Upcoming Meetings

Meetings will begin at 7:00 p.m. Please Mark your calendar.

• March 5th, 2008 at the Plains All-American Office Building

Plains All-American has Partnered with the Fort Billings Preservation Committee

Plains All-American has partnered with the Fort Billings Preservation Committee and are working with a subdivision out of Burlington, NJ of the URS Corporation. They are going to conduct an archaeological study of the fort's site. On January 28th-29th, URS conducted ground-penetrating radar to the area with results to be reported in March. The URS Corporation is world renowned and one of the largest engineering, construction and technical services firms worldwide. Information on URS Corporation can be found at http://www.urscorp.com.

Article in the Philadelphia Inquirer

Look for the Philadelphia Inquirer Article on the Committee by Ed Colimore in December. Click here to read.

Non-profit status

Committee has officially been granted Non-Profit status!

"Digging" the Fort Site

The Richard Grubb Cultural Resource Consultants, have submitted a proposal to Plains All-American about "digging" the fort site. Lawyers are reviewing the documents. More information coming soon!!!

Friends of the Fort is Now Available

To Become a Friend of the Fort send email to friendsfort@aol.com.
Basic Membership dues of $25 per individual/family, Gold membership of $50. Gold Members recieve free "Gold" DVD with past Newsletters, and PowerPoint Show of pictures, maps, and artifacts of Fort Billings. Business Memebership will be $100 for Basic and $250 for Gold. Businesses will recieve Certificate of Membership, and Gold Business Members will recieve spot in our Newsletter and the "Gold" DVD. Support the Cause!!!

Free Fort Billingsport Newsletter

Click here to download our first newsletter created by Jim and Mary Pratz (PDF). If you are interested in receiving future copies of the free newsletter, please contact then to contact me or Walter Quint in the contact page with their address to be added to our mailing list.

Click here to download the fall 2006 newsletter.

Paulsboro Day

Thank you to everyone who visited the booth at Paulsboro Day. Click here to view the photos.

Valero will soon own the site of the fort.

Valero is a very civic minded corporation that has proven its commitment to work with the community.

This is what the site looks like currently. Excavation for the recreation of the fort will occur in the near future.