Historic Highways of America, Vol. 5: The Old Glade (Forbes''s) Road (Pennsylvania State Road) (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Old Glade (Forbes's) Road, (Pennsylvania State Road), Vol. 5Braddock made a death-bed prophecy; it was that the British would do better next time. In I758 Pitt placed Braddock's un fulfilled task ou the shoulders of Brigadier general John Forbes, who marched to Bedford on the new road opened by Morris; thence he opened, along the general align ment of the prehistoric Trading Path, a new road to the Ohio. It was a desperate undertaking; but Forbes completed his campaign in November, I7 58 triumphantly - at the price of his life.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.