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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYPI_the-sandy-and-beaver-canal_Midland-PA.html
This waterway was completed in 1848 to connect the Ohio Canal System with the Ohio River at Glasgow. Neither financially or technically successful, the canal saw little thru traffic and was soon abandoned. Many locks remain in Little Beaver Valley.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYBZ_new-salem-presbyterian-church_Midland-PA.html
October 25, 1796, Reverends John McMillan & Thomas Marquis dispensed northwest of Ohio River to found church. 1797 services first held in tent then in log church nearby. Erected in 1850, the present building is their first church.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTNW_smiths-ferry_Midland-PA.html
Oil boom town in 1860s-1870s. Oil shipped here on trains and river boats from wells in the Upper Dry Run and Island Run oilfields. Town had a hotel store post office and train station. All gone today. Rockport School remains. Neaby Glasgow had oil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTNV_midland-education_Midland-PA.html
In 1865 Neel School District was formed. Many years later in 1908 7th Street in 1914 1st Street and 1917 4th Street schools were built. In 1926 Lincoln High School opened. In 2000 Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School and 2006 Lincoln Park Performing …