OPENING DAY – May 1, 2021
Fort Roberdeau and the Acorn Gift Shop will open for tours of the fort on May 1, 2021.
Monday-Saturday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Sunday 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Adults $6, Seniors $5, Children (under 12) $3
Groups (10 or more) $4/person with reservation
The grounds surrounding the fort are open from 8 am until dusk year round for hiking, bird watching and other recreational activities.
Dispatch: A History of the Fort and Those Who Served
This year we are putting a special focus on the men and women who served at Fort Roberdeau and in the Blair county region during the Revolutionary War. In the coming weeks and months we will be posting names along with stories about these people.
The dispatch is a section of articles concerning these things, and primary documentation.
Henry Black, Captain
1752-1833 Born in Chester County. He had moved to Bedford before the war. November 1777, he began as a militia man but was commissioned by
Thomas Clugage, Captain
1750-1831 Commander of the battalion stationed at Fort Roberdeau. Thomas served under his brother, Robert Cluggage. Thomas Clugage was born in 1750 at Fort Shirley,
James Williams, Pvt.
In 1775 he had land in Bedford County, St Clair township. He joined the Rangers at Fort Roberdeau in 1778. He is still listed as
William Gardner, Pvt.
William Gardner served as a Ranger at Fort Roberdeau. William was still living in Warriors Mark in 1830. He had spent most of his life
John Tussey, Pvt.
John Tussey lived in the Porter area of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. Tussey mountain could very well have been named after this gentleman or his namesake.
Daniel Clark, Pvt.
He lived in Bedford, Pennsylvania, for more than 13 years from 1776 until well into the 1800s. He served in Clugag’e Rangers. Because his property