This was one of a chain of forts (Fort Presque Isle, Fort LeBoeuf, Fort Machault, and Fort Duquesne) the French built to protect the Ohio Valley. The British considered the move trespassing. The Governor of Virginia, Robert Dinwiddie, ...
French Defense included Fort LeBoeuf, Fort Machault& Fort Duquesne. The line of the fort, which is protected from Erie to Pittsburgh, their route to the Ohio River. After losing the Battle of Fort Niagara in 1759, French troops burned ...