Searching For Fort Upper Tract : Searching For The Palisade Wall
This is the middle of day-4 of our investigation into the possibility that we may have found the lost site of the colonial-era Fort Upper Tract that was destroyed with no survivors in an Indian attack in 1758. This episode is long, but I felt it was necessary to break the video into the 3 somewhat unequal in-length videos. In his video, I do a quick search for evidence of the palisade wall. This is part 2 of 3.
Fort Upper Tract is a French and Indian War-era fort (1758) that has been lost to history. Very little is known about this fort to include its exact location and what happened to the colonial settlers and militiamen that were garrisoning the fort located deep in what was then the Virginia colony's western frontier. Two years after Colonel George Washingtons complete defeat to the French and Indians at Fort Necessity and one year after General Braddock's disastrous defeat in route to capturing Fort Duquesne along the Ohio River, Indian war parties poured out of the Ohio country and swept through the western portions of the English colonies killing and plundering with no major English or Colonial force to hold them back. Fort Upper Tract was one of many small and ineffectual forts built along the frontier under the command of Colonel Washington, many of which were attacked and lost.
This video series is the story of one of the "lost' frontier forts located in the beautiful South Branch Valley of the Potomac River in what was once the colony of Virginia but is now in the state of West Virginia. This fort was burned as was witnessed by a lone Colonial scout from a distant mountaintop. There were no survivors to tell the story and apparently, there is no written record of anyone ever going back to the fallen fort to look for bodies, bones or to determine the fate of the colonists that took shelter there. This western portion of the Virginia colony would remain a wild and dangerous place for colonists until the end of the American Revolution some 25 years later.
Todd and I have exclusive permission from the landowner to continue our explorations here. We hope to be able to create enough interest in this site so that a proper archeological investigation might be commissioned by some entity. We feel this is an important historical site and hope it will one day be recognized as such and its story is preserved for the ages.
About Aquachigger:
I enjoy metal detecting for historical items like gold coins, relics, silver coins, and other buried treasures. I also metal detect for gold and silver nuggets and even meteorites. I like to make videos that promote my choice of lifestyle that includes outdoor adventure, metal detecting, yapping, searching for river treasure, SCUBA diving, exploring abandoned places, hiking, caving, caring for animals and pets, and observing the things outdoors that often go unnoticed by most people who are not familiar with outdoor adventures and nature.
BTW, you can also catch me here, https://www.facebook.com/chiggsarmy/ ,but I may get a little edgier there. FB isn't a place for kids anyway...lol.
Affiliate links to see and purchase the gear I use:
General Gear: http://bit.ly/MetalDetectorsAndMOAR
T-Shirts: https://www.bonfire.com/store/aquachigger/
Garrett Metal Detectors: https://goo.gl/nbzDYH
Follow the ChiggsArmy!
My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aquachigger
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I hope to see you guys out there!
Видео Searching For Fort Upper Tract : Searching For The Palisade Wall канала Aquachigger
Fort Upper Tract is a French and Indian War-era fort (1758) that has been lost to history. Very little is known about this fort to include its exact location and what happened to the colonial settlers and militiamen that were garrisoning the fort located deep in what was then the Virginia colony's western frontier. Two years after Colonel George Washingtons complete defeat to the French and Indians at Fort Necessity and one year after General Braddock's disastrous defeat in route to capturing Fort Duquesne along the Ohio River, Indian war parties poured out of the Ohio country and swept through the western portions of the English colonies killing and plundering with no major English or Colonial force to hold them back. Fort Upper Tract was one of many small and ineffectual forts built along the frontier under the command of Colonel Washington, many of which were attacked and lost.
This video series is the story of one of the "lost' frontier forts located in the beautiful South Branch Valley of the Potomac River in what was once the colony of Virginia but is now in the state of West Virginia. This fort was burned as was witnessed by a lone Colonial scout from a distant mountaintop. There were no survivors to tell the story and apparently, there is no written record of anyone ever going back to the fallen fort to look for bodies, bones or to determine the fate of the colonists that took shelter there. This western portion of the Virginia colony would remain a wild and dangerous place for colonists until the end of the American Revolution some 25 years later.
Todd and I have exclusive permission from the landowner to continue our explorations here. We hope to be able to create enough interest in this site so that a proper archeological investigation might be commissioned by some entity. We feel this is an important historical site and hope it will one day be recognized as such and its story is preserved for the ages.
About Aquachigger:
I enjoy metal detecting for historical items like gold coins, relics, silver coins, and other buried treasures. I also metal detect for gold and silver nuggets and even meteorites. I like to make videos that promote my choice of lifestyle that includes outdoor adventure, metal detecting, yapping, searching for river treasure, SCUBA diving, exploring abandoned places, hiking, caving, caring for animals and pets, and observing the things outdoors that often go unnoticed by most people who are not familiar with outdoor adventures and nature.
BTW, you can also catch me here, https://www.facebook.com/chiggsarmy/ ,but I may get a little edgier there. FB isn't a place for kids anyway...lol.
Affiliate links to see and purchase the gear I use:
General Gear: http://bit.ly/MetalDetectorsAndMOAR
T-Shirts: https://www.bonfire.com/store/aquachigger/
Garrett Metal Detectors: https://goo.gl/nbzDYH
Follow the ChiggsArmy!
My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aquachigger
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aquachigger/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chiggsarmy/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BeauOuimette
I hope to see you guys out there!
Видео Searching For Fort Upper Tract : Searching For The Palisade Wall канала Aquachigger
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