Fort McIntosh

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The size and shape of the fort was confirmed by the angle of the nearby foundation wall, which matches the opposite wall on the west side. The fort was very large and well built, constructed of square ...

Fort McIntosh

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Visible here are remains of stone fireplace hearths and a portion of the original footer for the south wall of the fort. Artifacts found here included USA buttons and artillery projectiles, suggesting this may have been officers' ...

Fort McIntosh

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Much forged iron was found near this site, suggesting it was the location of the blacksmith or armorer's shop. The top edge of the slope, now greatly eroded, was much wider in 1778, and would have accommodated ...

Fort McIntosh

1778 - 1788

[Left Side of Text]: First Home of the U.S. Army

After the American Revolution was won, Congress authorized formation of a small regular army for general defense. This unit, formed under Col. Josiah Harmar, was named the ...

Fort McIntosh

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Many famous names were associated with Fort McIntosh, including commanders Lachlan McIntosh, Danial Brodhead and Josiah Harmar, treaty commissioners George Rogers Clark, Richard Butler and Arthur Lee, geographer Thomas Hutchins, and presidential ancestors Richard Taylor, grandfather of ...

Fort McIntosh

Fort McIntosh, 1778-1788, built by General Lachlan McIntosh's continentals of the 8th Pennsylvania and 13th Virginia, veterans of Saratoga, Brandywine, Germantown, and Valley Forge, and Virginia Militia, was the first fort built north of the Ohio by the United States. ...

Fort McIntosh

1778 — • — 1916

This Marks the Site of

Fort McIntosh

First United States Military Fort

On the north side of the Ohio River

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Erected by

The Fort McIntosh Chapter

Daughters of the American Revolution

of Beaver County, ...

Fort McIntosh Site

1778 - 1788

This marks the western boundary of Fort McIntosh,

erected here in 1778 in defense of the western frontier.

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Following the Revolutionary War, a treaty with the

Native Americans was drawn at Fort ...

Treaty of Fort McIntosh Boundary Line

In 1785, American Indian tribal leaders from the Chippewa, Delaware, Ottawa, and Wyandot met with representatives sent by the United States Congress to sign the controversial Treaty of Fort McIntosh. The treaty surrendered control of Native American lands in southern ...