[IncPen]

Interesting, thanks for the info.

From the article:

Then, there's the George Croghan scenario.

He was an Irish fur trader working for England who moved into the Native American territories to trade furs with the Delaware tribe.

He was not born until 1718, which would mean that if built by Croghan, the fort isn't as old as presumed.

Croghan was, I think, a character mentioned in Alan Eckert's 'The Frontiersmen'. Eckert gives plenty of ink to the Iriquois in that, and even more to the Shawnee. But it's really Tecumseh and Simon Kenton's story.

If you haven't read the book (and can withstand the fact that it's a 'historical novel', if not actual fact), it's an amazing story.

[silverleaf]

http://ohiocountry.us/index.php?p=1_5_Croghan-Reappraisal

Lots of good information about George Croghan here, I havent read much about him, he is mentioned frequently in my old books about Westmoreland County PA

[muawiyah]

Simon Kenton settled down for a while with one of the Collins girls ~ wild woman Fur Shur ~ as were all her sisters.

That makes me and Simon's chillun' COUSINS!!!

Read all about him.