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Getting to Know Pittsburgh French & Indian War Tour

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Tour Overview

Get ready to travel back to the 1700s and explore Pittsburgh’s connection to the French and Indian War.

Welcome to Getting to Know Pittsburgh's French & Indian War Tour. On this tour you will make your way through five western Pennsylvania counties visiting places of significance such as forts and battle sites, and walk in the footsteps of some of history's most respected and controversial players. Your tour begins in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and follows a geographic (not chronological) route. However, feel free to make the tour your own, and start at any point, take a route you are most comfortable with, and complete it at your leisure. We hope you enjoy your step back in time. Along your journey, be sure to share your photos and video with us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, and tell us about your experience!

If you've found your way here from the PocketSights App, visit gettingtoknowpgh.wordpress.com to learn more about us!

Stops

  1. Stop 1: Logstown

  2. Stop 2: Fort Pitt

  3. Stop 3: Fort Pitt Blockhouse

  4. Stop 4: Fort Duquesne

  5. Stop 5: Fort Prince George

  6. Stop 6: Grant's Hill

  7. Stop 7: Simon Girty (1741-1818)

  8. Stop 8: Braddock's Crossing

  9. Stop 9: Queen Aliquippa

  10. Stop 10: Braddock's Defeat

  11. Stop 11: Bouquet Camp

  12. Stop 12: Forbes Road - Bouquet's Breastworks

  13. Stop 13: Forbes Road, 1758, Fort Bedford to Fort Duquesne - Turtle Creek Defile

  14. Stop 14: Forbes Road (Washington's Camp)

  15. Stop 15: Bushy Run Battlefield

  16. Stop 16: Twelve Mile Camp & Dagworthy's Camp

  17. Stop 17: Fort Ligonier

  18. Stop 18: Forbes Road, 1758, Fort Bedford to Fort Duquesne - Fort Ligonier

  19. Stop 19: Old Forbes Road Stone Marker & Sign

  20. Stop 20: Bullet's Defeat

  21. Stop 21: Forbes Road - The Clear Fields

  22. Stop 22: Forbes Road, 1758, Fort Bedford to Fort Duquesne - Tomahawk Encampment Plaque

  23. Stop 23: Forbes Road - Stony Creek Encampment

  24. Stop 24: Forbes Road, 1758, Fort Bedford to Fort Duquesne - Stony Creek Encampment Plaque

  25. Stop 25: Forbes Road, 1758, Fort Bedford to Fort Duquesne - Edmond's Swamp Plaque

  26. Stop 26: Forbes Road - Edmunds Swamp

  27. Stop 27: Forbes Road - Fort Dewart

  28. Stop 28: Forbes Road, 1758, Fort Bedford to Fort Duquesne - Fort Dewart McLeans' Encampment (Missing Plaque)

  29. Stop 29: Forbes Camp

  30. Stop 30: Forbes Road, 1758, Fort Bedford to Fort Duquesne - Shawnee Cabins Encampment (Plaque)

  31. Stop 31: Forbes Road, 1758, Fort Bedford to Fort Duquesne - The Forks (Plaque)

  32. Stop 32: Bedford Village

  33. Stop 33: Forbes Road, 1758, Fort Bedford to Fort Duquesne - Fort Bedford-Raystown (Plaque)

  34. Stop 34: Fort Bedford

  35. Stop 35: "King's House"

  36. Stop 36: Forbes Road - Washington & Bouquet Meeting

  37. Stop 37: Braddock Road (Missing Marker)

  38. Stop 38: Great Crossings

  39. Stop 39: Fort Necessity National Battlefield

  40. Stop 40: Fort Necessity Stone Marker

  41. Stop 41: Braddock Park

  42. Stop 42: Braddock Road (Rock Fort Camp) & Dunbar's Camp Missing Marker & Jumonville Defeat Missing Marker

  43. Stop 43: Braddock Road (Dunbar's Camp)

  44. Stop 44: Fayette County

  45. Stop 45: Gist's Plantation

  46. Stop 46: Col. William Crawford

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