Braddock's Road (Stewart's Crossing) - Pennsylvania Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

The marker reads: Braddock Road (Stewart's Crossing) 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 Connellsville.

Braddock's Expedition crossed the river close to the emptying of Opossum Run – at a point slightly north of the Mountz Creek entry into the Youghiogheny on it's eastern shore. (Approximately N40 1.423 W79 36.210) The depth of the river at the time of Braddock's Expedition was only 3 feet and it was 200 yards wide and in a direct line to where he wanted to be on the eastern shore to allow him to follow the Indian path – part of the Catawba Path.

Once having crossed the Youghiogheny, the army encamped for two days a mile north of the river. The location is not precisely known. During these two days, Braddock put the troops into a higher state of alert to avoid ambush.

Marker Name: Braddock Road (Stewart's Crossing) County: Fayette Date Dedicated: 08/26/1952 Marker Type: Roadside Location: U.S. 119, .2 mile S of Connellsville Category: Military, French & Indian War Website: Not listed

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