Fort Allen (Carbon County, Pennsylvania)
| Fort Allen | |
|---|---|
| Franklin Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania (near Weissport, Pennsylvania) | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Military fort |
| Controlled by | Borough of Weissport |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 40°49′46″N 75°42′10″W / 40.82938°N 75.70281°W |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1756 |
| In use | 1756-1780 |
| Battles/wars | French and Indian War Pontiac's War American Revolutionary War |
| Garrison information | |
| Past commanders | Captain Isaac Wayne Captain Charles Foulk Captain George Reynolds Captain Jacob Orndt Captain John Bull |
| Garrison | 15-75 men plus officers |
Fort Allen was a military structure built in Franklin Township (in what is now Weissport), in Carbon County, Pennsylvania in 1756. It was first of several frontier defenses erected by Benjamin Franklin for the Province of Pennsylvania during the French and Indian War. The garrison was rarely more than fifty men, and the fort never saw combat, however it became a center of contact and trade with Native Americans and served as a stopping point for Indians traveling to and from Bethlehem, Easton and Philadelphia. It was abandoned in 1761 near the end of the French and Indian War, and briefly reoccupied during Pontiac's War and again during the American Revolutionary War.: 224