On Main Street west of National Pike (U.S. 40), on the right when traveling west.
About one half mile above this point is the "Great Crossings" of the Youghiogheny River, where George Washington crossed November 18th, 1753, when sent as envoy by Gov. Dinwiddie of Virginia to the French Commandant at Fort Le Boeuf.
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On Main Street just east of Reservoir Road, on the right when traveling east.
A tribute to those who served and in the memory of those who made the Supreme Sacrifice
World War II
Augustine, Edgar E., Jr. • Bisel, Arthur • Blocker, Charles E. • Craig, Jay • Eberhart, Lewis E., Jr. • Frazee, Harry • Hendershot, . . . — — Map (db m152672) WM
On Main Street near 834 Main Street, on the right when traveling west.
In Honor
of those of Somerset
County who served
their Nation and the
cause of World Liberty
in the Great War
and in memory
of those who made the
Supreme Sacrifice — — Map (db m106222) WM
The old Petersburg Toll House is the only hand-cut native stone toll house in Pennsylvania. It is an authentic reflection of the structure as it existed in 1835 when toll collection began. The interior with its original flooring and period . . . — — Map (db m106180) HM
On National Pike (U.S. 40) at Main Street, on the left when traveling west on National Pike.
One of the six original toll houses on the Cumberland or National Road is on the hill opposite. Built after the road was turned over to the State in 1835 by the U.S. Restored and preserved by the D.A.R. — — Map (db m350) HM
On Main Street just east of Claude W Fike Lane, on the right when traveling east.
About one mile to the southward was the Great Crossing of the Youghiogheny Squaw's Fort Camp and Spears Tavern. Major George Washington on his tour to the Ohio in 1753 encamped here at the "Big Fork" the "Great Crossings" November 17, 1753. . . . — — Map (db m235226) HM
On National Pike (U.S. 40) west of the Maryland State line, on the right when traveling west.
Our first national road; fathered by Albert Gallatin. Begun in 1811 at Cumberland, Md.; completed to Wheeling in 1818. Toll road under State control, 1835-1905. Rebuilt, it is present U.S. Route 40. — — Map (db m353) HM
On National Pike (U.S. 40) near the Maryland state line, on the right when traveling west.
Founded 1681 by William Penn as a Quaker Commonwealth.
Birthplace of
The Declaration of
Independence
and
The Constitution of
the United States. — — Map (db m354) HM
