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The Belle Vernon Area School District is a midsized, suburban to rural, public school district located approximately 25 miles (40 km) southeast of Pittsburgh in Westmoreland County and Fayette County. The present school district was formed by a merger of the previous Belmar (having itself been the result of a merge between the Belle Vernon and ...
Vaudreuil meanwhile began massing troops at Fort Frontenac for a potential assault on Oswego. Following favorable reports from the raiding parties, Montcalm and Vaudreuil decided to make the attempt. [6] General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm. Governor Shirley received word in March 1756 that he was to be replaced by John Campbell, 4th Earl of ...
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis de Montcalm de Saint-Veran (French pronunciation: [lwi ʒozɛf də mɔ̃kalm ɡozɔ̃]; 28 February 1712 – 14 September 1759) was a French soldier best known as the commander of the forces in North America during the Seven Years' War (whose North American theatre is also referred to as the French and Indian War).
In a major setback, a French and Indian army, led by General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, captured the garrison and destroyed fortifications at the Battle of Fort Oswego in August 1756. [6] In July 1756, the Earl of Loudoun arrived to take command of the British forces in North America and replaced William Shirley , who had temporarily assumed ...
Noah Speers was the father of Louis M. Speers, born in a log cabin on the Speers homestead/Gibsonton farm in 1810. The younger Speers played a large role in the development of Belle Vernon. During his lifetime, the population grew to about 700, and there was a steam ferry connecting Belle Vernon with Allen Township across the river.
Frontenac (named after Louis de Buade de Frontenac, governor of New France) Gasconade County (named after the Gascony region of France) Gravois Mills; LaBarque Creek; La Belle; Laclede; Laclede County (named for Pierre Laclede (1729–1778), the French founder of St. Louis, Missouri) Lafayette County (named for Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de ...
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François-Gaston de Lévis, 1st Duke of Lévis (20 August 1719 – 20 November 1787), styled as the Chevalier de Lévis until 1785, was a French Royal Army officer and nobleman. He served with distinction in the War of the Polish Succession and the War of the Austrian Succession .