Braddock's Field

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Braddock's Field is a historic battlefield on the banks of the Monongahela River, near the junction of Turtle Creek, east of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. French and Indian forces from Fort Duquesne ambushed and defeated British General Edward Braddock there, on July 5, 1755, in the Battle of the Monongahela. Braddock himself was mortally wounded.

[edit] History of Braddock's Field

Queen Alliquippa and her tribe, the Delawares, inhabited the area in the early part of the 17th century.[1]

In 1742, John Frazier, his wife and family, came from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania area and settled in the area. Queen Alliquippa gave him several hundred acres of land. He was probably the first white settler west of the Allegheny Mountains.[1]

Braddock's Field also was the site of a rally of rebellious militiamen and farmers during the Whiskey Rebellion, prior to a massive march on the city of Pittsburgh on August 1, 1794.[2]

The Edgar Thomson Steel Works obliterated the site of his cabin and much of Braddock's Field.[1]

The town of Braddock, Pennsylvania now occupies the site of the field.[1] Braddock is located at 40°24′13″N, 79°52′7″W (40.403619, -79.868700)[3].

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d The Unwritten History of Braddock's Field (Pennsylvania), editor, Geo. H. Lamb, A. M., Nicholson printing co., Pittsburgh, 1917
  2. ^ "The Planting of Civilization in Western Pennsylvania, Buck, Solon J.
  3. ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
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