Dear McKeesporters: Last night I tore apart the library, boxes etc to find the answers to some of the questions on early history that we've been asking about. So here it is. From: Indian Paths of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical Commission 1987 For the sake of brevity I'm going to do a little condensing: Forbes Road: General John Forbes on his trip to capture Fort Duquesne came through the following Pennsylvania towns - as we presently refer to them as: Stoystown, Jennerstown, Ligonier, St. Vincent's, Beatty, Luxor; between Luxor and Harrison City he split his forces, the northern group went through Murrysville and met the Allegheny and continued to the Forks. The Southern group continued from Harrison City, Bushy Run, (Pa 130), Trafford, Pitcairn, Turtle Creek and then followed Route 30 through Forest Hills and Penn Ave through Wilkensburg into the Forks appearing to reunite in the vicinity of Highland Park. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Braddock's Road: Connellsville (via US-119) cross Jacob's Creek to Stauffer, Pa, Pa 819 to Mt. Pleasant, Circleville, down Long Run Rd, White Oak Level Road ( name of Lincoln Way prior to 1920's) camped at marker that was at Foster Road and Lincoln Way, through East End, crossed Mon at McKeesport to Duquesne side, recrossed to North Braddock and well - let's say the Native American's pulled a Custer on him. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Another interesting footnote is to remember that Allegheny, Washington, Greene, and Fayette Counties were part of the Commonwealth of Virginia until the dispute was settled in 1780. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ One other early note is about McKeesport during the Whiskey Rebellion. In Versailles Township at the junction of the Youghiogheny and Monongahela rivers, it was proposed that "every one should be at liberty to speak his mind freely, without danger of having his property burnt for so doing - but his motion was over ruled, and on putting the motion for submission the majority of that district was for war against President Washington and Sec. of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton. I guess you could say McKeesporter's have been ornery about government for a LLLLLLLLLLong time! Enough for today. If what I post isn't interesting to the majority please let me know - I won't be offended. I realize that not everyone is interested in the ancient history of the area. Marc M. G. Stauffer

Marc: Keep on truckin'! Jim Parmiter Marc Stauffer wrote: > Dear McKeesporters: > > Last night I tore apart the library, boxes etc to find the answers to some > of the questions on early history that we've been asking about. So here it > is. > > From: Indian Paths of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Historical Commission > 1987 > > For the sake of brevity I'm going to do a little condensing: > Forbes Road: General John Forbes on his trip to capture Fort Duquesne came > through the following Pennsylvania towns - as we presently refer to them > as: Stoystown, Jennerstown, Ligonier, St. Vincent's, Beatty, Luxor; > between Luxor and Harrison City he split his forces, the northern group > went through Murrysville and met the Allegheny and continued to the Forks. > > The Southern group continued from Harrison City, Bushy Run, (Pa 130), > Trafford, Pitcairn, Turtle Creek and then followed Route 30 through Forest > Hills and Penn Ave through Wilkensburg into the Forks appearing to reunite > in the vicinity of Highland Park. > __________________________________________________________________________________________________ > Braddock's Road: Connellsville (via US-119) cross Jacob's Creek to > Stauffer, Pa, Pa 819 to Mt. Pleasant, Circleville, down Long Run Rd, White > Oak Level Road ( name of Lincoln Way prior to 1920's) camped at marker that > was at Foster Road and Lincoln Way, through East End, crossed Mon at > McKeesport to Duquesne side, recrossed to North Braddock and well - let's > say the Native American's pulled a Custer on him. > __________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > Another interesting footnote is to remember that Allegheny, Washington, > Greene, and Fayette Counties were part of the Commonwealth of Virginia > until the dispute was settled in 1780. > __________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > One other early note is about McKeesport during the Whiskey Rebellion. In > Versailles Township at the junction of the Youghiogheny and Monongahela > rivers, it was proposed that "every one should be at liberty to speak his > mind freely, without danger of having his property burnt for so doing - but > his motion was over ruled, and on putting the motion for submission the > majority of that district was for war against President Washington and Sec. > of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton. > > I guess you could say McKeesporter's have been ornery about government for > a LLLLLLLLLLong time! > > Enough for today. If what I post isn't interesting to the majority please > let me know - I won't be offended. I realize that not everyone is > interested in the ancient history of the area. > > Marc > M. G. Stauffer > > ==== PAMCKEESPORT Mailing List ==== > PayPal > https://secure.paypal.com/refer/pal=GeoJenk%40aol.com > "Best of the Web" > - Forbes > "Using the service is actually safer than a check or money order." > - Wall Street Journal > "The beauty is that you can send money -- real money, not one of > those gimmicky Internet currencies -- to anyone with an email address." > - New York Times > "PayPal can play a major role in your life. You can use it to pay > for stuff at auction sites, settle dinner debts with friends or nudge > your cousin to repay that $50 he borrowed at the family reunion." > - Time > "This is truly one of the easiest services to use. Setting up an > e-mail account at Yahoo! takes longer!" > - Internet.com > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp