Pennamite-Yankee War — The Pennamite Yankee War (or Wars) is the name given to fighting which occurred between 1769 and 1799 between settlers from Connecticut who claimed the land along the North Branch of the Susquehanna River in the present Wyoming Valley, and… … Wikipedia
Lazarus Stewart — Captain Lazarus Stewart (July 4 1734 – July 3 1778) was an 18th century Pennsylvanian frontiersman and leader of the Paxton Boys. He achieved notoriety by leading the massacre of the Susquehannocks in 1763, and was a prominent military commander… … Wikipedia
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania — Seal … Wikipedia
Connecticut Western Reserve — Western Reserve redirects here. For other uses, see Western Reserve (disambiguation). Connecticut s land claims in the West The Connecticut Western Reserve was land claimed by Connecticut from 1662 to 1800 in the Northwest Territory in what is… … Wikipedia
List of former United States counties — This article provides an incomplete list of U.S. counties that no longer exist. They were established by a state, provincial, colonial, or territorial government. Most of these counties were created and disbanded in the 19th century; county… … Wikipedia
State cessions — The state cessions are those areas of the United States that the separate states ceded to the federal government in the late 18th and early 19th century. The cession of these lands, which for the most part lay between the Appalachian Mountains… … Wikipedia
Connecticut — This article is about the U.S. state of Connecticut. For the river, see Connecticut River. For other uses, see Connecticut (disambiguation). State of Connecticut … Wikipedia
Fort Dickinson — was a Pennamite fort with four small blockhouses, armed with four guns, manned by 100 men constructed as part of the Pennamite Wars.In 1769 Major John Durkee and his men erected Fort Durkee on the eastern bank of the Susquehanna at the town of… … Wikipedia
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania — Infobox Settlement official name = Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania nickname = The Diamond City, Flood City motto = Pattern After Us imagesize = 250px image caption = Downtown skyline seen from Giants Despair Mountain mapsize = map caption = pushpin… … Wikipedia
Wyoming Valley — This article refers to the valley region in Pennsylvania. A lesser known Wyoming Valley exists in western New York in Wyoming County, where the valley of Oatka Creek is commonly known as the Wyoming Valley and includes the villages of Wyoming and … Wikipedia
List of United States military history events — From 1776 to 2008, there have been hundreds of instances of the deployment of United States military forces abroad and domestically. The list through 1975 is based on Committee on International Relations (now known as the Committee on Foreign… … Wikipedia
