Bedford Minutemen

Line of March

April 19, 1775

Marker is on Lexington Road, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Site of the Bedford Branch of the State Bank of Indiana

Created by the Legislature on January 28, 1834, it was one of ten original branch banks. This institution served six counties and contributed greatly to Bedford’s growth.

First President was Col. William McLane, followed by John Vestal.

First cashier was Dan R. ...

British Cemetery - HMT Bedfordshire

These gravesites contain the bodies of four British seamen. Their ship, the armed trawler HMS Bedfordshire, was on loan to our Navy by Great Britain to help protect our shores during the early days of World War II.

On May 11, ...

Bedford Co. Bridge #15

Colvin Covered Bridge

WGC8 38-05-24

Rehabilitated in 1996

Co. Commissioners: Norma C. Ickes, Chairperson; Dick M. Rice; Gary W. Ebersole

Co. Engineer: P. Joseph Lehman, Inc.

Contractor: Kee Ta Qyah Construction

History of the Bridge

Constructed around 1880, the Colvin Covered Bridge is one of Bedford ...

Gunning Bedford House

Built about 1760. Home of Gunning Bedford, eleventh governor of Delaware. Born 1742. Lieut-Col. in Haslet's Delaware Regiment. Wounded in Battle of White Plains 1776. Presidential Elector 1788. Also home of Caleb P. Bennett, twenty-ninth governor of Delaware. Born 1758. ...

Moore County / Bedford County

Moore County

Established 1871; named in honor of

Major Gen. William Moore

He settled in Tennessee in 1808, coming from Kentucky. Commanded a company in the Creek War; finished the War of 1812 as a Major General. Member of the State House of ...

Bedford Furnace

First iron furnace in the Juniata region. Famous as a center for making quality charcoal iron. Located on Black Log Creek below its junction with Shade Creek. Completed about 1786.

Marker is on Croghan Pike (Route 522), on the right.

Courtesy ...

Historic New York Bedford House

On Route 22 near Katonah

John Jay (1745 – 1829), statesman, jurist, first Chief Justice of the United States, and Governor of New York State for six years, built Bedford House in 1800. It remained his home for the last twenty-nine ...

Gunning Bedford, Jr.

1747-1812. Member of Continental Congress and of Annapolis Convention. A framer of United States Constitution, which Delaware was first to ratify. Appointed First District Judge of Delaware by President Washington. Purchased this property 1793 as country home, naming it "Lombardy". ...

Bedford County Vietnam Veterans Memorial

In honor of the men and women of Bedford County who answered the call

We remember these who lost their lives in service to their country

Darrell Zane Magruder •

Donald Clair Wyles •

Charles E Sivits •

Irvin Grant Weyand • ...