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Fort Halifax - PLAQUE

Fort Halifax - PLAQUE is a Pennsylvania historical marker in W side, Dauphin County, dedicated 1926.

Route 147, 1/2 mile N of Halifax, W side

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One of the chain of frontier defenses of the province of Pennsylvania in the French and Indian Wars stood 500 feet to the west. Built 1756 by its commander Colonel William Clapham.

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Historical maps covering this location

North America from the French of Mr. D'Anville, improved with the back settlements of…, 1755, covering the location of Fort Halifax - PLAQUE, with a pin at the marker's coordinates
North America from the French of Mr. D'Anville, improved with the back settlements of…, 1755, covering this location. Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.
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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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