Fort Tackett
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two-bit Joe
N 38° 23.952 W 081° 51.337
17S E 425287 N 4250455
Fort Tackett, Kanawha Co., WV
Waymark Code: WM18ZB
Location: West Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 02/27/2007
Views: 76
Nearby stood Fort Tackett, destroyed by Indians, 1790. Near the fort the day before the attack, Mrs. John Young gave birth to a son, the first white child born in this valley. The Youngs and a few others escaped to Fort Lee.
Marker Title: Fort Tackett
Marker Location: WV 35 west of St. Albans, 0.2 miles north of US 60
County or Independent City: Kanawha
Marker Program Sponsor: West Virginia Department of Archives and History 1974
Marker Number: Not listed
Web Site: Not listed
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