1896 color map Pennsylvania FRONTIER FORT Kerns Block House Trucker's Slatington

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GORGEOUS 1896 full color double-page plate, a map depicting the French and Indian War Frontier Fort known as both Kern's Block House and Trucker's Fort, in the wilderness of the 1750s LEHIGH VALLEY near modern day SLATINGTON, Pennsylvania!
inv# 6762
Perfect for framing, this historic 19th-century map BEG to be hung with YOUR quality Pennsylvania or FRENCH & INDIAN WAR collection!
SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL 1896 Double
-PAGE, full color plate depicting TRUCKER'S FORT  and KERN'S BLOCK HOUSE in present-day SLATINGTON, PA. The fort is shown in relaton to late 19th-century Slatington, at the edge of LEHIGH COUNTY, Pennsylvania along the Lehigh River.
This plate is accompanied by aproximately 5 pages of text related to the history of the fort. The double page plate measures approximately 9" X 12". It is from the 1896
REPORT OF THE COMMISSION TO LOCATE THE SITE OF THE FRONTIER FORTS OF PENNSYLVANIA
, printed by the state of Pa.
th
of October the
hurricane was at Cuba, striking
somewhere on the southwestern
shore; by evening, Havana was
feeling its effects. As the storm
raged across the city and through
the night, ships were dashed to
pieces, buildings fell,
and scores of
people died. Over 150
vessels were
lost in Havana Harbor, destroyed by
waves so large they sent water as
high as the lanterns of the lighthouse
of the Moro Castle. By 11 A.M. on
October 11
th
, the hurricane’s fury
had passed, but the devastation
left in its wake was extreme. “In
the city and environs, the injury to
the buildings, trees, &c., has been
immense and many lives have been
lost,” wrote a reporter from Havana
(Anonymous, 1846 c). Of 104
ocean-going vessels in the Havana
Harbor, only 12 were without
significant injury. Nearly 50 local
coasting vessels were destroyed.
On the 5
th
of October, 1846, the
barque
Cora,
at sea in the Caribbean
off the Venezuelan coast near
Maracaibo, was the first to notice
the beginnings of the hurricane
(Redfield, 1846). From there, the
storm traveled northwestward and
strengthened as it progressed. It
passed
south
of
Jamaica,
where
the
resulting sea swell caused problems
along the eastern end of the island
(Schomburgk, 1848). The hurricane
maintained its course, and it soon
reached the Cayman Islands, where
it was quite strong. At those small
islands, the hurricane generated
a surge of fifteen feet or more,
which sent water coursing across
the entirety of Grand Cayman at
the communities of Savannah and
Newlands (Piddington, 1848).
By the 10
th
of October the
hurricane was at Cuba, striking
somewhere on the southwestern
shore; by evening, Havana was
feeling its effects. As the storm
raged across the city and through
the night, ships were dashed to
pieces, buildings fell,
and scores of
people died. Over 150
vessels were
lost in Havana Harbor, destroyed by
waves so large they sent water as
high as the lanterns of the lighthouse
of the Moro Castle. By 11 A.M. on
October 11
th
, the hurricane’s fury
had passed, but the devastation
left in its wake was extreme. “In
the city and environs, the injury to
the buildings, trees, &c., has been
immense and many lives have been
lost,” wrote a reporter from Havana
(Anonymous, 1846 c). Of 104
ocean-going vessels in the Havana
Harbor, only 12 were without
significant injury. Nearly 50 local
coasting vessels were destroyed.
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