Fort Venango

To assert control over the area, Fort Venango was built near this point by the British in 1760. The fort was attacked and destroyed by Indians in 1763 during Pontiac's uprising.

Marker is at the intersection of 8th Street (U.S. 322) and Elk Street, on the left when traveling west on 8th Street.

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