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When you visit the reconstructed fort today, you will find historical interpreters dressed in 18th century frontier clothing and involved in activities which would have been found on the Virginia frontier at the time: farming, spinning, weaving, carpentry, blacksmithing, and repairs to buildings, tools and weapons, as well as other activities. The interpreters, working as laborers and artisans in the fort, will be able to talk with you about their activities, both as they existed on the early frontier and as they developed later, when the first communities were beginning to appear.
The reconstructed fort you see today represents the original fort as it would have been found during a period of quiet. You will probably not see any militia activity, unless you are here for a special event. You will, however, find most of the weapons and equipment used by militiamen and be able to talk to interpreters who are knowledgable about militia functions and weaponry. You might even find a native interpreter at the fort, dressed as a Shawnee warrior, who can talk with you about military matters from the American Indian point of view, as well as Shawnee culture in general.
The Prickett family continued to live on the original Prickett homestead for just under two centuries: from the 1770’s until the 1960’s. About 1859, construction began on what is now referred to as the Job Prickett house, and it is this structure which still stands, a mere stone’s throw from the reconstructed fort. After visiting the fort, you might consider taking a tour of the house. To do so will be to move forward through the history of one family, and this history of the country, almost ninety years, from the eve of the American Revolution to the eve of the Civil War.
Pricketts Fort, constructed in 1774, provided a place of refuge from American Indian attack for early settlers. It was built at the confluence of Pricketts Creek and the Monongahela River within 10 miles of three major American Indian trails. The Fort, which covers a 110 by 110 foot square, was built by the community militia and is named after Captain Jacob Prickett.
Two-story blockhouses are set in the four corners of the 12-foot high log walls and were used by the Fort’s defenders as lookouts. Lining the weathered stockade walls are 14 tiny cabins, some with earthen floors, which served as shelter for the women and children. A meeting house and storehouse fill the common. There are two large gates: one double gate facing north and one smaller gate facing west.
When the threat of American Indian uprising occurred, up to 80 families from the surrounding countryside would gather at the Fort. Referred to as “forting up,” the families would stay as long as the threat existed, from days to weeks. Under cramped and primitive conditions, the settlers understood life in the Fort to be a sacrifice for survival on the dangerous frontier of the late 1700’s. Today’s Fort still speaks eloquently of that life and time.
People tell me my problems are stupid.
My problems aren’t stupid. No one knows my problems.
Shut your mouth and think before you speak.
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