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EspañolBLOODY RUN (BEDFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA)
'Bloody Run' is a tributary of the Raystown Branch Juniata River in Bedford County, Pennsylvania in the United States.
Bloody Run flows down a valley between Tussey Mountain and Warrior Ridge, and enters the Raystown Branch Juniata River in Everett, Pennsylvania.
The tributary creek acquired its name from the rather gruesome battles of the area in the 1750s during the French and Indian War, as well as from the many travelers who were killed by the Indians who had a settlement on the site of the town eventually named after the creek. Bloody Run was laid out on June 15, 1795, by Michael Barndollar, who purchased 400 acres which included the Bloody Run creek. This early town was named Waynesburg in honor of George Wayne, however the post office bore the title of Bloody Run. The town held the name Waynesburg until 1860, when it was officially changed to Bloody Run. On or about the year 1875, at a borough election, the majority of voters adopted the new town name of Everett, after statesman and orator Edward Everett, one-time governor of Massachusetts and president of Harvard University, who is best known as the speaker opposite Abraham Lincoln at the reading of the Gettysburg Address.
★ List of Pennsylvania rivers
★ Topographical Maps from Topozone.com Everett, Pa Topographical Map
★ Bedford County Genealogy Project
★ Everett Borough @ www.everettpa.net
★ Everett Historic District @ www.livingplaces.com
Bloody Run flows down a valley between Tussey Mountain and Warrior Ridge, and enters the Raystown Branch Juniata River in Everett, Pennsylvania.
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| History |
| See also |
| References |
History
The tributary creek acquired its name from the rather gruesome battles of the area in the 1750s during the French and Indian War, as well as from the many travelers who were killed by the Indians who had a settlement on the site of the town eventually named after the creek. Bloody Run was laid out on June 15, 1795, by Michael Barndollar, who purchased 400 acres which included the Bloody Run creek. This early town was named Waynesburg in honor of George Wayne, however the post office bore the title of Bloody Run. The town held the name Waynesburg until 1860, when it was officially changed to Bloody Run. On or about the year 1875, at a borough election, the majority of voters adopted the new town name of Everett, after statesman and orator Edward Everett, one-time governor of Massachusetts and president of Harvard University, who is best known as the speaker opposite Abraham Lincoln at the reading of the Gettysburg Address.
See also
★ List of Pennsylvania rivers
References
★ Topographical Maps from Topozone.com Everett, Pa Topographical Map
★ Bedford County Genealogy Project
★ Everett Borough @ www.everettpa.net
★ Everett Historic District @ www.livingplaces.com
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