Was there ever a Fort Wentworth and, if so, where was it?
The Potters, of Groveton, have a long family history that tells of the construction of Fort Wentworth in 1755 by Capt. Robert Rogers, of Rogers Rangers fame, as ordered by Gov. Benning Wentworth. At the time, the French-Indian War was heating up. The Connecticut River was a possible highway south from French-held lands to the north. Rogers, according to a variety of tales, took his men to a bluff at the confluence of the ...
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