Menu Expand Menu Close
Back to Top
Filter Search Expand Close Filter
Search Expand Search Close
Postcard reads 'July,4 1754 Fort Necessity - Great Meadows - July, 4 1932 Built and Commanded by Lieut. Col. George Washington. After 9 hours engagement with M. Coulon De Villiers, in command of 900 French Regulators and their Indian Allies, Washington and his 400 Virginia and S. Carolina troops capitulated and on July 4, 1754, marched out with the honors of the war. Located 10 Miles East of Uniontown, Pa. U.S. 40.'

25. Fort Necessity Postcard

IDNO:
031885
Title:
Fort Necessity Postcard
Description:
Postcard reads 'July,4 1754 Fort Necessity - Great Meadows - July, 4 1932 Built and Commanded by Lieut. Col. George Washington. After 9 hours engagement with M. Coulon De Villiers, in command of 900 French Regulators and their Indian Allies, Washington and his 400 Virginia and S. Carolina troops capitulated and on July 4, 1754, marched out with the honors of the war. Located 10 Miles East of Uniontown, Pa. U.S. 40.'

26. Fort Necessity

IDNO:
031887
Title:
Fort Necessity
Date:
ca 1930-45

27. Fort Necessity

IDNO:
031891
Title:
Fort Necessity
Date:
ca 1930-45

28. Fort Necessity

IDNO:
031894
Title:
Fort Necessity
Date:
ca 1930-45

29. 1937 Buick Coupe

IDNO:
031897
Title:
1937 Buick Coupe
Date:
ca 1930-45

30. Unidentified Children

IDNO:
031900
Title:
Unidentified Children

31. Toll House at Addison, PA

IDNO:
031908
Title:
Toll House at Addison, PA
Date:
1957/05
Marker showing site of the grave of N. Coulon de Jumonville on Route 40 near Uniontown. ' Here lie the mortal remains of N.Coulon De Jumonville who, in command of a company of thirty-three French Regulators, was surprised and killed in an engagement with Major George Washington in command of a company of forty Provincial Troops and Tannacharison, the Half King,in command of a company of friendly Indians on May 28th, 1754. This action was the first conflict at arms between the French and English for supremacy in the Mississippi Valley. Erected July 4th, 1908, under the auspices of the Centennial Celebration Committee 1904.'

32. N. Coulon De Jumonville Grave Marker

IDNO:
031930
Title:
N. Coulon De Jumonville Grave Marker
Date:
1974/09/16
Description:
Marker showing site of the grave of N. Coulon de Jumonville on Route 40 near Uniontown. ' Here lie the mortal remains of N.Coulon De Jumonville who, in command of a company of thirty-three French Regulators, was surprised and killed in an engagement with Major George Washington in command of a company of forty Provincial Troops and Tannacharison, the Half King,in command of a company of friendly Indians on May 28th, 1754. This action was the first conflict at arms between the French and English for supremacy in the Mississippi Valley. Erected July 4th, 1908, under the auspices of the Centennial Celebration Committee 1904.'
'This tablet marks the spot where Major - General Edward Braddock was buried, July 14th, 1755. His remains were removed in 1804 to the site of the present monument.'

33. Marker showing Site of General Braddock's Grave on Rt.40 near Uniontown, PA.

IDNO:
031931
Title:
Marker showing Site of General Braddock's Grave on Rt.40 near Uniontown, PA.
Description:
'This tablet marks the spot where Major - General Edward Braddock was buried, July 14th, 1755. His remains were removed in 1804 to the site of the present monument.'
'This is the cellular cofferdam inside which Dravo Corporation crews will build a concrete abutment and two of the five bays for the new $ 6.9 million Maxwell Dam in the Monongahela River, five miles above Brownsville, PA. Placement of concrete for the foundation is scheduled to begin late this month after completion of rock drilling, shooting and removal. The dam is being constructed in two stages. On the opposite bank of the river are the new high-lift Maxwell Locks, completed by Dravo the past summer.'

34. Cofferdam of Dravo Corp.

IDNO:
031932
Title:
Cofferdam of Dravo Corp.
Date:
ca. 1963
Description:
'This is the cellular cofferdam inside which Dravo Corporation crews will build a concrete abutment and two of the five bays for the new $ 6.9 million Maxwell Dam in the Monongahela River, five miles above Brownsville, PA. Placement of concrete for the foundation is scheduled to begin late this month after completion of rock drilling, shooting and removal. The dam is being constructed in two stages. On the opposite bank of the river are the new high-lift Maxwell Locks, completed by Dravo the past summer.'

35. Lake Lynn, PA. Dam

IDNO:
031933
Title:
Lake Lynn, PA. Dam
Date:
1967

36. Print 'Surrender of Fort Necessity'

IDNO:
031938
Title:
Print 'Surrender of Fort Necessity'