FORTY FORT
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unimoggers
N 41° 17.114 W 075° 52.390
18T E 426882 N 4570789
I thought it was a weird name for a town until I read a little about it.
Waymark Code: WMX4W
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/01/2006
Views: 44
Marker Text:
Named for the forty Connecticut settlers of 1769. Begun in 1770. The Wyoming Massacre followed its surrender to Maj. Butler's force of British, Tories, and Indians, July 4, 1779.
Marker Name: Forty Fort
County: Luzerne
Date Dedicated: 10/13/1947
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: U.S. 11 (Wyoming Ave.) & River St., Forty Fort
Category: Military, Native American, Forts, American Revolution
Website: Not listed
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