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McConnellsburg 15 Burnt CabinsTo Pacify Indians CabinsOf Intruding White SettlersBurned Here 1750By Order of the ProvincialGovernment

Forbes Road

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Just east of here is the junction of the two branches of the Raystown Path: a mountain shortcut by way of Fannettsburg, and Gen. Forbes road through Cowan Gap. From here Forbes route is marked by towns named for his forts: Littleton, Bedford, Ligo…

Burnt Cabins

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Early settlers' cabins in this vicinity were burned by Provincial forces, 1750, to satisfy Indian protests against white trespassers on their lands. The name is a relic of troubled days on the Pennsylvania frontier.

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