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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YAZ_st-pauls-zieglers-lutheran-church_Seven-Valleys-PA.html
St. Paul's (Ziegler's) Lutheran Church was established in 1771 by German settlers. A log building was erected in 1771 and was replaced by a stone church on this site in 1805. In 1907 the current brick church to the southeast was built.
Dedicated …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LAH_birthplace-of-commercial-ice-cream-production_Seven-Valleys-PA.html
In 1851 C. Jacob Fussell built a factory nearby to produce ice cream from the surplus milk and cream of York County dairy farmers. This was the first time that ice cream had been mass-produced for commercial distribution in the US. The nearby Nort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L0Q_glatfelter-station_Seven-Valleys-PA.html
Casper Glattfelder and his family migrated from Glattfelden, Switzerland in 1743 and settled across this creek in Cordorus Township about 1747.
Through the generosity of Arthur J. Glatfelter and in cooperation with the Board of Directors of the C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJQG_3-inch-rifles_Seven-Valleys-PA.html
Sure Fire"The Yankee 3-inch rifle was a dead shot at any distance under a mile. They could hit the end of a flour barrel more often than miss, unless the gunner got rattled."- A member of Lumsden's Confederate Battery, 1864
The three-inch ordna…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3ER_hanover-junction-vital-crossroads_Seven-Valleys-PA.html
As its name implies, Hanover Junction was once a transportation hub. It's where the Northern Central Railway met the Hanover Branch Railroad, which traveled west to Hanover and Gettysburg. Look to your right and you'll see the restored track split…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3EQ_hanover-junction_Seven-Valleys-PA.html
Here, Nov. 18, 1863, a special train carrying Abraham Lincoln and party to Gettysburg for dedication of National Cemetery changed railroads. Earlier in that year, wounded soldiers were transported from Gettysburg battlefield to this Junction, then…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3EN_york-iron-company-mine_Seven-Valleys-PA.html
Site of the last visible remains of an industry that had a major impact on SW York County. This mine opened in 1854 "the year iron ore was first discovered nearby" and was later purchased by York Iron. At the industry's height, 15 mines were in op…