Kelly, Thanks for the info. I now know that they were not all on the Point. Thanks for taking the time to help me. Just got my power back so please forgive the fact that I did not respond quickly. Clare in Fla. =================== On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 17:32:21 -0700 (PDT) kelly rosendale <[email protected]> writes: > Clare - > > Ft. Necessity is about 10 miles east of Uniontown, PA > (Fayette County) - so about 50 miles south of > Pittsburgh. It was the site of the battle that set off > the French and Indian War. It has been rebuilt and is > run by the US Park Service. It's very near Nemacolin > Woodlands, site of the 84 Lumber Golf Tourney that was > on TV this past weekend. > > Ft.Ligonier sits about 50 miles east of Pittsburgh > along Rt. 30. - about 2 blocks from the square in the > tiny town of Ligonier (Westmoreland County). It too > has been rebuilt and there is a museum. > > Ft. Duquesne, and subsequently Ft. Pitt, sat at the > Point in Pittsburgh. The blockhouse and the outline of > the fort are there in a very nice park...well - not so > nice right now, since it flooded last week from Ivan. > Al's right on the button as usual about the original > fort being long gone. > > Hope this helps you with distances and placements. > > Kelly > > > Al, > > > So are you are saying that the Point was Ft. > > Duquesne; then Fort > > > Necessity, then Fort Pitt? snipped.... > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > If you need to contact the listowner, send an email to Sue* at: > [email protected] > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >