Historical Markers in Irwin, Pennsylvania

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Historical Markers in Irwin, Pennsylvania

1 ► Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, Irwin — Braddock's Military Road 1755 — "Three Springs" Camp —

This tablet marks the most probable site of General Braddock's nineteenth camp. Here Braddock's army camped July 7, 1755, en route to capture Fort Du Quesne. The Turtle Creek defile with its deep and rugged ravines, and its steep and almost . . . — — Map (db m33544) HM

2 ► Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, Irwin — Braddock's Military Road 1755 Monacatootha's Camp —

This tablet marks the site of General Edward Braddock’s eighteenth encampment called Monacatootha Camp from an unhappy incident on the march. Monacatooha’s son was shot by accident by Braddock’s own men. General Braddock as soon as the army camped . . . — — Map (db m97380) HM

3 ► Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, Irwin — Fort Walthour —

Erected about 1774 near this place This stockade, enclosing a blockhouse and several buildings, was built by the pioneers of the Brush Creek community on the plantation of Christopher Walthour. It was the chief place of refuge and defense of the . . . — — Map (db m78437) HM

4 ► Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, Irwin — John Irwin House —

Built 1836 by John Irwin, Nephew of Colonel John Irwin, this brick structure served as an inn for stagecoach passengers on the Greensburg to Pittsburgh Pike at Tinker Run. In 1851 John Irwin laid out the original plan of lots for the town of Irwin . . . — — Map (db m58074) HM

5 ► Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, Irwin — Long Run Church —

Recognized site of early Presbyterian meetinghouse during the early 1770’s. First log church was destroyed by fire in 1775. In 1781 the Long Run Church was built on the site of the William Marshall Family Massacre. — — Map (db m109616) HM

6 ► Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, Irwin — The Beginning of the Lincoln Highway —

The Lincoln Highway was the first coast-to-coast highway built in 1913. A group of visionary businessmen from the automotive industry, led by Henry B. Joy and Carl Fisher, formed the Lincoln Highway Association. The Association successfully . . . — — Map (db m166861) HM

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