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Prickett’s Fort

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To the north stood the fort built in 1774 by Jacob Prickett. In 1777, Captain William Haymond commanded a militia company here that guarded the Monongahela Valley. In Prickett Cemetery are the graves of Colonel Zackquill Morgan and other pioneers.
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