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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 620 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BEDFORD , a See also:

borough and the See also:county-seat of Bedford county, See also:Pennsylvania, U.S.A., on the Raystown See also:branch of the Juniata See also:river, about 35 M. See also:south by See also:west of See also:Altoona. Pop. (189o) 2242; ' Called " See also: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 of the 18th See also:century, an See also:art See also:gallery and a soldiers' See also:monument. There are deposits of hematite and See also:limestone near the borough, and less than 2 M. south of it are the widely-known Bedford See also:Mineral Springs— a See also:magnesia See also:spring, a limestone spring, a See also:sulphur spring, and a " sweet-See also:water " spring — which attract many visitors during the summer See also:season. There' are also chalybeate and other less important springs about the same distance See also:east of the borough, and a See also:white sulphur spring ro m. south-west of it. Bedford has a large wholesale grocery See also:trade, manufactures See also:flour, dressed See also:lumber, kegs and handles, and is situated in a See also:fine See also:fruit-growing See also:district, especially known for its apples and plums. The borough owns and operates the water See also:works. A temporary See also:settlement was made on or near the site of the See also:present borough about 1750 by an See also:Indian trader named See also:Ray, and for a few years the See also:place was known as Raystown; the present name was adopted not later than 1759. In See also:July 1758 Fort Bedford, for many years an important military See also:post on the frontier, was constructed, and here, later in the See also:year,, See also:General See also:John See also:Forbes brought together his troops preparatory to advancing against Fort See also:Duquesne. The See also: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 in 1817. See also:Washington came here in 1794 to See also:review the See also:army sent to quell the See also:Whisky Insurrection, and the Espy See also:house, which he then occupied, is still See also:standing.

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