History conference will visit Fayette County
A Westmoreland County history conference will bring visitors into Fayette County in March as part of a motorcoach tour of French and Indian War sites.
The 16th Annual Ohio Country Conference, sponsored by Bushy Run Battlefield Heritage Society, Westmoreland County Community College and Westmoreland County Historical Society, will be held Saturday, March 24 and Sunday, March 25.
Participants on the March 25 motorcoach tour will visit Fort Necessity National Battlefield in Farmington. A conference brochure noted, “The confrontation at Fort Necessity in the summer of 1754 was the prelude to the war fought by England and France for control of the North American continent. the action at Fort Necessity was the first major event in the military career of George Washington.”
The tour will stop for lunch at the Stone House Restaurant and Inn, also in Farmington. The brochure explained, “One of the original wayside inns along the National Road, the Stone House first opened its doors in 1822 to wagoners and travelers seeking renewed health in the waters of nearby Fayette Springs.”
Read more about it in an upcoming edition of HeraldStandard.com.