Fort Swatara

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Fort Swatara was a stockaded blockhouse built during the French and Indian War in what is now Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Initially a farmstead surrounded by a stockade, provincial troops occupied it in January 1756. The fort safeguarded local farms, but a number of settlers were killed by small Native American war parties. The fort was abandoned in May 1758.

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Location: 40.5667, -76.6836, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  • Fort Swatara
    French and Indian War fort in Pennsylvania, U.S
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