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 | | Mother Bedford refers to a part of the region in south-central Pennsylvania which was erected as a county in 1771 out of lands obtained by treaty from the Indians in 1754 and 1768. |
 | | When Bedford County was erected out of Cumberland County, she encompassed the present-day counties of Huntingdon, Fulton, Blair, Bedford, Cambria, Somerset, Westmoreland, Fayette, Washington and Greene, along with portions of the present-day counties of Centre, Indiana, Armstrong, Allegheny and Beaver. |
 | | Bedford County was left with the region encompasssed by present-day Huntingdon, Fulton, Blair, Bedford, Cambria and Somerset counties. |
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