In 1778, he served alongside General George Washington at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, after which McIntosh was given command of the Continental Army’s Western Department.

The Native Americans gave up two thirds of Ohio in Article III of the Treaty, establishing the first boundary in the Northwest from which future territories were measured.

[8] In 1974, citizens of Beaver, Pennsylvania received assistance from the University of Pittsburgh and the Carnegie Museum to locate Fort McIntosh’s remains and undertake excavations.

A dedication was held for the site on October 7, 1978 by U.S. Army General William Westmoreland, a full 200 years after Fort McIntosh was first constructed.

[9] In late 2010, a local business owner donated money for a granite and sandstone memorial on the fort site.

[11] The Beaver Area Heritage Foundation protects the restored site, which features granite monuments and bronze plaques, as well as the original stone footers of the walls and fireplaces.

Festivities include lessons on daily life in the 1700s and reenactments of canon fire and regimental drills by the Fort McIntosh and Wayne’s 4th Sub-Legion of the United States.