Blanket Hill
HERE
Colonel John Armstrong
With about 800 Frontiersmen from
Cumberland County
Stopped September 7, 1756, while on his
Way to attack the Indian town of
Kittanning
He left 18 of his men, commanded by
Lieutanant James Hogg
To watch a band of Indians seek at a
Nearby campfire.
The next morning Lieutenant Hogg
Attacked this band of Indians and was
Killed with a number of his men.
Here, March 16, 1777
Fergus Moorhead
Was taken prisoner by the Indians, and
His companion, a Mr. Simpson, was
Killed and scalped.
From the many blankets
Left here by Colonel Armstrong's men
The place received it's name.
Marker is on Benjamin Franklin Highway (U.S. 422) 0.3 miles east of Simpson Church Road, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
