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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GDK_centre-county-courthouse_Bellefonte-PA.html
Original building erected - 1805. Columned porch added - 1835. Main building reconstructed - 1855. War monument erected - 1906. Rear addition erected - 1910. East edition erected - 1964. Courtyard renovated - 1971.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ERR_juniata-iron_Port-Matilda-PA.html
Along the streams of this region are ruins of many charcoal iron furnaces and forges built between 1790-1850. Juniata iron was the best in America. Its reign ended with the rise of coal and coke iron making.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18M2_warriors-path_Howard-PA.html
Paths from all parts of the Six Nations country converged at Great Island. Thence the Warriors Path ran up this valley to Bald Eagle''s Nest, now Milesburg; then on south toward the Carolinas.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18M1_the-pennsylvania-state-university_State-College-PA.html
Chartered as an agricultural college in 1855. Located on land donated by James Irvin, the school admitted its first class in 1859 to study the application of science to farming. Designated the state''s only land-grant institution in 1863. Penn Sta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18M0_scotia_Port-Matilda-PA.html
Two miles southwest of here, an iron center called Scotia was established by Andrew Carnegie in 1881. Here houses were erected, a railroad built, and machinery set up. Some physical traces of the center have remained.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18LZ_plumbe-forge_Philipsburg-PA.html
About six-tenths mile north are the remains of the forge built by Dr. John Plumbe in 1828. Here, "blooms" were made from pig iron carried from the Bald Eagle Valley by mule. Costs of hauling products to the Pennsylvania Canal caused the forge to c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18LY_john-i-thompson-grain-elevator-and-coal-sheds_Lemont-PA.html
Erected in 1885 for his son John by Lemont founder Moses Thompson, this complex was a hub of trade for Centre County. Grain was exported and coal imported on the Belle- fonte, Nittany, & Lemont Railroad, later part of the Pennsylvania Railroad, co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18LX_great-shamokin-path_Howard-PA.html
The Indian highway from Shamokin, now Sunbury, to Kittanning, left the Bald Eagle Valley to follow Marsh Creek and Little Marsh Creek. It crossed the Allegheny Mt. by way of Snow Shoe and Moshannon.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18LW_martin-luther-king-jr_State-College-PA.html
On Jan. 21, 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to a crowd of 8,000 in Rec Hall as part of his efforts to draw national attention to the need for voting rights reforms that would prevent discrimination against African Americans. Dr. King's powe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18LV_first-ag-degrees_State-College-PA.html
Penn State was the first U.S. university to award Baccalaureate (1861) and Graduate (1863) degrees in agriculture. This pioneering effort to formalize higher education in agriculture helped the agricultural sciences to become an accepted and vital…