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Historic Fort Unearthed in Pa.


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About two weeks ago, archaeologist Tom Kutys thought he'd found a stone wall when he came across mortared capstones in a trench at the state park that once was the site of French and British forts. Instead, archaeologists at Point State Park believe they very well might have uncovered long-buried remnants of Fort Duquesne, Pittsburgh's original fort...

 

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I've actually visited Fort Pitt out in Uniontown but I've never seen any remnants of Fort Duquesne. It's also fair to point out before Fort Duquesne was erected George Washington built a fort in the are before it being taken by the French.

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