FORT HYNDSHAW
Posted by: unimoggers
N 41° 05.159 W 075° 00.450
18T E 499370 N 4548302
I must say that I am shocked that I didn't post this before. I have driven by it so many times thinking that I already had. This is just BARELY in Monroe County. I haven't been able to find the one listed in Pike county (Listed as missing on PHMC.)
Waymark Code: WMZX1
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 11/27/2006
Views: 40
Marker Text:
Built in 1756 by order of the Province of Pennsylvania. Northernmost of a line of defenses erected during the French and Indian War.
Marker Name: Fort Hyndshaw
County: Monroe
Date Dedicated: 01/07/1949
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: U.S. 209 SW of Bushkill
Category: French & Indian War, Forts, Military
Website: Not listed
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