Ellen and List Members, I last saw these two markers before I left the Pittsburgh area to relocate to Washington, D.C. in 1985. The White Oak one is small; maybe it's one by two feet on a stone. I once saw it by sheer chance while driving on Lincoln Way. That may have been in the 1970s. I don't know if it had been moved from elsewhere in White Oak. Since it marks Braddock's Camp, it's location by the boro garage is incorrect. I also am unaware of PennDOT's refurbishing of the Duquense Bridge and loss of the river crossing marker. What can you expect from bureaucrats? (I should know, I work with them!) Regarding Marlyn's description of the spring being near Bennett and another B street; it must have been Boyd. This intersection is just off O'Neal Blvd. Remember when Kennywood's train ride had a re-creation of Braddock's Defeat? Paul

Paul's recollection of the state historical marker on Lincoln Way is accurate. When I was a little boy, I frequently walked from one grandmother's home at 1219 Ohio Avenue (one block off Lincoln Way) to my other grandparent's home at 1148 Lincoln Way. The sign was in the 1200 block of Lincoln Way, a few feet east of the intersection of what we then called Center Street and Route 48 (Lincoln Way). There was an Atlantic Station on the west corner and a Gulf station, owned by my mother's uncle Harry Ulm, on the east corner. The sign was entitled "Braddock's March" and told of his army's march westward guided by Colonel George Washington. It was a standard blue historical marker with yellow lettering. I believe it was placed by the McKeesport DAR. I know it was there in 1938. Jim Parmiter MHS '52/PSU '56