Plymouth in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Shawnee Fort

Photographed by PaulwC3, August 3, 2013

1. Shawnee Fort Marker

Inscription. Designated in 1776 by the Continental Congress as one of a series of forts protecting American colonists from attack during the Revolutionary War. Defended Connecticut settlers from those with competing claims on Wyoming Valley lands. Garrison post of Capt. Samuel Ransom’s Company, which served under Gen. George Washington. Burned in the aftermath of the Battle of Wyoming, 1778. Rebuilt; destroyed by flood, 1784. Located nearby.

Erected 2003 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1776.

Location. 41° 14.119′ N, 75° 57.678′ W. Marker is in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne County. It is on West Main Street (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles south of Coal Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 747 West Main Street, Plymouth PA 18651, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Anthracite Coal Region,

in the Wyoming Valley,

and in Greater Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Abijah Smith & Company (a few steps from this marker); Veterans and Pioneer Families Memorial (approx. half a mile away);

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Civil War Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Sephaniah Reese (approx. 0.7 miles away); World War I Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); 28th Infantry Division Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Vietnam War Memorial (approx. 0.7 miles away); Sergeant Sherwood Baker (approx. 0.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Plymouth.

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Also see . . .
1. A Plymouth Pioneer Bastion Stockade that existed during the Revolutionary War is long gone. One of the sturdy frontier forts that protected early settlers of the Wyoming Valley largely faded from memory after a flooded Susquehanna River washed it away in 1784. (Submitted on September 22, 2013, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia.)

2. Report of the Commission to Locate the Site of the Frontier Forts of Pennsylvania. (Submitted on September 22, 2013, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia.)

Photographed by PaulwC3, August 3, 2013

2. Shawnee Fort Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 22, 2013, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,548 times since then and 57 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 22, 2013, by PaulwC3 of Northern, Virginia.

Editor’s want-list for this marker. Photo of the site of Shawnee Fort "It was situated south of Plymouth in the township of the same name, on the southeast side of a roadway leading to Shawnee flats and called the Flats road. It occupied a slight rise of ground to which it gave the name Garrison Hill." • Can you help?