Looking for old fort info

mazzy74

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I live where there was a fort. Supposedly benjamin Franklin surveyed the area to put a fort in around the 1750s and my neighbor lives in the building that was erected for the fort itself. I don't know where to look or even what the fort was called. All I know is it is in palo alto pa.

I would really appreciate it if anyone can come up with any more information for me since I'm not too good with having patience to search the interwebs
 

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mazzy74

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Thanks Todd. I'm gonna try to get some more info from my neighbor. I do know both of our houses were built in the 1700s. His was in the 1750s. And he did research and found it was a fort. But I will try to ind more info
 

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I have this 1759 map at home... http://www.mapsofpa.com/18thcentury/1759scull.jpg If you save it to your computer and you can zoom in better.

It shows Fort William a.k.a Fort Lebanon just below the "K" in "Berks", but then nothing north westward until Fort Augusta around current day Sunbury. Keep in mind that at the time this was in Berks County which stretched all the way out to the Susquehanna[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif].[/FONT]
 

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i live near here....will have to look into this
 

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Soop I don't know if u ever detected in pally but I recently found a couple building foundations that seemed interesting. But I dont have a good metal detector for that sort of hunting
 

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Sorry Mazzy ! I just saw this post ,
must have been the time of night you posted, I was snoring already :tongue3:

Anyway other then Lebanon outside Auburn

I have nothing on forts in Palo alto.

Not saying it couldn't have slipped through the cracks,
but am thinking this story is just a rumor.

It may have been a Block house used in times of danger, But if actually Built on Frankins orders
it would be well known.

[ Forgive My memory, There is a story of a supposed saw mill in the area
of the Pottsville Hospital, thast supplied wood for ships during the Revolution, & possibly a Block house in the area, being there was supposedly Indian attacks
there also ] Munsell's 1881 History may have the details

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but I'm not aware of Mauch Chunk being considered a part of Paley


there were only 3 forts known, that can be considered in Schuylkill county

For Franklin near Snyders

Fort Lebanon (aka Fort William or Fort Bohundy) near Auburn
http://auburnareahistoricalsociety.weebly.com/french--indian-war.html

and Fort Dietrich Snyder on top of 895

http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/1pa/1picts/frontierforts/ff6.html

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in order for me to do more research, you would neeed to trust me
that I won't jump in your grave and Claim jump your site.
and give me a Working Address.

of course if your neighbor insists it was, & is willing to open it up to
you for hunts, Go for it. Prove me & written history Wrong :thumbsup:
 

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History of Palo Alto
From 1881 Munsell's History of Schuylkill County

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I got new info. Where the house is located, is schuylkill county now. But when it was built, it was in berks county. Later they changed the county lines putting it in schuylkill county
 

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