INDIAN FORTS
CHAPTER IX
When the Indian Wars broke out it was found necessary to guard against sudden and unexpected attacks.
A system of forts was designed for this emergency.
Following is a list of these forts, also the place and date of their erection.
|
FORT NAME |
BUILT |
LOCATION / OTHER INFO |
| Fort Charles. | Erected 1667. | Bristol. |
| Frankfort. | Erected 1754 by Plymouth Company in Dresden, afterward named Fort Shirley. | |
| Frederick. | Erected 1729. | Pemaquid. |
| George. | Erected 1715. | Brunswick. |
| George. | Erected 1779. | Castine. |
| Halifax. | Erected 1754. | Three-quarters of a mile below Ticonet Falls, Winslow. |
| Hammonds | Northeast part of Arrowsick Island, next to Cross River, opposite Monseag Bay. | |
| La Tour and Alexander. | Erected 1630 | Located on River St. John. |
| Loyal. | Erected 1680. | Portland. |
| Pemaquid | Erected 1667 | Built by La Tour. |
| Penobscot or Pentagoet. | Erected 16-. | |
| Pownall. | Erected 1769. | |
| Preble. | Built at the same time as Fort Scammell, 1807-8. | House Island |
| Richmond. | Erected 1719-29 | Ancient establishment on Western side of the Kennebec, 1½ miles below Fort Frankfort, nearly opposite upper end of Swan Island. |
| Saco. | Erected 1693 | Western side of Saco river near the Falls. |
| St. George | Erected 1707 | Popham colony. |
| St. George. | Erected 1719-20 | Thomaston. |
| Scammell. So named in honor of a brave colonel in the American Revolution. |
Erected 1807-8 | House Island. |
| Shirley See Frankfort. |
Erected 1754 | |
| Western | Erected 1754 | Augusta, by proprietors of the Plymouth patent or Kennebec purchase, anciently called by the Indians, Cushnoc. |
| William Henry | Erected 1692 |
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