"Spendelow Camp"
Posted by: flyingmoose
N 39° 38.021 W 078° 49.815
17S E 686203 N 4389350
Located right off of Interstate 68 along route 53.
Waymark Code: WMN1A
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 08/21/2006
Views: 42
"Spendelow Camp"
Also Called
"Camp at the Grove"
General Braddock's 1st Camp on
the march from Fort Cumberland
to Fort Duquesne, June 11th to
13th, 1755. After building a road
over wills mountain, Spendelow,
An engineer, discovered a route
by "The Narrows" and Braddock's
run and a second road was opened
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County (required): Allegany County
Location (required): Eastbound Vocke Road
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