Fort Shirley
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IV_Warrior
N 40° 18.074 W 077° 52.449
18T E 255727 N 4465156
Located in Shirleysburg.
Waymark Code: WMEV2
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 06/13/2006
Views: 22
Marker Text:
(Actual, as shown in photo of Marker)
Built 1755-56 by George Croghan. First as a stockade and then as a major link in the frontier fort chain west of the Susquehanna. Base for the Armstrong expedition, 1756. Site on opposite knoll.
Marker Name: Fort Shirley
County: Huntingdon
Date Dedicated: 04/25/1947
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: U.S. 522 at N end Shirleysburg
Category: Military, French & Indian War, Forts
Website: Not listed
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