Last updated: August 3, 2022
Place
Indian Run
Quick Facts
Location:
1 Washington Parkway, Farmington, PA 15437
Amenities
3 listed
Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Trailhead, Wheelchair Accessible
"Indian Run" is the name for a channelized creek that drains through The Great Meadows into Great Meadows Run next to Fort Necessity. George Washington wished to use these creek beds as a defensive position to defend the original supply stockade of what would become Fort Necessity. Unfortunately on the day of The Battle of the Great Meadows on July 3rd, 1754 a steady rain would settle in, flooding the creek bed and turning The Great Meadows into a large quagmire.
Although the quagmire would fend off any frontal charges on Fort Necessity that day, it depleted the will of the soldiers under George Washington's command, helping to force the surrender of George Washington to Louis Coulon de Villiers of the French Marine.
Although the quagmire would fend off any frontal charges on Fort Necessity that day, it depleted the will of the soldiers under George Washington's command, helping to force the surrender of George Washington to Louis Coulon de Villiers of the French Marine.
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Washington's Arrival and Defenses
An audio clip from the self guided tour that describes what George Washington saw when he chose the location of what would become Fort Necessity