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Walker Township near Mifflintown in Juniata County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Fort Bigham

 
 
Fort Bigham Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Don Morfe, November 8, 2015
1. Fort Bigham Marker
Inscription. 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.
 
Erected 1947 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Forts and CastlesNative AmericansWar, French and Indian. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission series list.
 
Location. 40° 32.802′ N, 77° 21.98′ W. Marker is near Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, in Juniata County. It is in Walker Township. Memorial is at the intersection of William Penn Highway and Industrial Park Road (PA 75) on William Penn Highway. The marker is in front of the Juniata Junction Restaurant. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5841 William Penn Hwy, Mifflintown PA 17059, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Tuscarora Path (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Mexico (approx. one mile away); Walker Township Veterans Memorial Honor Roll (approx. one mile away); First White Settlement in the Juniata Valley (approx. one mile away); Col. William Patterson
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(approx. 1.1 miles away); Patterson's Fort (approx. 1.1 miles away); Port Royal (approx. 1.6 miles away); In Grateful Acknowledgement (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mifflintown.
 
Fort Bigham Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Don Morfe, November 8, 2015
2. Fort Bigham Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 19, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 603 times since then and 16 times this year. Last updated on February 28, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 19, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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