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=== Settlers === | === Settlers === | ||
There is no known list of settlers who travelled Forbes Road. Most of the new settlers in the Pittsburgh area after 1758 would have arrived via Forbes Road from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, or via Braddock's Road for Fort Cumberland, Maryland. | There is no known list of settlers who travelled Forbes Road. Most of the new settlers in the Pittsburgh area after 1758 would have arrived via Forbes Road from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, or via Braddock's Road for Fort Cumberland, Maryland. | ||
After 1758 pioneers from eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey would have been the most likely to traverse | After 1758 pioneers from eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey would have been the most likely to traverse Forbes Road, and they most likely would have settled in Pittsburgh, western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, or Kentucky. {{Wikipedia|Forbes Road}} | ||
=== Internet Sites === | === Internet Sites === | ||