SEARIGHT'S TOLLHOUSE is next to
the National Road near Fort Necessity
Tollhouses were used to raise
money to maintain the National Road
The new Ft. Necessity Visitor's
Center was completed in October 2005
Welcome Fort Necessity National Battlefield
&
National Road Heritage Corridor
HERE IN 1754, George Washington suffered the first defeat of his
military career. That battle was a prelude to a war for empire that
eventually set the stage for the American Revolution.
Searchable Google Map of the Fort Necessity
Area
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As a path through the woods is made not by one traveler, but by
many, so history is not made only by great leaders, but by all
peoples who have journeyed on the path to the present
Ft. Necessity seen through the
trees
Earthworks and a cannon next to
the fort
Battlefield display indicates
the flow of battle
Entrance to the indoor
historical displays at the National Road Museum
George Washington
Indian War Belt
Johnson Dish Belt made from
wampum beads
Indian artifacts fill a display
case
This Ft. Necessity battle scene
is accompanied by a recorded narration
Displays tell of global empires
Room recreated from that
historic period
Worker on the National Road
National Road
mile marker
'52 to Cumberland'
Historic Marker
on
National Road
NATIONAL ROAD
Our first national road; fathered by Albert Gallatin. Begun in 1811
at Cumberland, Md.; completed to Wheeling in 1818. Toll road under
State control, 1835-1905. Rebuilt, it is present U.S. Route 40.