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Fort Tackett WV271 Print E-mail
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Picture Courtesy of Joseph K. Landis

Nearby stood Fort Tackett, destroyed by Indians, 1790. Near the fort the day before the attack, Mrs. John Young gave birth to a son, the first white child born in this valley. The Youngs and a few others escaped to Fort Lee.
WV 35 west of St. Albans, 0.2 miles north of US 60. Kanawha County West Virginia
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