Edited By: Ronald R. Wenning. Softbound, 172 pages, 6"x9". Fort Duquesne and Fort Pitt were at the roots of the French & Indian War in North America. The contention between Great Britain and France for the possession of the territory, now called Western Pennsylvania and the Ohio Country, began in the middle of the 18th century. The treaty of Aix la Chapelle, signed October 1st 1748, while it nominally closed the war between those two countries in Europe, did little to stop the growing competition between the two 18th century world super powers in North America; and failed to establish the boundaries between their respective colonies in America.                     

Between 1754 and 1758, the British struggle to recapture their former land possession. With General Forbes march across Pennsylvania to recapture Fort Duquesne in 1758, the French were forced from the Forks and they burned Fort Duquesne with their retreat. After securing the land previously used for Fort Duquesne, the British used this land to build Fort Pitt to further secure their quest for all the land in Ohio country previously claimed by the French. This book is that story.