Chapters: Frontier Background // The French Invasion and British Resistance // Virginia Forts // French Forts // First Pennsylvania Forts // Pennsylvania Troops // Provincial Forts in Northampton County // Provincial Forts in Berks and Lancaster Counties // Provincial Forts in Cumberland County // Fort Augusta and It's Dependencies // The British Take Over // Appendix: The Private Forts
Summary
"This book is not only about the Pa. frontier forts, but also about all the forts occupying Pa.'s soil; the French invasion and their forts and claims to Pa.; Virginia and the Ohio Company and the 3 forts they erected on Pa.'s soil; the British takeover of fort building and frontier protection of Pa.; as well as background on the Indians and their place in the regional history of the 1750s." [from the publisher]
"This book describes 131 paths with maps, history, significant points along the way, and information on approximating the course of the trails by automobile. Five appendices trace other historically significant routes such as the Forbes Road and George Washington's1753 path to Fort LeBoeuf." [from the publisher]
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1961.
Physical Description
xiii, 194 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary
"This classic study of the history of Pennsylvania's Indians, from the time of the European contact forward, was originally published in 1961. This accessible work explores the primary groups of Indian peoples most important to Pennsylvania's history-its most prevalent, primarily the Delaware or Lenni Lenape and the Susquehannock people, and the outside groups that had the largest impact upon Pennsylvania, primarily the neighboring Iroquois and refugee groups such as the Shawnee. The volume explores customs, governance, belief systems, conflict, migration, and policy, among many other topics. Sympathetic and balanced, this book has long been considered one of the best books on the Indian peoples of Pennsylvania." [from Amazon.com]
