On the hill one mile south was located the Washington Camp. This base for Forbes Road was built Nov. 1758 by Col. George Washington, "Commanding the Troops to ye Westward," on the order of Colonel Henry Bouquet. — — Map (db m43752) HM
On the hill one mile south was located the Washington Camp. This base for Forbes Road was built Nov. 1758 by Col. George Washington, "Commanding the Troops to ye Westward," on the order of Colonel Henry Bouquet. — — Map (db m43753) HM
Turtle Creek Defile
Two and one half miles
to the eastward
was located the
Washington Camp
The Forbes Road leads
northwestward to
the Bouquet Encampment — — Map (db m225754) HM
On this site, a pioneer natural gas well "blew in" on November 3, 1878. Named for the brothers Matthew and Obe Haymaker who drilled it, the well was drilled to a depth of 1,400 feet to the Murrysville sandstone, a bed of pourous rock similar to the . . . — — Map (db m79286) HM
First gas well in county, and one of world's most productive. Drilled, 1878. Caught fire in 1881, burning for years with tremendous roar and brilliance. Later was controlled and piped to Pittsburgh. Site lies 500 yards S.E. near railroad. — — Map (db m43751) HM
Men and women from the
Murrysville community who served
their country and gave their lives
World War I
Frank W. Glendenning [Died in Service]
[Roll of Honored Veterans]
Harry N. Brown • Stanley F. Brown • Herbert R. Clements • . . . — — Map (db m225757) WM