Founded around 1796, the town of Hickory, Washington County, PA was originally know as "Hickory Tavern," but where did that name come from?

The school district, sports teams, various local businesses, and even our own organization use the title of “Fort Cherry” in their names, but if you read anything on our website or social media posts about the original fort, or in old county or local history books, you’ll often find it written with the words switched around: “Cherry’s Fort.” You might notice the same thing happening with other forts in the region, like "Couch’s Fort" which once sat along what is now "Fort Cou