--=======7384B84======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-5BD987E; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mac, I tease you all the time about your age but you just described the location of Ft Duquesne........... information that I've never seen in an book or magazine, indicating that you were there.............. Al At 01:59 AM 9/26/2004, you wrote: >I think that Al showed me when I was a little tot that Ft Duquesne was up >about 9th street on the Allegheny river side. Al, check that map you drew >me for my second grade project. Mac > >Al Lenkner wrote: > >>--=======6ACA3A63======= >>Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-4D246445; >>charset=us-ascii; format=flowed >>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >>Clare, >>Both were on the Point. If I recall my history correctly, the French >>built Ft Duquesne around the time of the French-Indian War which is >>called an entirely different thing in Europe but I forget which, 7 Year >>War is possible. After Braddock got his butt kicked and Washington built >>and holed up in Fort Necessity for a while, the English finally took over >>the French Fort. I believe that it was General Forbes who led the >>winning expedition. But that was even before Mac's time! >>Al --=======7384B84======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-5BD987E Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.769 / Virus Database: 516 - Release Date: 9/24/2004 --=======7384B84=======--