FORT EVERETT
Posted by: unimoggers
N 40° 40.628 W 075° 48.057
18T E 432310 N 4503225
Too bad the house is long gone.
Waymark Code: WMZMK
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/25/2006
Views: 52
Marker Text:
A blockhouse, erected about 1756, stood 300 feet north of here. It was a place of refuge and defense against raids in French and Indian War days. The garrison, here, guarded the area south of Blue Mountain, between the Schuylkill and Lehigh Rivers.
Marker Name: Fort Everett
County: Lehigh
Date Dedicated: 08/21/1951
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Pa. 143 E of Lynnport
Category: Military, French & Indian War, Forts
Website: Not listed
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