Near Ligonier in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Original Course of Forbes Road
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Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, August 24, 2013
1. Original Course of Forbes Road Marker
Erected 1958 by The Ligonier Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles.
Location. 40° 14.408′ N, 79° 11.894′ W. Marker is near Ligonier, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County. It is at the intersection of Old Forbes Road and Gravel Hill Road, on the left when traveling east on Old Forbes Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ligonier PA 15658, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Laurel Highlands and in Greater Pittsburgh. It is also in the American Northeast, in the Mid-Atlantic, in Appalachia, and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bullet's Defeat (approx. 0.6 miles away); Ligonier Train Crash (approx. 1.3 miles away); Wilpen Crash (approx. 1½ miles away); Ligonier Township Volunteer Fire Department No. 1 Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.6 miles away); Loyalhanning (approx. 1.7 miles away); Finding Your Way (approx. 1.8 miles away); Ligonier (approx. 1.8 miles away); Arthur St. Clair (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ligonier.
More about this marker. Marker is mounted to a stone at the intersection
Also see . . . Wikipedia article on Forbes Road. (Submitted on September 4, 2013, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
this page online
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, August 24, 2013
2. Original Course of Forbes Road Marker
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, August 24, 2013
3. Original Course of Forbes Road Marker
Photographed by Tim Maurice, April 14, 2018
4. Original Course of Forbes Road Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 14, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 24, 2013, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,549 times since then and 39 times this year. Last updated on February 13, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 24, 2013, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 4. submitted on April 23, 2018, by Tim Maurice of Westerville, Ohio. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
