Was a gorgeous day here yesterday. Wife and I decided to take a daytrip up over the mountains to Md. and back.
I had been reading and pondering this thread. I dont have a time machine, but some of the areas here are like a time warp.
On the way back, I noticed a sign informing the public that there was an encampment at Fort Necessity.
I began thinking that both Lt. Col Washington and MG Edward Braddock
Both suffered a crushing defeats on their journeys from Wills Creek (now Cumberland, Md) to rout the french from Fort Duquesne (aka Fort Pitt).
Braddocks Road runs paralell to the National Road
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What route do you take? ; West along what will some day be I-40
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Thanks to Pennsylvania's Rails to Trails Program, there is a trail that runs from Wills Creek to Braddocks Crossing.
This is about 152 miles. I used to help out with a JSSA (joint services sere agency) exercise that was run through this area till the late 90s. One of my functions was to acquire LUAs (Land Use Agreements) from the locals for use of their properties. I managed to make friends with quite a few of the land owners.
The point here being that a side trip (about 24 miles of virgin land) from the Great Allegheny Passage to the sites of Fort Necessity and Braddocks Grave could be also be made.
Im kicking around the idea as a local SFA chapter endeavor for around the end of September early October.
Would appreciate any advice, input or participations.
Groups have made this trips in 12 mile segments on various weekends but to my knowledge no one has made the whole trail at one time.