Ohio's Mysteries: The Old Stone Fort

nbc4i.com ^ | July 23, 2012 | Anon

[Pharmboy]

I spent 4 years in Ohio and never knew about this.

[max americana]

Wait until the History Channel gets a hold of this...they’ll make a 1-hour program dedicated to aliens landing in Ohio and building the fort.

[Pharmboy]

The RevWar/Colonial History/General Washington ping list...

[Hegemony Cricket]

14 square feet inside? Wow, how thick are those walls? Or did they really me 14 feet square?

[Hegemony Cricket]

14 square feet inside? Wow, how thick are those walls? Or did they really mean 14 feet square?

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

My first thought was - doesn’t look like a fort.

[Sacajaweau]

I have a good idea....but I have to look up the map and name.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Bttt

[Pharmboy]

Well, they found remains of the stockade, so I imagine that’s what’s driving the ‘fort’ designation. It does have gun ports...I guess that’s why it’s a mystery.

[Jonty30]

How is this gentleman, who is thought to be the builder, French Canadian?

He may have been French, but he certainly wasn’t Canadian. :)

[Engraved-on-His-hands]

Interesting. Thanks for posting.

[AD from SpringBay]

Whoever built that fort didn’t build it.

[NativeSon]

They can relocate it to my yard and the mystery will be solved- it will be my Man Cave

[Inyo-Mono]

Looks to me to be what they used to call an “Indian House,” where a family could retreat to during an Indian raid. One of my ancestors built one near his log home in the wilds of western Virginia in the 1780s.

[Pharmboy]

Ding ding ding!! We have a winner! Post o’ the day!!

[The Working Man]

I’m sure this will get me thrown out of the “Aliens Built it” Fan Club. But when I saw the picture it reminded me of some of the stone buildings the Vikings built in Greenland.

I’m sure though that when it comes to field stone buildings there are really only a couple of ways to build them. So they would all look similar after awhile.

[Sacajaweau]

More like a trading post....I’d say French....They had a whole line of forts along the Ohio

[Rebelbase]

There’s an 1750’s stone/brick house north of Winston-Salem, NC built when the area was still subject to Indian attacks. There are several gun ports built into the walls.

This one was probably as much fort as it was trading house.

[NativeSon]

Had them in PA as well, near water crossings. People would trade and the door(s) could be secured and trade conducted through a small port that was smaller than a window.

Booze and manufactured items plus food to trade for skins, pelts, etc. The buildings could be buttoned down if things got ugly.

[Pharmboy]

I think you guys nailed it...