Forbes Road (Raystown Path) - Shippensburg, PA
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N 40° 04.262 W 077° 29.406
18T E 287654 N 4438612
One of a series of markers noting the military campaign by General Forbes to capture Fort Duquesne during the French & Indian War.
Waymark Code: WM39V7
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/02/2008
Views: 13
The Campaign began in Carlisle - Gen. Forbes followed the Raystown Path to Shippensburg to where it forked. This marker would be the 2nd in the series if followed chronologically.
Marker text is as follows:
At Shippensburg, the Raystown Path forked: one branch led directly west over three steep mts. to Burnt Cabins; the other, taken by General Forbes to avoid heavy grades, went south round Parnells Knob to Fort Loudon, crossing the Tuscarora Mountain at Cowan Gap.
Marker Name: Forbes Road (Raystown Path)
County: Cumberland
Date Dedicated: 01/07/1952
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: US 11, 1 mile NE of Shippensburg
Category: French & Indian War, Military, Roads, Transportation
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