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Fort Bedford was a French and Indian War-era British military fortification located at the present site of Bedford, Pennsylvania. The fort was a star-shaped log fortress erected in the summer of 1758.
The Bedford Historic District is a national historic district located in Bedford, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. The district includes two hundred and ten contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Bedford. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. [2]
This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Bedford County, Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC). The locations of the historical markers, as well as the latitude and longitude coordinates as provided by the PHMC's database, are included below when available.
Bedford in 1969. Bedford is located in the center of Bedford County at (40.016361, −78.504071 It is completely surrounded by Bedford Township.. The borough is accessible from Exit 146 of the Pennsylvania Turnpike at the midpoint between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh.
Bedford County was created on March 9, 1771, from part of Cumberland County and named in honor of Fort Bedford. The 1767 Mason–Dixon line had stabilized the southern border with Maryland. In the aftermath of the American Revolution, the population increased largely due to emigration. Within a lifetime Old Bedford County was greatly reduced ...
Location of Bedford County in Pennsylvania. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The locations of National Register ...
Forbes Road from Fort Lyttleton to Fort Duquesne. The Forbes Road, a historic military roadway in what was then British America, was initially completed in 1758 from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to the French Fort Duquesne at the junction of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers in what is now downtown Pittsburgh, via Fort Loudon, Fort Lyttleton, Fort Bedford and Fort Ligonier.
Fort Juniata Crossing, also known as Fort Juniata or simply Juniata Crossing, was a British French and Indian War era fortification located along the Forbes Road, near a strategic ford of the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River about 2.4 miles (3.9 km) west of the current site of Breezewood, Pennsylvania.