The first fort on this site was Abraham Shurte’s Fort (1630–1633), a palisaded trading post that was burned down by pirates under Dixie Bull. The next fort on the site was Fort Pemaquid (1633–1676), which was destroyed in the Northwest Coast Campaign (1676) during King Philip’s War. Fort William Henry at Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site in New Harbor is a reconstruction of a fort built in 1692 and destroyed four years later. Fort William Henry is part of the Colonial Pemaquid State Historic Site, which also includes the archaeological excavations of 17th and 18th-century village buildings and a museum with excavated artifacts found on the site, including musket balls, coins, pottery and early hardware. The chapter placed a marker on the Old Fort in 1940.
IN MEMORY OF
JOHN HENRY CARTLAND
1841-1920
WHOSE UNTIRING EFFORT OVER A PERIOD OF
MANY YEARS STIMULATED A REVIVAL
OF INTEREST IN HISTORIC PEMAQUID
AND MADE POSSIBLE THE ERECTION OF
THIS REPLICA OF
FORT WILLIAM HENRY
– – –
THIS TABLET PLACED BY
PEMAQUID CHAPTER D.A.R.
1940
JOHN HENRY CARTLAND
1841-1920
WHOSE UNTIRING EFFORT OVER A PERIOD OF
MANY YEARS STIMULATED A REVIVAL
OF INTEREST IN HISTORIC PEMAQUID
AND MADE POSSIBLE THE ERECTION OF
THIS REPLICA OF
FORT WILLIAM HENRY
– – –
THIS TABLET PLACED BY
PEMAQUID CHAPTER D.A.R.
1940