Braddock's Road photographs, ca. 1895

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Photographs made at Laurel Hills, Pennsylvania, about 1895, on Braddock's Road, one of the earliest routes through the Allegheny Mountains, based on the road followed by General Edward Braddock's m...

Photographs made at Laurel Hills, Pennsylvania, about 1895, on Braddock's Road, one of the earliest routes through the Allegheny Mountains, based on the road followed by General Edward Braddock's march to the Battle of the Wilderness (1755) in the French and Indian War. Images show a deserted tavern, deserted buildings with a sign saying Summit House, mountain girls chopping wood, and a father and children outside a log cabin.

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