Historical Markers and War Memorials in Markleysburg, Pennsylvania
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Markleysburg is in Fayette County
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General Braddock's eighth camp, June 25, 1755, on the march to Fort Duquesne, was about half a mile S.W. Chestnut Ridge, seen on the horizon to the west, was the last mt. range to be crossed. Axemen widened an Indian path for passage of supply . . . — — Map (db m349) HM
Since Indian days this was a major Youghiogeny River crossing place. In 1754 Washington’s Virginians camped here. Braddock’s army marched through here. The National Road bridged the river at this point in 1818. — — Map (db m106891) HM
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Artice, George R • Artice, Daniel M • Bird, Junior • Bird, Oliver • Bird Robert • Boyd, James R • Bunworth, Earl • Butler, Cecil • Close, Merle E • . . . — — Map (db m152704) WM