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Interesting Sites in Benguet Province Part 2

INTERESTING SITES

Lamtang

The escape route of then President Sergio Osmena and party who were escorted by a detachment of the 66th Infantry Battalion to Camp Valhalla, Kapangan then to San Gabriel, La Union during the World War II.

Klondykes Stone Walls

Photo from: http://www.benguet.gov.ph/index.php/municipalities/municipality-of-tuba/attractions

Remnant of the first American building used by the American engineers who constructed Kennon Road. It is believed to have been built in 1902 and is still visible today.

Cariño Cave

The hiding place of Governor Ora Cariño and the place where he was captured by the Americans in 1900.

Manenchen

The site of the massacre of Eddet residents by the Japanese Imperial Army during the WW II.

Kennon Road

Photo from: driftwoodjourneys.com

One of the legacies of the American Administration. It was the first Benguet road to be constructed by the Americans in 1902. The completion of this road opened the entire Benguet Province to vehicular traffic and marked the entry of Americans, Europeans, Japanese, Chinese and lowlanders to the Province of Benguet. It was referred as the Benguet Road until it was renamed Kennon Road by virtue of Executive Order No. 9 in 1922, in honor of Col. Lyman W. Kennon, the American engineer who supervised and finished the construction of the road in 1905. See Photo Gallery…