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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNI9_dickinson-students-part-ways_Carlisle-PA.html
Before the war, the student body of Dickinson College was fairly evenly divided between Northern and Southern students, and thus the college was represented by soldiers on both sides of the conflict. The split is reflected in an autograph book in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN76_andre-despard-house_Carlisle-PA.html
Site of house whereMajor Andre andLieutenant Despard wereheld prisoners in 1776.Andre was executedas a spy in 1780.Despard was executedfor high treason in 1803.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKMH_the-mcclintock-riot_Carlisle-PA.html
Although Pennsylvania was a free state, where no person could be born into slavery, ownership of slaves had not been illegal, and as recently as 1840, two-dozen slaves were held in bondage in Cumberland County. At that time, more than three hundre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKM3_the-union-fire-company_Carlisle-PA.html
On April 6, 1789, a group of local real estate owners - worried about the possibility of fire in the borough - organized Carlisle's first volunteer fire company. They named and modeled it after the Union Fire Company of Philadelphia, the first fir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKM1_cumberland-county-historical-society-hamilton-library-association_Carlisle-PA.html
The Hamilton Library Association was charterd in 1874, and this two-story brick building was erected in 1881 to house its collection. The library was made possible by a bequest of $2,000 from James Hamilton (1793-1873), a prominent Carlisle lawyer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK91_forbes-road_Carlisle-PA.html
To capture Fort Duquesne, General Forbes marched an army, in 1758, from his main base at Carlisle to the forks of the Ohio. He followed as closely as he could with army wagons, the Raystown Indian and traders Path, widened by axemen under Colonel …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK90_major-andr_Carlisle-PA.html
For a short time in 1776, Major Andr? and Lt. Despard, British prisoners of war, were detained in a tavern that stood on this site. Some years later, after an exchange and recapture, Andr? was executed as a spy.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK8Z_dickinson-school-of-law_Carlisle-PA.html
Oldest law school in Pennsylvania; founded in 1834 by the Honorable John Reed, eminent jurist, and author of "Pennsylvania Blackstone." Andrew Curtin, Civil War Governor, was one of earliest graduates.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK8Y_the-john-dickinson-campus-of-dickinson-college_Carlisle-PA.html
Named for John Dickinson President of Pennsylvania and of Delaware. "The penman of the Revolution," and first president of the Board of Trustees of this college.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK8X_carlisle_Carlisle-PA.html
Founded in 1751 as the seat of Cumberland County. Historic old frontier town. Supplied a contingent for the first regiment of the Continental Army in 1775. March against the Whiskey Rebels began here, 1794.