. Book of the Royal blue . erry Run, W. Va Cherry Run, W. Va. _ Washington (via Hagerstown) Weverton Weverton - Weverton -. Washington Washington (via boat) .- (a) Washington (via trolley) (6) Washington (via N. & W. S. B. Co.) Grafton Washington (via Fredericksburg) F.\ R K Washington (Ooins via N. & D. C. S. B. Co., Port Monroeand C. & O. Ky, returningr all tail tbroui^iiFredericksburg, Va.) Washington (Goinir via N. ,t D. C. 8. B. Fort Monroeand Virt,inja Nav. Co. to Riehmond. return-inj; all rail through Fi-ederirlisburtr. Va. ( Harpers Ferry Shenandoah JunctionWashington Wash
. Book of the Royal blue . erry Run, W. Va Cherry Run, W. Va. _ Washington (via Hagerstown) Weverton Weverton - Weverton -. Washington Washington (via boat) .- (a) Washington (via trolley) (6) Washington (via N. & W. S. B. Co.) Grafton Washington (via Fredericksburg) F.\ R K Washington (Ooins via N. & D. C. S. B. Co., Port Monroeand C. & O. Ky, returningr all tail tbroui^iiFredericksburg, Va.) Washington (Goinir via N. ,t D. C. 8. B. Fort Monroeand Virt,inja Nav. Co. to Riehmond. return-inj; all rail through Fi-ederirlisburtr. Va. ( Harpers Ferry Shenandoah JunctionWashington Washington WashingtonWashingtonWashingtonWashingtonWashington $ . .75 .. . - ■ One Fare forthe Round Trip One Fare forthe Round Trip One Fare forthe Round Trip One Fare forthe Round Trip (a) Admission to .Mt. Vernon grounds included. (6) Admission to Mt. Vernon irrotinds nol included. The Baltimore 6 Ohio Railroad AND THE CIVIL WAR. Book of the Royal Blue. rOllMSIIEI) . HV DliPAKTMENT OK THE iS: OllKJ Vol. V. BALTIMORE, SEPTEMB1-:R, igo2. No. 12. FORT HILL. BY A. MARSHALL ROSS. IN Addison Township, Somerset County,Pennsylvania, near the line of the Balti-more >.t Ohio Railroad, about ninetymiles east of Pittsburg, is an object ofinterest and curiosity, a veritable enigmato everybody for centuries. The first white men to penetrate intothe great wilderness of the western partof the then province of Pennsylvania, ofwhich what is known now as SomersetCounty was a part, were Indian traders,in the year 1730. They were closelyfollowed by hunters who, in couplesor small bands, ventured into it for thewild game of difierent kinds, so abundantin the mountain fastnesses. But the veryfirst real hona fide white settlement withinthe present bounds of the county, wasmade, from 1708 to 1768, by a few familiesat and in vicinity of the historic TurkeyFoot of the three
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