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Outdoors · Historical imageBedford County Civil War Monument at Penn and Juliana streets
Bedford’s Civil War monument stands across from the courthouse at Penn and Juliana streets. Dedicated on July 4, 1890, it was partly funded by local…
OutdoorsCaptain Phillips’ Rangers Memorial
The Captain Phillips’ Rangers Memorial outside Saxton commemorates ten men killed after a frontier battle on July 16, 1780. Captain William Phillips…
Outdoors · Historical imageCox Children’s Monument
Brothers George and Joseph Cox disappeared from their home near Pavia in Bedford County on April 24, 1856. A prolonged search failed to find them.…
Eight Square School
The Eight Square School at Old Bedford Village was built in Fishertown in 1851 and moved to the museum with its original floor and foundation. Its…
SchoolsFormer Bedford Common School
The former Bedford Common School on South Juliana Street, built in 1859, later housed community activities before becoming the National Museum of the…
Former Lincoln Hotel
The former Lincoln Hotel near Manns Choice, Bedford County, stood across the highway from the Lincoln Motor Court. After its hotel and bar years, it…
OutdoorsGravity Hill Road off Bethel Hollow Road
Gravity Hill near New Paris in Bedford County is a road where a stopped car appears to roll uphill. A local account collected by the Enigma Project…
Historic homesJames Russell House
James Russell built his house at 203 South Juliana Street in Bedford in 1816. It later housed the Pate family’s funeral business and county offices.…
Inns & businessesJean Bonnet Tavern
Jean Bonnet Tavern is a stone inn west of Bedford whose history reaches back to about 1762. The tavern publishes several accounts collected by…
Metropolitan Hotel
At the Metropolitan Hotel in Manns Choice, investigator Jon McClintock and Jo Brindza collected guests’ accounts in 2003. One witness, Heather,…
CemeteriesOld Log Church
Schellsburg’s Old Log Church was built in 1806 for German Reformed and Lutheran congregations. It stands beside the cemetery where Steve Kamrud,…
OutdoorsOmni Bedford Springs Resort
Omni Bedford Springs Resort grew from a mineral-springs retreat established by Dr. John Anderson, who built the Stone Inn in 1806. As the property…
OutdoorsWoods by Old Bedford Village
Old Bedford Village’s reconstructed historic buildings and surrounding woods provided the setting for an encounter remembered by Dee Bishop of…