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Fort Bigham

Fort Bigham is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Juniata County, dedicated 1947.

Juniata County · dedicated 1947 · William Penn Hwy. (SR 3001) at Industrial Park Rd. (PA 75), ~.8 mile NW of Mexico

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The site of this stockaded blockhouse is a few miles west in Tuscarora Valley. Built about 1754 to protect traders and settlers in this region. In 1756 it was destroyed by Indians.

8.8 miles from where Elizabeth Bailey lived in the 1770s

From one family's 77-marker roster

Maps this old were drawn largely by eye, so places on them can sit miles from where they really are. The pin is ours and marks the marker's location today.

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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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