clearing ng to carry back ID I 1 her A apron the powder so desperately needed by the defenders of the fort again gain on september 10 1782 the radio indians ceded 11 od bv v I 1 I 1 force of british rangers from detroit swept dowid dowa upon the rit post but bar again the frontiera men beat off ob the attak this was vas virtually rl r rosily the last battle of the rev lution lotion and the war which was opened it by a shot train from a little lime tow four on the wells walls of at ran fort william and mary 1 in new hew hampshire ended with the all sharp vp crack of a frontiersman a long rifle at fort henry in west VII ali ami after the revolution the sight of fort henry w was a welcome 1 one I t to I 1 thousands of emigrants t who al floated do down the ohio in their quest tor for homes in the west for it was the a symbol hot of the conquering pioneer the outpost 0 abi white a civilization which had cut access fully withstood all the age assaults launched against it when the frontier dam were nore over the settlement filou around d tort I 1 art henry continued contained to grow and today it is the important city it A ot wheeling W V va the key to ownership of the oh ohio valley it was th the keen 1 military I ry mind of george am washington a the that bm first saw the he x I 1 importance part 1 m of the spot where the monongahela an aad 4 11 the A allegheny rivers join to f form tha ohio II 11 and it wits was at life recommendation that go governor r Dla denwiddie of virginia to in 17 ordered it red a fort fact built there them to h bold if alia h country west of the appalachians tor for the lelih hardly im had party any begun began to 11 work walk on A the far fort an was when the french appeared drove m them man away Y d demolished the crude st stoe ked kaaa a and d built on an I 1 its site atte pon fort duquesne Duque sae aimA named bahmed tor for the governor r of f canada do thus be began g an t the A great struggle b between the arc french ch and english known frenz as the file french and indian war to america and the bever yr years w war in europe and control of tim tills outpost on an the american frontier we was d destined to he be the principal factor in deciding a wit whether e ther F england gland or france was to c control the ohio valley and with it north america it we was against 91 fort Dai duquesne lesesne that general braddock braddom Brad doh abet at out 1 in 1755 on ad the expedition walh edh ended a so disastrously almost within zed ight bight of the fort and add three years yeara later late major grant and ad his highland eve ers the alarce adi ance guard of general forbes army met el a similar di disaster ter while b I 1 and before clr it but frev forbes like braddock did not at arem acom the advice of george geams washington and he reached hla his goal 1 when miam he arrived at fort duquesne reve on november 15 1758 he be found faced that hat the enemy coney b had ad lett left it a smoking making rum ruin the next year ar gen gem john rebuilt 0 the post past aud ad named it 11 fort fact patt in honor boner of the great F rif h minta letor cpr it was soon needed for in 1763 the storm form of pontiac war broke im over the he wel tere frontier and feht hen dau one british post pi lifter after an went down hater before the be scalping ipong knife and ad torch of the sv savages ug ara fort L allt alone b besieged for far 8 severa 1 w months affia held back pond pontiac em a warriors warrior from driving the angll english into the sea fen it ras raa to fort fen pitts relief that cut col henry net was mar marching calog when he won von his bril biant v victory over the a indians IA at I 1 the battle of KUD and this fort wa the ill base for III his Is later 1 P 19 1 n wad which he be smashed the me power of I 1 PW prise a during the revolution fort feet pitt was held by the americans america awl oil at ala A close im of at the we war it ban became the starting J g ap point tor or cobb it IT atia conred into the a ohio country ahmud it ft thrane pm A 9 up lip a 8 tittle little settle fita ment and ad t bodny ida th he vest great city of AT pitts patt burgh bumm marks inart in the lt of 1 fen all allt MIA k to ur me ohio valley 1 I 1 |