Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, Jeannette
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Bushy Run Battlefield is the 1763 site of a battle between Native Americans and British forces under the command of Colonel Henry Bouquet. This battle stopped a Native American attempt to regain lands controlled by the British and allowed western colonization. Relive this important event by visiting the permanent exhibit, “The March to Bushy Run”, in our Visitor Center. Thank you for your patronage.
(War, French and Indian) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Bushy Run Battlefield is the 1763 site of a battle between Native Americans and British forces under the command of Colonel Henry Bouquet. This battle stopped a Native American attempt to regain lands controlled by the British and allowed western colonization. Relive this important event by visiting the permanent exhibit, “The March to Bushy Run”, in our Visitor Center. Thank you for your patronage.(War, French and Indian) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
In the heart of the French and Indian War British emissaries attempted to persuade the Native Americans in the Ohio Valley to abandon their support of the French. In exchange, the British promised to leave the land west of the Allegheny Mountains after the French were defeated. However, when the war ended on the frontier, the British maintained their presence by constructing Fort Pitt and settlers continued to enter the region. When the British limited gifts to the various tribes and severely restricted trade, including such critical items as weapons and powder, the Natives understood the relationship was changing. In a vision, the “Master of Life” told the Delaware prophet Neolin, that his people should return to the old ways, make war, and drive the British from the land. In the spring of 1773 the Natives attacked Fort Detroit. The war quickly spread to western Pennsylvania, the Indians laying siege to Fort Pitt.
During the 18th century, the Niagara Portage provided one of the great access points to the interior of North America. Here, travelers from the east could reach the upper Great Lakes after a relatively short portage around Niagara Falls.
This log is a portion of a redwood tree which contained 45,000 board feet of lumber. This tree drifted onto the Crescent City, California, beach during the 1964 flood. This log is 1477 years old and was cut from the largest piece of driftwood ever collected. It was presented to the City of Winnemucca as an appropriate marker for the beginning of the 'Winnemucca to the Sea' Highway.
Site of school house given in 1868 by Frank Baud - a city founder
Violin prodigy who performed with John Philip Sousa and later became a film director and composer. He pioneered the use of original music for films, and his film “One Night of Love” won best musical score and sound recording Oscars in 1934. He composed the pop standard “Tangerine.” Among many films he directed were two of the Hope and Crosby “Road” movies. He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His childhood home was here.
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