Jean Bonnet Tavern
Located in Bedford, Pennsylvania

The land, 690 acres, was acquired in 1762, which was under French rule, by Hans Robert Callender, a trader with the Native American tribes of Pennsylvania. Callender was also a commissary for troop supplies and later became a scout for General George Washington. The location was also a trade route for the Shawnee Indians.

The land and the building were purchased by Jean Bonnet in 1779 and was opened as an Inn, which was used as a gathering place by disgruntled and protesting farmers during the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion, This uprising was suppressed months later by forces under President George Washington. It is documented that the building known as Jean Bonnet Tavern was once a French Fort.

There are many stories of ghosts at the Jean Bonnet Tavern. Many people that experience a haunting come away fascinated and not frightened.

The spirit of a man hung in the Tavern who was suspected of being a French Spy has been seen many times sitting at the bar and, at the exact location he was hung at, inside the Tavern. So the French would not find his remains, he was buried under the floor. The new owners of the Tavern replaced the floor boards in the 1950's and a skeleton of a man was found and tested and was proven to date back to the 1700's.

The Tavern was also used by the English to hold court in and in one court session, a horse thief was chased into the building by Shawnee Indians. After the Indians circled the Tavern/Fort and threatened to attack, the English quickly tried the man, hung him in the hall way and gave his corpse to the Indians as proof of justice.

There have been reports by the employee's that sounds of a noisy party is going on, or that someone is playing the old piano, but when they investigate the sounds, nothing is ever found.

Visitors have reported spoons and forks flying off tables, being touched when no one is around, and seeing groups of people watching shows offered at the Tavern, dressed in the clothing of a different era.

Quite often, pictures taken in and around the Jean Bonnet Tavern have captured spirit images of people sitting around the tables and at the bar.