Cumberland Valley Township near Bedford in Bedford County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Forbes Road

Washington & Bouquet Meeting

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, June 11, 2015

1. Forbes Road Marker

Inscription. Near this site on July 30, 1758, Cols. Bouquet and Washington discussed proposed routes by which Gen. Forbes’ army would attack French Ft. Duquesne. Bouquet preferred the route due west from Bedford, while Washington advocated Braddock’s 1755 road to the south. Forbes himself chose the route from Bedford, and as a result occupied the ruins of Ft. Duquesne on Nov. 25, 1758. Forbes Road encouraged subsequent westward expansion through Pa.

Erected 2008 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical month for this entry is July 1895.

Location. 39° 51.208′ N, 78° 37.593′ W. Marker is near Bedford, Pennsylvania, in Bedford County. It is in Cumberland Valley Township. It is on Bedford Valley Road (U.S. 220) 1½ miles north of Centerville Road, on the right when traveling north. Located at Providence Lutheran Church south of Bedford. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5274 Bedford Valley Rd, Bedford

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PA 15522, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania and in the 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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Site of Cumberland Valley Post Office (approx. 2.2 miles away); Centreville (approx. 2.4 miles away); To The Memory Of Soldiers Of The Revolutionary War (approx. 3.8 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 5 miles away); Hyndman (approx. 5½ miles away); Bedford Co. Bridge #32 (approx. 5½ miles away); Lest We Forget (approx. 5.7 miles away); Buffalo Mills Honor Roll (approx. 6½ miles away).

Forbes Road near Providence Lutheran Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 10, 2015

2. Forbes Road near Providence Lutheran Church

Providence Lutheran Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 10, 2015

3. Providence Lutheran Church

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, June 11, 2015

4. Forbes Road Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 11, 2015, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 1,345 times since then and 55 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 11, 2015, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 2, 3. submitted on November 30, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 4. submitted on June 11, 2015, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.