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FORT NECESSITY Description: On July 3, 1754, in the wilderness of the Allegheny Mountains, Colonial troops commanded by 22 year old Colonel George Washington were defeated in this small stockade. This battle at the "Great Meadows" was the opening battle of the French and Indian War, a ten-year struggle between Great Britain and France for control of North America. Fort Necessity was situated alongside the main travel route between Fort Cumberland and the Ohio River near the present town of Farmington, Pa. This route was known successively as the Nemacolin Indian trail, Braddock's Road, the National or Cumberland Road, and U.S. Route 40. Credit: Copyright © 2001 National Road Heritage Park. Courtesy National Scenic Byways Program. |
RELATED LINKS: Route of Meriwether Lewis from Harpers Ferry, Va. to Pittsburgh, Pa. |
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