The first English fort west of the Alleghany Mountains was built five hundred feet south-east of this spot, in 1758 by order of General John Forbes, and named in honor of Lord John Ligonier.Here General Forbes with the aid of Colonels George Washington, Henry Bouquet and John Armstrong, assembled an army of 7850 men, constructed the Forbes Road, marched against Fort Duquesne, and compelled the evacuation of the fort November 25, 1758, thereby overthrowing French and establishing English supremacy in this region.Here Col. Bouquet re-organized the expedition for the relief of Fort Pitt, and while on the march, at a point of twenty-seven miles west of this, fought the Battle of Bushy Run August 5, and 6, 1763, defeating the Indians under Chief Guyasuta in "One of the best contested actions ever fought between white men and Indians."
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