. Book of the Royal blue . y Run. W. Va Cherry Run, W. Va Washington (via Hagerstown) _. Weverton Weverton Weverton — Washington Washington (via boat) (a) Washington (via trolley) (h) Washington (via N. & W. S. B. Co.)... Grafton ^ Washington (via Fredericksburg) Washington I (iuliik- vii^ N. & D. C. S. B. Fort Monroeund I. iV o. Ry. returning all rail throughFrederielvshurg, Va.) Washington (tioinn via N. .t D. C. S. B. Fort Monroeanil Virginia Nav. Co. to Richmond, return-ing all rail through Fredericksburg. Va.) Harpers Ferry — 3 Shenandoah Junction ) Washington - J. Washi
. Book of the Royal blue . y Run. W. Va Cherry Run, W. Va Washington (via Hagerstown) _. Weverton Weverton Weverton — Washington Washington (via boat) (a) Washington (via trolley) (h) Washington (via N. & W. S. B. Co.)... Grafton ^ Washington (via Fredericksburg) Washington I (iuliik- vii^ N. & D. C. S. B. Fort Monroeund I. iV o. Ry. returning all rail throughFrederielvshurg, Va.) Washington (tioinn via N. .t D. C. S. B. Fort Monroeanil Virginia Nav. Co. to Richmond, return-ing all rail through Fredericksburg. Va.) Harpers Ferry — 3 Shenandoah Junction ) Washington - J. Washington WashingtonWashingtonWashingtonWashingtonWashington ARE $ ^ .75 . . - ■ One Fare forthe Round Trip One Fare forthe Round Trip One Fare forthe Round Trip One Fare forthe Round Trip (rt) to -Mt. Vernon erounds included. () Admi^Bion to Mt. Vernon tyounde nol ini-hldcd. The Baltimore 6 Ohio Railroad AND THE CIVIL WAR. Book of the Royal Blue, PuiiLisHED Monthly by thePassenger Department of the Baltimore & Omu Railroad. Vol. V. B.\LTIMORE, :K, 1902. No. FORT HILL. BY A. MARSHALL ROSS. IN Addison Township, Somerset County,Pennsylvania, near the line of the Balti-more & 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 different kinds, so abundantin the mountain But the veryfirst real bona fide white settlement withinthe present bounds of the county, wasmade, from 1763 to 1768, by a few familiesat and in vicinity of the historic TurkeyFoot of the three streams (the Ca
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