Wanderlust World Wanderlust World Just prior to the French and Indian War, Fort Duquesne was constructed in Western Pennsylvania by the French on the spot where they had captured an outpost used by English traders. Recaptured by the British several years later, they renamed it Fort Pitt. The colonists seized control of the fort during the American Revolution, and today it is the site Mount Point Park.
Fort Duquesne played an important role in the French and Indian War, in protecting settlers and it also served as a key trading site.
Fort Duquesne was built at the confluence of the Allegheny and the Monongahela rivers where they form the Ohio River near what is now the city of Pittsburgh.
Originating as a trading post in the late 1740s, the fort changed hands from the French in 1754 to the British in 1758, and then to the colonists in 1776.
William Trent's trading post was captured by the French who built Fort Duquesne, which figured significantly in the French and Indian War; it continued as an important trade center and garrison for soldiers protecting colonists.
The site of the former Fort Duquesne is located in what is now Point State Park, where there are markers designated the location of the fort.