Bedford

Bedford, PA

A log structure, built prior to 1761, stood on this site.

Bedford, PA

Built in 1815. East room housed the first bank in Bedford, known as the Allegheny Bank of Pennsylvania, from 1815 to 1832.

Bedford, PA

Formed on March 9, 1771 from Cumberland County, it first embraced most of western Pennsylvania.

Bedford Springs, PA

Medicinal values of these springs discovered about 1796.

Settled about 1750, known then as Raystown.

Bedford, PA

Settled about 1750, known then as Raystown.

W side of Bedford, PA

Settled about 1750, known then as Raystown.

Before and during the Civil War, Benjamin Walker, Abner Walker, Sr. and George Harbaugh worked closely with African American Underground...

This inn at the junction of the Forbes and Burd Roads was operated, 1779-1815, by Jean Bonnet and his heirs.

Graves of ten of Capt. Phillips' militia killed by Indians, July 16, 1780.

Bedford, PA

Built about 1771. It was the headquarters of George Washington in October, 1794, when he came to Bedford to review troops assembled here...

Schellsburg, PA

Near here was located Shawnee Cabins camp.

Near this site on July 30, 1758, Cols.

Bedford, PA

Depot of supplies assembling place of an army of nearly eight thousand men and the starting point of General John Forbes' Expedition for...

Built by Colonel Henry Bouquet and Garrisoned for several years.

Schellsburg, PA

At this point the Forbes Road leads Southwestward to the Eastern Slope of the Allegheny Mountains, 8 1/2 miles from Fort Bedford.

And the road cut by Colonel James Burd, in 1755, and the Forbes Road diverge here.

Bedford, PA

First known as Raystown and built during the summer of 1758 by the forces of Col. Henry Bouquet, the fort was the rendezvous from which...

Bedford, PA

Site of lots on which John Fraser and his wife established an inn and trading post in 1758.

Entrenchments still visible by the roadsides were prepared in June, 1863, by militia under Col. J.C. Higgins against threatened...

On land granted by John Schell for the purpose of erecting a union church, construction of this primitive log church building was begun...

Founded 1681 by William Penn as a Quaker Commonwealth.

Bedford, PA

This is one of the original service plazas for the nation's first long-distance superhighway.

Bedford, PA

This is one of the original service plazas for the nation's first long-distance superhighway.

Capt. William Phillips and 11 men of his militia company were captured near this point by Indians, July 16, 1780.

In 1936 seventy-five percent of Pennsylvania farms had no electric service.

New Enterprise, PA

In 1936 seventy-five percent of Pennsylvania farms had no electric service.

Bedford, PA

This house, built in 1816 by the Hon. James Russell, first burgess of Bedford, is considered a fine example of Georgian style of the...

Schellsburg, PA

A village site nearby on the Raystown Path.

Schellsburg, PA

One of the nation's earliest cooperative extension offices was established in 1910 in Schellsburg, Bedford County with A. B. Ross as...