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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HQH_fort-cox-or-coxes-station_Finleyville-PA.html
Built by Gabriel Cox about 700 yards Southeast of this site. Gabriel Cox came to this area in 1770 and took out a grant of 400 acres. The Virginia certificate was dated 1780 under the title of Coxburg. He also received another tract of the 262 acr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HQG_james-chapel-methodist-church_Finleyville-PA.html
James Chapel has been in continuous use since it was built in 1817. It was the outgrowth of a class formed about 1810 at Robert James home.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17QM_cincinnati-mine-disaster_Finleyville-PA.html
Near this site was located the mule entrance to the Cincinnati coal mine. On April 23, 1913, at 12:15 P.M., One of the worst mine explosions in U.S. history occurred in this mine. This disaster resulted in the deaths of 96 miners and 1 rescue team…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU9F_mingo-creek-church_Finleyville-PA.html
This area has been called the cradle of the Whiskey Rebellion. Here in the 1790s, a log Presbyterian meetinghouse stood near the site of the present church. Used by the Mingo Creek Society after its formation in February 1794, it became a nerve ce…