 Historically, the park is on the location of the July 9, 1755 Battle of the Monongahela, where British general Edward Braddock was mortally wounded, ending his expedition to capture the French Fort Duquesne during the French and Indian War.George Washington was a colonel to Braddock, and fought at the battle before they retreated.Later the land on the bluff above the Monongahela River was part of a farm owned by Anthony Kenny.