Quemahoning Township near Stoystown in Somerset County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Forbes Road

Stony Creek Encampment

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, October 6, 2012

1. Forbes Road Marker

Inscription. A fortified supply depot known as the Stony Creek encampment or fort was a little north of here. The route then leads north to the foot of Laurel Hill, the site of Tomahawk camp.

Erected 2005 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Roads & Vehicles • War, French and Indian. In addition, it is included in the Forbes Road, and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series lists.

Location. 40° 5.839′ N, 78° 56.659′ W. Marker is near Stoystown, Pennsylvania, in Somerset County. It is in Quemahoning Township. It is at the intersection of Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) and Whistler Road (Pennsylvania Route 403) on Lincoln Highway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Stoystown PA 15563, 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,

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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Stoystown Legion Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Quemahoning Township Veterans Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Roadside Enterprise (approx. 0.6 miles away); a different marker also named Forbes Road (approx. 0.7 miles away); Highway Enterprise

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(approx. 0.7 miles away); September 11, 2001 (approx. 3.2 miles away); Flight 93 National Memorial (approx. 3.3 miles away); A Field of Honor (approx. 3.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Stoystown.

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, October 6, 2012

2. Forbes Road Marker

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, October 15, 2016

3. Forbes Road Marker

At the intersection of the Lincoln Highway and Whistler Road. Whistler Road here follows old Forbes Road.

Nearby Lincoln Highway Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen C. Browne, October 15, 2016

4. Nearby Lincoln Highway Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 7, 2012, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,664 times since then and 108 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 7, 2012, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 3, 4. submitted on December 23, 2016, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.