Forbes Road Edmund's Swamp - Buckstown, PA
N 40° 04.243 W 078° 51.582
17T E 682514 N 4437801
Marker is located on Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) in Somerset County Buckstown, Pennsylvania.
Waymark Code: WMHZKE
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 09/01/2013
Views: 7
Inscription:
Forbes Road Edmund's Swamp
Named for Edmund Cartlidge, Indian trader. A camp located here, on the Raystown Path, provided good grass for the horses of General Forbes' army in 1758. The site of the redoubt is marked two and a half miles north of here.
Erected:
2005 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
Marker Name: Forbes Road - Edmunds Swamp
County: Somerset
Date Dedicated: 01/30/1952
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: U.S. 30 at Buckstown
Category: French & Indian War, Military, Roads, Transportation
Website: Not listed
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