Rendering of Fort Augusta
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Fort Augusta erected
  by Colonel William
  Clapham
Land given to officers of Bouquet's
  expedition as a
  reward for
  their services.
Proprietors made the
Purchase of 1768 from
  the Indians and
  surveyed their
  Manor of Pomfret
  above Fort Augusta.
Northumberland 
County formed and
  Sunbury laid out
  near Fort Augusta
  as County Seat
Log house burned
Present Hunter House
  built by descendant,
  Captain Samuel
  Hunter.
Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania 
  purchased the land
  on which the well
  and magazine  
  are located  
Hunter House
refurbished and
  turned over to
  NCHS as its
  headquarters.

           
      

             
          The Hunter  House 
                Museum 
                                
         SITE OF FORT AUGUSTA

 

   1150 North Front Street 
 Sunbury, PA 17801-1126 
Phone/Fax 570-286-4083 

 

      Email Director, Cindy Inkrote:
     mailto:director@northumberlandcountyhistoricalsociety.org

     Email Librarian, Jack Lindermuth:
     mailto:librarian@northumberlandcountyhistoricalsociety.org
    



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