PITTSBURGH — Bouquet’s Blockhouse, a shelter for 18th-century soldiers being sniped at or overrun by warring tribes, survived Pontiac’s War and two revolutions -- the American and Industrial. It ...
WINSLOW — The country’s oldest blockhouse is getting a needed update. Construction began Thursday on a new roof for Fort Halifax, a town treasure and National Historic Landmark. The project is ...
The first settlers arrived in Blount County around 1784. Given the county’s proximity to the Cherokee capital of Chota, there were likely long hunters, trappers and traders who frequented the ...
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The sleepy Free State town of Springfontein once bustled madly during the South African War. Railway lines from Cape Town, Gqeberha (then Port Elizabeth) and East London all met here on their way to ...
MUSKEGON, Mich. (WZZM) -- Spray paint and flames from an arsonist -- those are the two biggest problems at a historic site in Muskegon County. It sits on the county's highest elevation, just around a ...
Throughout history, New York City has played an important strategic role in many historic wars. The remnants of those conflicts can be found all over the five boroughs in the form of forts, cannons, ...
Nearly five months after opening the Spokane area’s first residential building made with cross-laminated timber, developers behind the Blockhouse Life project are looking to expand the concept to ...
“Significant repairs” that need to be made on the site of a dormant fort are expected to be extremely costly. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is continuing to try and sell Fort Blockhouse in Gosport, ...
The South Blockhouse project is to receive extra funding from Hull City Council after a previous backer became ‘unable’ to provide funding. Did you know with a Digital subscription to Yorkshire Post, ...