Forbes Road - The Clear Fields

Forbes Road - The Clear Fields is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Somerset County, dedicated 1952.

Somerset County · dedicated 1952 · Lincoln Hwy. (US 30)

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Good forage found at open camps such as this on the Raystown Path led General Forbes to prefer this route to Braddock's Road. Site of Fort Dudgeon (Tomahawk Camp) is a short distance to the north.

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