Decline and Reconstruction
After the American War of Independence ended, the treaties of the 1780s such as the Treaty of Fort Stanwix and the Treaty of Fort McIntosh reduced the fear of Indian raids in the area of the fort. Sometime during this period the fort was abandoned and demolished. George Washington stopped at the town of Bedford while leading troops into Western Pennsylvania to put down the Whiskey Rebellion in 1794. Records of the army's stay at that time seem to indicate that the fort had already been razed.
A reconstruction of the log blockhouse was built on the site in 1958 in honor of the fort's 200th anniversary. It is currently a museum operated by Bedford County.
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