Forbes Road

Edmund's Swamp

Named for Edmund Cartlidge, Indian trader. A camp located here, on the Raystown Path, provided good grass for the horses of General Forbes' army in 1758. The site of the redoubt is marked two and a half miles north of here.

Marker is on Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) 0.2 miles east of Buckstown Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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