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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N5_road-to-disaster_Farmington-PA.html
On June 25, 1755, the largest army assembled in North America up to that time passed this spot. British Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock led the first 1,400 soldiers of his 2,400-man army along a 12-foot-wide road. Lt. Col. Thomas Dunbar lagged behind wi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LW_first-roads-to-the-west_Farmington-PA.html
Before the Europeans, only Indian trails led through virgin forests that once stretched beyond the horizon. About 1750 Nemacolin, a Delaware Indian, blazed a trail past here for the Ohio Company. Four years later, Virginia militia under Lt. Col. G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FZ_braddock-park_Farmington-PA.html
Gen. Edward Braddock was buried here in 1755, after his disastrous defeat and death. The site of his original grave, the new grave to which his remains were moved in 1804, and a trace of the Braddock Road may be seen here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ED_braddocks-grave_Farmington-PA.html
Here lieth the remains of Major General Edward Braddock who, in command of the 44th and 48th regiments of English Regulars, was mortally wounded in an engagement with the French and Indians under the command of Captain M. de Beaujeu at the Battle …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11K_searights-tollhouse_Smock-PA.html
Erected by Pennsylvania, 1835, to collect tolls on the old National Road. Administered by The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM119_national-road_Grindstone-PA.html
Our first national road; fathered by Albert Gallatin. Begun in 1811 at Cumberland, Md.; completed to Wheeling in 1818. Toll road under State control, 1835-1905. Rebuilt, it is present U.S. Route 40.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10J_the-first-cast-iron-bridge_Brownsville-PA.html
The first cast iron bridge built in the United States, was built in 1836-1839 over Dunlap's Creek at this point.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10A_brownsville-route-40-bridge_Brownsville-PA.html
ASM International has designated Brownsville - Route 40 Bridge an historical landmark. This bridge, designed by and built under the supervision of Capt. Richard Delafield in 1839 to improve the "National Road", is the first cast iron bridge to be …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZZ_dunlaps-creek-bridge_Brownsville-PA.html
An integral part of the National Road, this was the first metal arch bridge in the United States, built 1836-39. Replacing several earlier bridges on this site, including an 1809 Finley suspension bridge, this 80-foot span was built of cast iron b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZO_brownsville_Brownsville-PA.html
Once called Redstone Old Fort, its history includes the Ohio Company storehouse, 1854, and Fort Burd, 1759. It was on the route of Nemacolin's Trail, of Burd's Road, and of the National Road.
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