A Brief History of Fort Washington, Pennsylvania: From Farmland to Suburb

by Mary Keen, Lewis Keen, Trudy Keen

Revolutionary War historians know Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, as the site where George Washington successfully repelled the British before moving on to Valley Forge. The Fort Washington of that day featured a landscape dominated by farmland, but the beauty of the area and its proximity to burgeoning Philadelphia ensured that it would not remain rural for long.

Less than a hundred years after the crack of Patriot muskets reverberated through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596291273
• ISBN13: 9781596291270
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.8" x 9.8"