Spark's Fort (Pennsylvania) Explained

Spark's Fort was a pioneer blockhouse in Pennsylvania, erected on the southern side of the Youghiogheny River, near Burn's Ford as early as 1774.[1] It was first used as a polling place on July 8, 1776.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Sipe . Chester Hale . Fort Ligonier and its times: a history of the first English fort west of the Allegheny Mountains... . 1932. The Telegraph Press . 300 .
  2. Book: Van Voorhis. John Stogdell . The Old and New Monongahela . Nicholson, printer. Spark's Fort.. 1893. 299 .

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