Braddock Road (Stewart's Crossing)
Dunbar Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Marker Inscription
General Braddock's twelfth camp, June 28, 1755, on the march to Fort Duquesne, was north of here, near the Youghiogheny River. On June 30, the army forded the River at Stewart's Crossing to a point about one-half mile northwest of present-day Connellsville.
Erected by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
The Story
By late June 1755, General Braddock's army had reached its twelfth camp near the Youghiogheny River as it labored toward the French position at Fort Duquesne. On June 30 the troops forded the river at Stewart's Crossing, a well-known frontier fording place near present-day Connellsville. The crossing was one more grueling stage in an expedition that had to carve a wagon road through the wilderness as it advanced.
Why it matters
Stewart's Crossing marks a stage of the Braddock Expedition, whose painstaking road-building through the Pennsylvania mountains opened a route that shaped later westward travel.
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Related people
- · Edward Braddock
Related events
- · Braddock Expedition
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Braddock Road (Dunbar's Camp)
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