Near this site stood Fort Vance, a settlers fort built during the French and Indian War era by Revolutionary War Captain Robert Vance. Robert Vance was a member of the Virginia Regiment of the Colonial Army, under the command of George Washington, . . . — — Map (db m93567) HM
Near the corner of Second Avenue and Chestnut Street there was erected, about 1776, by Captain Robert Vance of Virginia.
Pioneer settler on this site, a stockade known as Montour Bottoms or Vance Fort
This stockade was manned by Washington . . . — — Map (db m60831) HM
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The Crossroads
By 1819 a tiny village had taken root at the intersection of Beaver Indian Trail and Sharon road. It consisted of a few log cabins. Traces of old military road between Fort Pitt and Fort McIntosh (Beaver) could . . . — — Map (db m216247) HM
Designed and built in 1943 by the federal government as defense worker housing. Mooncrest residents produced armor plate, munitions, and ships at the nearby Dravo Corporation during World War II. Operated by U.S. Air Force after 1945; homes sold to . . . — — Map (db m40222) HM
Having lived the last forty-five years of her life at Robin Hill with her husband, Francis Bailey Nimick, and their six children and aware of the increasing population growth in the area in 1970, Mary Nimick graciously bequested through her will, . . . — — Map (db m163498) HM
