History thumb|Fraser Tavern, a stone structure built after 1789, on the site of the original structure, which opened in 1758 thumb|North View of Bedford, PA an 1840 portrait by Augustus Kollner thumb|East Penn Street in Bedford The area around Bedford was inhabited by Euro-American traders during the late 1740s and early 1750s. Permanent settlers, however, did not arrive until after Forbes Road was constructed in 1758 to support the Forbes Expedition's campaign against Fort Duquesne.
History thumb|Fraser Tavern, a stone structure built after 1789, on the site of the original structure which opened in 1758 thumb|North ,View of Bedford, PA an 1840 portrait by Augustus Kollner thumb|East Penn Street in Bedford The area around Bedford was inhabited by Euro-American traders during the late 1740s and early 1750s. Permanent settlers, however, did not arrive until after Forbes Road was constructed in 1758 to support the Forbes Expedition's campaign against Fort Duquesne.