Penn Hills in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Forbes Road

1758

— Fort Bedford to Fort Duquesne —

Forbes Road Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, March 13, 2011

1. Forbes Road Marker

Inscription. The Bouquet Encampment was located three miles east of this place which marks the farthest Northern point of the Forbes Road which leads Westward to Fort Duquesne

97 miles from Bedford

Erected 1930 by The Pennsylvania Historical Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Military • Roads & Vehicles • War, French and Indian. In addition, it is included in the Forbes Road series list.

Location. 40° 29.052′ N, 79° 49.143′ W. Marker is in Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County. It is at the intersection of Saltsburg Road (Pennsylvania Route 380) and Frankstown Road, on the right when traveling east on Saltsburg Road. Located next to Bouquet's Camp Marker. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6105 Saltsburg Road, Verona PA 15147, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is 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: Bouquet Camp (here, next to this marker); Wyckoff-Mason House (approx. one mile away); Morrow Barn-Penn Hebron Garden Club (approx. 1.4 miles away); Allegheny River Boulevard (approx. 1.8 miles away); a different marker also named Allegheny River Boulevard (approx. 1.8 miles away); Verona Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.1 miles away); Verona Roll of Honor (approx.

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2.1 miles away); Spirit of the American Doughboy (approx. 2.1 miles away).

Also see . . . General John Forbes at FindAGrave.com. (Submitted on March 16, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

Forbes Road - The Bouquet Encampment Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, March 13, 2011

2. Forbes Road - The Bouquet Encampment Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 14, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,613 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 14, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.