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In 1755, during the French and Indian War, marauding Indians allied with the French attacked European settlers along the Blue Mountains of Pennsylvania. Several of these attacks occurred near the Swatara Gap area. Peter Hedrick and other Swatara Gap area settlers fortified Hedrick's farmstead by building a log-walled stockade around the structure. This was the beginning of Fort Swatara.On January 25, 1756, Captain Frederick Smith and a company of 50 militiamen received orders from Robert Hunter Morris, deputy governor of Colonial Pennsylvania, to take posts at Swatara Gap. Capt. Smith's orders were to occupy the existing fortification at Hedrick's farmstead and reinforce it if necessary. Smith's troops erected a military-style log blockhouse and magazine shed for ammunition storage and sur

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  • Fort Swatara (en)
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  • In 1755, during the French and Indian War, marauding Indians allied with the French attacked European settlers along the Blue Mountains of Pennsylvania. Several of these attacks occurred near the Swatara Gap area. Peter Hedrick and other Swatara Gap area settlers fortified Hedrick's farmstead by building a log-walled stockade around the structure. This was the beginning of Fort Swatara.On January 25, 1756, Captain Frederick Smith and a company of 50 militiamen received orders from Robert Hunter Morris, deputy governor of Colonial Pennsylvania, to take posts at Swatara Gap. Capt. Smith's orders were to occupy the existing fortification at Hedrick's farmstead and reinforce it if necessary. Smith's troops erected a military-style log blockhouse and magazine shed for ammunition storage and sur (en)
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  • Also known as Smith’s Fort. (en)
  • Fort Swatara (en)
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  • Fort Swatara (en)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fort_Swatara_-_Pennsylvania_Historical_Marker.jpg
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  • Completely destroyed. (en)
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  • Fort Swatara prevented marauding Indian raids from progressing to the more populated areas in what is now Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. (en)
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  • Colonial Pennsylvania militia forces (en)
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  • United States (en)
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  • Abandoned in 1758 – materials likely pillaged by local European settlers. (en)
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  • Colonial Pennsylvania militia forces. (en)
location
  • Along Fort Swatara Drive about one-and-a-half miles north of Lickdale, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. (en)
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  • Also known as Smith’s Fort. (en)
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  • USA Pennsylvania#USA (en)
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  • Location of Fort Swatara (en)
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  • 40.56666666666667 -76.6836111111111
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  • In 1755, during the French and Indian War, marauding Indians allied with the French attacked European settlers along the Blue Mountains of Pennsylvania. Several of these attacks occurred near the Swatara Gap area. Peter Hedrick and other Swatara Gap area settlers fortified Hedrick's farmstead by building a log-walled stockade around the structure. This was the beginning of Fort Swatara.On January 25, 1756, Captain Frederick Smith and a company of 50 militiamen received orders from Robert Hunter Morris, deputy governor of Colonial Pennsylvania, to take posts at Swatara Gap. Capt. Smith's orders were to occupy the existing fortification at Hedrick's farmstead and reinforce it if necessary. Smith's troops erected a military-style log blockhouse and magazine shed for ammunition storage and surrounded the structures with a sturdy log stockade. (en)
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  • Logs and roughly sawed wood boards. (en)
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  • Captain Frederick Smith, Captain Christian Bussey, Lieutenant Phillip Martzloff, Samuel Weiser and Lieutenant Samuel Allen. (en)
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  • 1755 (Rebuilt by the Colonial Pennsylvania militia forces in 1756)
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