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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS05_colonel-william-crawford_Connellsville-PA.html
In memory of Colonel William Crawford, born in Berkeley County, Virginia, in 1732. Friend of Washington —pioneer — patriot. This monument is situated 1260 yards S. 69 E. 16' of the spot where he built his log cabin in 1765 on the west …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS03_colonel-william-crawford_Connellsville-PA.html
Hero of Indian wars, made his home about a half mile from Connellsville after 1766, and was Washington's land agent. During the Revolution, he led a campaign against Ohio Indians; he was captured and killed near Upper Sandusky in 1782.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS01_benjamin-wells_Connellsville-PA.html
Nearby was the house of this collector of excise tax on whiskey. In the summer of 1794, after the Whiskey Rebellion had turned violent, his house was burned down by an angry crowd. Wells had spurned previous warnings by excise tax protectors.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLBN_braddock-road_Connellsville-PA.html
General Braddock's twelfth camp, June 28, 1755, on the march to Fort Duquesne, was north of here, near the Youghiogheny River. On June 30, the army forded the River at Stewart's Crossing to a point about one-half mile northwest of present-day Conn…