Fort Duquesne (Pa.)
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Name (Hebrew)
פורט דוקיין (פנסילבניה)
Name (Latin)
Fort Duquesne (Pa.)
Coordinates
-80.01094444 -80.01094444 40.44162778 40.44162778 (gooearth )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- NUCMC data from LOC, Mss. Div. for Post, C.F. Papers, 1758-1759(Fort Duquesne, Pittsburgh)
- DAH(Fort Duquesne; in western Pa. at forks of Ohio; built by French 1754; destroyed by them 1758)
- Grant, American forts, 1965(Fort Duquesne; French ft. captured by Gen. John Forbes, 1758)
Wikipedia description:
Fort Duquesne ( dew-KAYN, French: [dykɛːn]; originally called Fort Du Quesne) was a fort established by the French in 1754, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. It was later taken over by the British, and later the Americans, and developed as Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. Fort Duquesne was destroyed by the French before its British conquest during the Seven Years' War, known as the French and Indian War on the North American front. The British replaced it, building Fort Pitt between 1759 and 1761. The site of both forts is now occupied by Point State Park, where the outlines of the two forts have been laid in granite slabs.
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