Legends of the Mount Washington Tavern

Friends of Fort Necessity News Release
Release Date Immediate

Contact: Debbie Miller

Phone number: 724-880-3897

Date: October 4, 2012

The Friends of Fort Necessity present the Legends of the Mount Washington Tavern



FARMINGTON, Pa., Have you ever imagined what life was like at the Mount

Washington Tavern? Or wondered about the people who lived, and died, along

the National Road? Join the Friends of Fort Necessity on Saturday, October

13 for a special nighttime tour at Fort Necessity National Battlefield that

reveals the Legends of the Mount Washington Tavern. Visitors will hear

stories passed down through local tradition about death and mourning,

tragedies, robberies, and other happenings along the National Road in the

1800s.

Friends of Fort Necessity members and park rangers will conduct the Legends

of the Mount Washington Tavern tour at three times: 6:45, 7:30, and 8:15

p.m. Participants will assemble at the Fort Necessity/National Road

Interpretive and Education Center. A shuttle provided by Nemacolin

Woodlands Resort will transport visitors from the Interpretive and

Education Center to the Mount Washington Tavern. Comfortable clothing and

shoes are recommended.



The program is free and reservations are required due to limited space. The

tour is not recommended for children under the age of eight. Please call

Fort Necessity at 724-329-5805 by October 12 to reserve your space on the

tour.



The Friends of Fort Necessity is a group dedicated to working with the

National Park Service to preserve the history of Fort Necessity. Anyone

interested in joining may sign up at the Fort Necessity Interpretive and

Education Center. For more information on this and other programs at Fort

Necessity, please call (724) 329-5512 or visit the park’s website at

www.nps.gov/fone.

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Fort Necessity Lecture Series: The Struggle for Empire in a Cherokee Town

Friends of Fort Necessity Lecture Series:  “The Struggle for Empire in a Cherokee Town.”

FARMINGTON, PA

The Friends of Fort Necessity September Lecture Series is set for Wednesday, September 12th at the Visitor Center of Fort Necessity National Battlefield.  Speaker for the evening is Tyler Boulware, Associate Professor of History at West Virginia University where he teaches courses in early American and Native American history.  The program begins at 7 p.m. in the theater of the Visitor Center. This program is free and open to the public.

Dr. Tyler Boulware

Title of Dr. Boulware’s  program is “The Disaffected People of Great Tellicao”:  The Struggle for Empire in a Cherokee Town.  In the fall of 1756 the Cherokees undertook a diplomatic mission that thrust them into the heart of the French and Indian War, also called the Seven Years” War.   Through the diplomatic maneuvering and subsequent political crises it ended with a stronger Anglo-Cherokee alliance that ultimately brought the British and Cherokees to the brink of war in 1759.

Growing up in South Carolina Dr. Boulware hiked and camped in the southern mountains where he first learned of creeks and rivers with names like Tugaloo, Estatoe, Keowee, and Toxaway.  These are areas the lower Cherokee once called home.

Visitors attending this lecture will also have the opportunity to view a traveling exhibit about Cherokee culture and history now on display in the Park Visitor Center. The display includes original artifacts from Cherokee villages, Cherokee artwork, ten panels on Cherokee history and three short video programs. This exhibit was developed by the Museum of the Cherokee.

This program is sponsored by the Friends of Fort Necessity.  It is free and open to the public.  The Friends welcome new members and will have a short meeting prior to the speaker.   Fort Necessity is located 11 miles east of Uniontown on Route 40, the National Road.  For more information please call (724) 329-4664.  The final event of  the Friends is the Legends program scheduled for Friday, October 12 in the Mount Washington Tavern.

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