Ryerson's Blockhouse

Near here stood one of three blockhouses erected by Captain James Paul's company in 1792, during the State's last troubles with the Indians. On April 17, 1792, soldiers carrying supplies from the Thomas Ryerson mill clashed with an Indian war ...

British Blockhouse - 1777

Mount Independence State Historic Site

“Blockhouses, none of them finished.” -

Lt. John Starke, Royal Navy, September 1777

After the British captured Mount Independence on July 6, 1777, their military engineers decided to build six new blockhouses to augment American-built ...

American Blockhouse – 1777

Mount Independence State Historic Site

“I have also provided timber for two Blockhouses.”

- Col. Anthony Wayne, February 4, 1777

In the summer and fall of 1776 American forces concentrated on fortifying the northern point of the rocky Mount Independence peninsula, ...

Blockhouse

This sturdy granite building is the oldest surviving structure at Fort Trumbull State Park. At the urging of President George Washington, Congress authorized funds to fortify American seaports in 1794. A French engineer, Stephen Rochefontaine, directed the fortification effort in ...

Site of Yount’s Blockhouse

In this vicinity stood the log blockhouse constructed in 1836 by George Calvert Yount, pioneer settler in Napa County. Nearby was his adobe house in 1837. And across the bridge his grist and saw mills, erected before 1845. Born in ...

Fort Blair Blockhouse

This is a replication of the blockhouse which records tell us was in the center of the encampment. The original blockhouse measured 16 feet square and was constructed of logs. It was built to store equipment and supplies. Reports indicate ...

Vance Blockhouse

Logan County, On Top of Ohio

[East Side of Marker]

Built during the War of 1812 about a mile north by an independent rifle company commanded by Joseph Vance. The two 20-foot buildings were connected with a common second story and were ...

Old Blockhouse

Here stood one of a line of

blockhouses built 1764 by

Montresor to protect the

Army of Bradstreet from

Indian massacres on march

Marker is on Portage Road south of Ferry Avenue, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Schoch Blockhouse

This pioneer refuge during the Revolutionary War era was located at a spring 30 yards south. Built on Matthias Schoch's tract about 1770 and in use until 1783.

Marker is on U.S. 522 0.3 miles east of West Main Street, on ...

Site of a Twin Blockhouse

Built about 1828 - used as a place of defense against the Indians and known as Moore's Fort in honor of its builder and owner, John Henry Moore, 1800-1880, noted Indian fighter and commander of the Texans at the Battle ...