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 West
Overton Museums - Visit one of the only villages
in the country that has stood from the days of George Washington
and was the birthplace of Henry
Clay Frick, one of the biggest names in steel industry in
Pittsburgh.The West Overton Village was named to the National
Register of Historic Districts in 1985 as an outstanding example
of a 19th century rural industrial village. |
 Fort
Necessity Battlefield - This was the opening
battle of the French and Indian War, the struggle between Great
Britain and France for control of North America. The removal
of French power from the continent helped pave the way for the
American Revolution.
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 Bushy
Run Battlefield - The opening of western Pennsylvania
to settlement was the result of a decisive victory over the
Native Americans at the Battle of Bushy Run, August 5th and
6th, 1763. Bushy Run Battlefield is the only historic site or
museum that deals exclusively with Pontiac's War, one of the
most significant Native American conflicts in American History.
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 Jumonville
Glen - The site of an encounter that lasted
barely 10 minutes but resulted in the deaths of between
10 and 14 Frenchmen and the murder of Sieur Jumonville after
the fighting had stopped. George Washing would later sign
a confessions to this murder at his defeat at Fort Necessity.
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Grave - On this site Gen. Edward Braddock
was buried on July 13, 1755. George Washington ordered that
the general’s body be buried in the roadbed to conceal
it from an enemy thought to be in pursuit. It would remain
there until 1804 when it was descovered by a group of workmen
repairing the road.
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Scarsdale Cottage Inn
208 Allison Street
West Newton, PA 15089
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Phone: (724)872-2121
Toll Free: 1-866-722-7732
(1-866-Scarsdale)
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