TABLE OF CONTENTS
Construction of Fort Necessity and Events Leading up to the Battle at Great Meadows PART II. ARCHEOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS Previous Explorations PART III. RECONSTRUCTION OF FORT NECESSITY Archeology and Reconstruction 1. Villier's Account of the Battle at Great Meadows ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Conjectural plan of Great Meadows in 1754 2. Freeman Lewis survey made in 1816 3. Map published in Jared Sparks, The Writings of George Washington, 1837 4. Map published in W. H. Lowdermilk, History of Cumberland, 1878 5. Map published in George D. Albert, The Frontier Forts of Western Pennsylvania 6. Survey made by Robert McCracken 7. Plan of Fort Necessity as developed in 1932 8. Plan of Fort Necessity as developed in 1954 9. Survey made by Harry R. Blackford, 1931 10. 1952 exploratory trenches 11. Simplified Profile Trench "A" 12. Simplified Profile Trench "B" 13. Simplified Profile Trench "E" 14. Exploratory Trench "D" inside 1932 stockade 15. Exploratory Trench "E" inside 1932 stockade 16. Location of excavations of 1931, 1952 and 1953 17. Charred remains of stockade posts 18. Second section of water-preserved post ends 19. First section of water-preserved post ends 20. Close-up of portion of first section of water-preserved post ends 21. Detailed plan of explorations in vicinity of circular stockade 22. Cross-section and plan of stockade trench 23. Typical water-preserved stockade post ends 24. Log, 13 feet long, found in bottom of inner ditch of earthworks 25. Typical cross-section through 1932 stockade 26. Cross-section (parapet conjectural) of 1754 earthworks and earthworks constructed in 1953 27. Military specimens 28. Miscellaneous objects recovered in excavations 29. View of 1932 stockade 30. View of Fort Necessity as reconstructed in 1953 and 1954 31. Possible shed-type appearance of original log storehouse 32. Probable construction of original stockade 33. Erecting stockade and log cabin in 1954 34. Erecting section of circular stockade in 1954 35. View of Fort Necessity as reconstructed in 1954 36. View of reconstructed fort
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