BEDFORD  , a See also:

• BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
• BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

borough and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of Bedford county, See also:

• PENNSYLVANIA
• PENNSYLVANIA, UNIVERSITY OF

Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on the Raystown See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Juniata See also:

• RIVER

river, about 35 M. See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south by See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west of See also:

• ALTOONA

Altoona . Pop . (189o) 2242; ' Called " See also:

• GUINEA

guinea-pigs." (19,0) 2235• Bedford is served by the Bedford branch of the Pennsylvania railway . It lies in a beautiful valley . In the borough are some interesting old houses, erected in the latter See also:

• PART

part of the 18th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, an See also:

• ART

art See also:

• GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery and a soldiers' See also:

• MONUMENT (Lat. monumentum or monumentum; from monere, to advise, bring to mind, remind; the German equivalent is Denkmal)

monument . There are deposits of hematite and See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone near the borough, and less than 2 M. south of it are the widely-known Bedford See also:

• MINERAL

Mineral Springs— a See also:

• MAGNESIA

magnesia See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring, a limestone spring, a See also:

• SULPHUR

sulphur spring, and a " sweet-See also:

• WATER

water " spring — which attract many visitors during the summer See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season . There' are also chalybeate and other less important springs about the same distance See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of the borough, and a See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white sulphur spring ro m. south-west of it . Bedford has a large wholesale grocery See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, manufactures See also:

• FLOUR

flour, dressed See also:

• LUMBER

lumber, kegs and handles, and is situated in a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit-growing See also:

• DISTRICT

district, especially known for its apples and plums . The borough owns and operates the water See also:

• WORKS

works . A temporary See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement was made on or near the site of the See also:

• PRESENT

present borough about 1750 by an See also:

• INDIAN

Indian trader named See also:

• RAY (Lat. raia)
• RAY (or WRAY, as he wrote his name till 1670), JOHN (1628-1705)

Ray, and for a few years the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was known as Raystown; the present name was adopted not later than 1759 . In See also:

• JULY

July 1758 Fort Bedford, for many years an important military See also:

• POST

post on the frontier, was constructed, and here, later in the See also:

• YEAR

year,, See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• FORBES
• FORBES, ALEXANDER PENROSE (1817-1875)
• FORBES, ARCHIBALD (1838-1900)
• FORBES, DAVID (1828--1876)
• FORBES, DUNCAN
• FORBES, EDWARD (1815—1854)
• FORBES, JAMES DAVID (1809—1868)
• FORBES, SIR JOHN (1787—1861)

Forbes brought together his troops preparatory to advancing against Fort See also:

• DUQUESNE
• DUQUESNE, ABRAHAM, MARQUIS (1610-1688)

Duquesne . The See also:

• TOWN

town of Bedford was laid out in 1769, and in 1771 it was made the county-seat of Bedford county,which was organized in that year .

The borough was incorporated in 1795, and received a new See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter in 1817 . See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington came here in 1794 to See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

review the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army sent to quell the See also:

• WHISKY, or WHISKEY

Whisky Insurrection, and the Espy See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, which he then occupied, is still See also:

• STANDING

standing .