Bouquet Camp

Following Braddock's defeat in 1755, the British government planned to strengthen its military by recruiting German and Swiss settlers to form the 60th (Royal American) Regiment of Foot. Enter Colonel Henry Bouquet, a Swiss military man from a prominent family.

Bouquet was appointed second-in-command to General John Forbes in 1758. Forbes was in poor health at the time, so most of the responsibilities of carrying out an attack of Fort Duquesne fell to Bouquet, including the construction of a road that would be known as Forbes Road. The campaign ended successfully in November 1758, with the French destruction and evacuation of Fort Duquesne. Bouquet remained in western Pennsylvania for the remainder of the war to ensure British military control of the region.

The Bouquet Camp marker was dedicated on Saturday, December 21, 1946. It reads: "Bouquet Camp, a base of supply in the Forbes campaign in 1758 forcing the French to abandon Fort Duquesne, was about three miles east. Named in honor of Col. Bouquet, second in command and builder of the Forbes Road."