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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 from 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 from Fort Cumberland, Maryland. | ||
After 1758 pioneers from eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey would have been the most likely ones to traverse Forbes Road, | After 1758 pioneers from eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey would have been the most likely ones to traverse Forbes Road. Philadelphia was America's busiest seaport until about 1810, so some immigrants from Europe who landed in Philadelphia may also have used Forbes Road to head west. People who followed Forbes Road most likely would have settled in Pittsburgh, western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, or Kentucky. {{Wikipedia|Forbes Road}} | ||
=== Internet Sites === | === Internet Sites === | ||