Fort Hunter (Pennsylvania)
Fort Hunter was a military fort located in present-day Fort Hunter, Pennsylvania.
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Fort Hunter (Pennsylvania)
40.3461° N, -76.9119° E
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Fort Hunter was a military fort located in present-day Fort Hunter, Pennsylvania. It was initially a stockaded gristmill fortified by Samuel Hunter in 1755 and later enlarged and maintained by the Province of Pennsylvania during the French and Indian War. Fort Hunter was part of a defensive line of forts built in Pennsylvania during 1755 and 1756, at the start of hostilities with the French and their allied Native Americans. It was briefly used during Pontiac's War, then abandoned in 1763.
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