The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-02-01
FORT NECESSITY
To Be Preserved and Made Into
A Park.
One OF Fayette's Representatives in the
Pennsylvania Legislature Introduces
Bill to Arrange for the Permanent
Preservation Of the Famous Spot
Where Washington Fought.
Connellsville News.

Connellsville News
smelling vine about the bill intro
duced last Thursday in the lower
house by L. Robb Deyarmon, of Fay
cite county, and those good old folks
who love to reveal in the early history
of Pennsylvania will find much in
the measure to approve and talk
about. The author Of the bill is dis
Of the editors of the Uniontown Gen
ius OF Liberty and has distinct taste
for literature. He has had consider
able experience in legislation and serv-
ed in the house years ago. He was 10
the past colleague of Thos. B.
Schnatterly. who served Fayette
county for years in both branches Of
the assembly, but who on account OF
physical infirmities is now an inmate
of one of the Pittsbuig hospitals.
Mr.. Deyarmon's bill is entitled San
act providing for the acquisition by
the state of certain grounds at Fort
Necessity, Fayette county, and max
ing an appropriation therefor. +"
The people of Fayette county have
always been proud of Fort Necessity,
and few visitors to Fayette county are
content to leave the community with
out having visited the historic spot.
Fort Necessity is the site of Gen.
George Washington's first battle in
the French and Indian war. The
fort was necessary to Gen. Washing
ton at the time, hence the name OF
the site. In history it ranges in i'm
portance with Valley Forge and Fort
Duquesne. The site at Valley Forge
has become the property of the state,
and Fort Duquesne is held in sacred
memory.
Gen. Washington fought the battle
at Fort Necessity on July 3, 1865.
The fort and the intrenchments,
which are adjacent, are thought to
embrace about 80 acres of ground,
located in the mountainous regions of
Fayette. No special efforts have been
made to preserve the fort, but no eff
fort has been made to destroy the evil
dences of the early conflict there, and
the entertainments are yet distinctly
marked. One purpose of the bill is
to preserve as nearly as possible the
site in its original condition and make
of it park or military camp. An
appropriation of $4,000 is contem-
plated for the purchase of the old fort
and its entertainments. Ten citizens
OF the State are to be appointed by
the Governor of the State for term
of five years as commissioners of the
proposed park, who will be required
to act without compensation. The
commissioners are authorized to pur-
chase the grounds and the price is to
be fixed by jury of disinterested
freeholders of the county, to be named
by the court of Quarter Sessions of Fay
cite county. Section of Mr.. Deyar-
mons bill provides:
'That the commissioners of the
said park, after they shall have secur-
ed possession of said grounds, shall
adopt plans for the improvement,
preservation and maintenance thereof
and shall have power TO carry the
same into execution. and all moneys
expended shall be under their super
vision, but no contract shall be made
for said improvements unless an APP
preparation therefor shall have first
been made by the Legislature.