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Fort Deshler, located near Egypt, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, was a French and Indian War era frontier fort established in 1760 to protect settlers from Indian attacks.〔Page 111.〕 The fort was near the location of what is now the intersection of Pennsylvania Route 145 and Chestnut Street, between Egypt and Coplay. The fort was built by Adam Deshler, who was employed during the French and Indian War furnishing provisions for provincial forces.〔Page 175〕 The fort was actually a fortified stone blockhouse, long and wide, with walls thick, that also served as Deshler's home. Adjoining the building was a large wooden building, suitable as barracks for twenty soldiers and for storing military supplies.〔Roberts, Page 111.〕 There appears to be no evidence that the fort was either garrisoned with provincial troops or served any military purpose beyond functioning as a place of refuge and rendezvous for settlers of the region.〔Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pages 174–175.〕 The fort remained in the Deshler family until 1899, at which time the building and its remaining of property were sold to the Coplay Cement Company for $100,000.〔Roberts, Page 113.〕 Historian Charles Rhoads Roberts, in his 1914 ''History of Lehigh County Pennsylvania and a Genealogical and Biographical Records of its Families'', wrote the following about Fort Deshler: Fort Deshler was not preserved, and stood in ruins until it collapsed around 1940. Its location is commemorated by a Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission marker.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 PHMC: Historical Markers Program - Fort Deshler ) 〕 ==See also== *Lehigh County Historical Society *List of Forts in the United States *Whitehall Parkway 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fort Deshler」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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