Lime Ridge in Columbia County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Fort Jenkins

Photographed by Don Morfe, October 11, 2015

1. Fort Jenkins Marker

Inscription. A stockaded house used as a settler's refuge was situated here on the bank overlooking the river, 1778-80, when it was destroyed by the Indians. The land was later owned by James Wilson, an author of the Constitution.

Erected 1948 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list.

Location. 41° 1.888′ N, 76° 19.576′ W. Memorial is in Lime Ridge, Pennsylvania, in Columbia County. It is on Old Berwick Road just east of Naus Way. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Bloomsburg PA 17815, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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

and in the Susquehanna Valley.

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 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Lime Ridge (approx. 1.3 miles away); The Old Stone (Methodist Episcopal) Church (approx. 2.4 miles away); Fowlersville Bridge (approx. 3 miles away); Fowlersville Covered Bridge (approx. 3 miles away); Almedia (approx. 3 miles away); Columbia County Heroes of Vietnam

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(approx. 3.2 miles away); Mainville (approx. 4½ miles away); Heimbach Park (approx. 4.6 miles away).

Photographed by Don Morfe, October 11, 2015

2. Fort Jenkins Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 24, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 931 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 24, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.