West St. Clair Township near Pleasantville in Bedford County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Benjamin Walker Homestead

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 10, 2015

1. Benjamin Walker Homestead Marker

Inscription. Before and during the Civil War, Benjamin Walker, Abner Walker, Sr. and George Harbaugh worked closely with African American Underground Railroad conductors John Fiddler, Elisa Rouse and Joseph Crawley. Hundreds of fugitive slaves were led from the PA border through Bedford County via the Walker Homestead, across the mountain and north to freedom. Participation in the UGRR was dangerous, due to the proximity to the MD border.

Erected 2006 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Abolition & Underground RR • African Americans • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list.

Location. 40° 11.632′ N, 78° 36.599′ W. Marker is near Pleasantville, Pennsylvania, in Bedford County. It is in West St. Clair Township. It is at the intersection of Rainbow Drive and Beutman Road, on the right when traveling west on Rainbow Drive. Rainbow Drive is a private drive and the house is on private property. Touch for map. Marker

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is at or near this postal address: 407 Rainbow Drive, Alum Bank PA 15521, 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 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pleasantville School (approx. 0.8 miles away); Pleasantville (approx. one mile away); Friends Cemetery / The Underground Railroad (approx. 3.1 miles away); Bedford Co. Bridge #12 (approx. 3.6 miles away); Osterburg Area Veterans Memorial (approx. 5.2 miles away); New Paris (approx. 5.8 miles away); St. Clairsville (approx. 5.9 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 10.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pleasantville.

Photographed by Don Morfe, November 10, 2015

2. Benjamin Walker Homestead Marker

Note: Private Property-No Trespassing-407 Sign

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 29, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,633 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 29, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.