Near Hopwood in Fayette County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Braddock Road

Rock Fort Camp

Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 27, 2006

1. Braddock Road - Rock Fort Camp Marker

Inscription. General Braddock’s tenth camp, June 26, 1755, on the march to Fort Duquesne, was at the Half King’s Rock, one mile NE of here. The Rock was named for Washington’s friend Tanacharisson, the Iroquois viceroy (half king) of the Ohio Indians. Washington met him here in 1754.

Erected 1952 by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War of 1812. In addition, it is included in the Braddock’s Road and Maj. Gen. Edward Braddock, and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is June 1954.

Location. 39° 50.994′ N, 79° 39.448′ W. Marker is near Hopwood, Pennsylvania, in Fayette County. It is at the intersection of National Pike (U.S. 40) and Jumonville Road (Pennsylvania Route 2021), on the right when traveling west on National Pike. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hopwood PA 15445, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

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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 5 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: History Flows Through This Land (approx. 0.7 miles away); History Flows Through These Waters (approx. ¾ mile away); Washington–Braddock Road 1754–1756 (approx. one mile away); Washington’s Spring (approx. one mile away); Historic Stone Chimneys (approx. 1.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hopwood.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Washington-Braddock Road 1754-55 Rock Fort Camp (was approx. 0.9 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . Tanaghrisson. Page from the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. (Submitted on August 31, 2006.)

Photographed by J. J. Prats, August 27, 2006

2. Braddock Road - Rock Fort Camp Marker

Photographed by William Richard Harrison

3. Braddock Road - Rock Fort Camp Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 14, 2019. It was originally submitted on August 31, 2006, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 3,646 times since then and 74 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 31, 2006, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. 3. submitted on March 1, 2012, by William Richard Harrison of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.