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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZKR_transportation-history_Bedford-PA.html
Nearby water gaps have made this an important transporation corridor for thousands of years. Native American trails, 18th century military roads, the Pennsylvania Road, the Chambersburg and Bedford Turnpike, the Lincoln Highway, US 30, and the Pen…
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Depot of supplies assembling place of an army of nearly eight thousand men and the starting point of General John Forbes' Expedition for the possession of Fort Duquesne. The road leads Westward to the Forks.
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In 1936 seventy-five percent of Pennsylvania farms had no electric service. During the next five years, with Federal support, 14 consumer-owned cooperatives were formed in this State. Bedford Rural Electric Cooperative, which serves members in Bed…
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Settled about 1750, known then as Raystown. Site of an early trade post and Fort Bedford, 1758. Base for Forbes, Bouquet expeditions. In 1794 Washington here reviewed forces in Whiskey Rebellion.
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"First in war - first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen."This tablet marks the building used by President George Washington as his headquarters October 19 and 20, 1794, when he was in Bedford, in charge of the United States Army,…
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Built about 1771. It was the headquarters of George Washington in October, 1794, when he came to Bedford to review troops assembled here to quell Whiskey Rebellion in western part of the State.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM93K_the-elm-tree-memorial_Bedford-PA.html
The Elm Tree which this tablet marks was planted in memory of those Patriots of the Borough of Bedford who gave their lives for the cause of freedom in the Great World War. Corporal Howard Pardoe Booty, Co. L. 112th U.S. Infantry, 28th Division…
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In honor of the men and women of Bedford County who answered the call We remember these who lost their lives in service to their country Darrell Zane Magruder · Donald Clair Wyles · Charles E Sivits · Irvin Grant Weyand …
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Lest We ForgetWe honor all veterans of Bedford County
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM93G_the-squares_Bedford-PA.html
Set aside, at the time of Manor survey in 1761, by the family of William Penn, as property of the town of Bedford.
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