PITTSTON FORT
Posted by: unimoggers
N 41° 19.771 W 075° 47.251
18T E 434099 N 4575636
This is obviously not a missing marker as per the PHMC site.
Waymark Code: WMYGB
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/12/2006
Views: 40
Marker Text:
Erection begun 1772, by Connecticut proprietors. Forced to surrender to the British, July 4, 1778, and partially destroyed. Restored 1780, and used until after the end of the Revolutionary War.
Marker Name: Pittston Fort
County: Luzerne
Date Dedicated: 10/13/1947
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Pittston Ave. & Parsonage St., Pittston (Missing) NOT!!
Category: Military, American Revolution
Website: Not listed
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