Bedford, PA III+ (10/30/2021)

Saturday, October 30, 2021

A foggy overcast day...

We are now traveling the former Forbes Road that was blazed through the forests of Pennsylvania in 1758 during the French and Indian War. General John Forbes led an expedition from Philadelphia over the Allegheny Mountains to capture French-occupied Fort Duquesne, at what later became Pittsburgh. Among the British and colonial troops was a young 26-year old colonel with the Virginia militia, George Washington. Washington returned in 1794 to quell the Whiskey Rebellion.

Forbes Road later became part of the Lincoln Highway, the first transcontinental road that began in Times Square in New York City, NY and ended in Lincoln Park in San Francisco, CA. Now much of the Lincoln Highway, especially in Pennsylvania, is designated as US Highway 30.

Dunkle's Gulf Station (1933, by Edward Joseph Weber
in Art Deco style) and is still owned and run by the family

The Coffee Pot (1927, by Bert Koontz)

Jean Bonnet Tavern (c 1762) opened as an inn in 1779,
and was a gathering place for protesting farmers during
the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion, and then was where the
federal troops under George Washington camped

An outbuilding at the Jean Bonnet Tavern (KSS)

Goat paddock at Jean Bonnet Tavern

Near Manns Choice, PA:

Herline Covered Bridge (1902) is a 136-feet long Burr Truss
bridge, the longest covered bridge in Bedford County 

Turner's Covered Bridge (c 1892) is an 89-foot Burr Truss
 bridge with open sides; the Herline and Turner's bridges
cross the Raystown branch of the Juniata River

Turner's Covered Bridge

Colvin Covered Bridge (1894) is a 66-foot long
multiple king post bridge crossing Shawnee Creek

Next in Scheelsburg, PA:

The Pied Piper, the last remnant of a
children's fairy tale park, Storyland (1950s-1980s)

Old Log Church (c 1806 as Union Church) served both
the local Lutheran and Reformed congregations

This appears to be the front of the church

Next, in Shanksville, PA.

Flight 93 Memorial Chapel (1902, as a Lutheran Church)
was started soon after 9/11/2001 and was dedicated on the
first anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks by airplane

Maggie's Tower with an 1860 "Thunder Bell,"
donated by Maggie Hardy Magerko and
Harold Knupp for the first anniversary

Heroes Garden at the Flight 93 Memorial Chapel
in Shanksville, PA

Flight 93 Crew Monument (2006) in Heroes
Garden where there are also benches inscribed
with the names of the passengers on Flight 93

A beam from the World Trade Center was donated for the
dedication of the United Airlines Flight 93 Crew Monument
on the fifth anniversary of 9/11

Coins left on the World Trade Center beam are
collected for maintenance of the Heroes Garden

Children's Peace Garden sculpture was donated in 2008
by the Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania

The Flight 93 Memorial Chapel served as a sanctuary where family and friends of the passengers and crew of Flight 93 could gather to remember and reflect, and for visitors to pay their respects during the ten years before the Flight 93 National Memorial was opened. (We visited the National Memorial on 6/25/2019.)

Today the chapel was closed, but contains all the memorabilia left at temporary memorial sites, plus additional gifts that continue to be received.

Statue (2009) of Jackson the Elephant standing in a
parking space at the Eat 'n' Park in Somerset, PA

Jackson the Elephant was in the circus for 20 years before joining the Pittsburgh Zoo in 1994. He was a prolific sire, leading the zoo to create the International Conservation Center (2007) in nearby Fairhope, PA as a breeding, conservation, and research center. 

This alley leads to the Ravenna, OH movie theater

Stopped for lunch at Guido's in Ravenna, where the
sandwiches can be accompanied by "Jojos" (potato wedges
that are breaded and fried, often along with fried chicken!)