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Fort Allen (Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania)

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Fort Allen (also known as "Truby's Blockhouse") was a military structure which was built in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County in the Province of Pennsylvania by Colonel Christopher Truby of Pennsylvania's colonial militia. Erected in 1774 in response to a threatened attack by Indians upon German pioneers who had settled in the area, it became a frontier fort of Dunmore's War in 1774, and also was used as a fort during the American Revolution in which Truby also served as an officer with the Continental Army.

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Fort Allen (Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania)
Saint Johns Church Road, Hempfield Township

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N 40.27905 ° E -79.59163 °
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Saint Johns Church Road 105
15601 Hempfield Township
Pennsylvania, United States
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