MILITARY · HISTORICAL MARKER
Forbes Road
Murrysville, Pennsylvania
Historical Marker Database · William Fischer, Jr.
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On the hill one mile south was located the Washington Camp, a base for Forbes Road built in November 1758 by Colonel George Washington, "Commanding the Troops to ye Westward," on the order of Colonel Henry Bouquet.
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Murrysville, Pennsylvania · USA
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