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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4D8_derry-church-school-1844-1904_Hershey-PA.html
Born in Derry Township, Milton S. Hershey (1857 - 1945) attended this one-room schoolhouse during the winter of 1863-1864. Built in 1844, this was the first of seven schools he attended before apprenticing to a Lancaster, PA. candy maker at age 14…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4D7_the-homestead_Hershey-PA.html
Milton S. Hershey was born here on September 13, 1857. The house was built by his great-grandfather, Isaac Hershey, in 1826. Milton S. Hershey purchased The Homestead in 1897 and lived there with his wife Catherine from 1905 to 1908. The building …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4D6_milton-s-hershey_Hershey-PA.html
Entrepreneur and philanthropist born here September 13, 1857. Founded Lancaster Caramel Company in 1886 and Hershey Chocolate Company in 1894; introduced milk chocolate in 1900. Developed Hershey as a model town and home of the world's largest cho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4D5_chocolate-workers-sit-down-strike_Hershey-PA.html
Hershey's Chocolate Workers Local 1 (CIO) responded to a labor-management impasse on April 2, 1937 by initiating the first sit-down strike in Pennsylvania and in the confectionery industry. The strike was ended by strike-breaking violence and gove…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4D4_hershey_Hershey-PA.html
Model industrial town and noted tourism destination established in 1903 and named for its founder, Milton S. Hershey (1857 - 1945). Hershey's companies developed housing, recreation, education, and cultural facilities, financial institutions, publ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4D3_de-mott-westervelt-house_Englewood-NJ.html
Built about 1808 by Henry DeMott, this sandstone Dutch Colonial house was once attached to the pre-Revolutionary homestead of Albert Lydecker. Material from the older house used in the present frame wing built c. 1810 by Peter Westervelt. The West…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4D2_hummelstown-brownstone-quarries_Hummelstown-PA.html
High quality brownstone was quarried near here 1863-1929, and sold across the nation as a preferred masonry material of builders. The Hummelstown Brownstone Company, founded by Allen Walton, employed immigrant skilled stonecutters and laborers in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4D1_vreeland-house_Leonia-NJ.html
Located in old English Neighborhood on land purchased by Dirck Vreeland before the Revolution, the homestead stretched between the Hudson River and Overpeck Creek. The stone wing of this house was built about 1786 and later was remodeled. Son Mich…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4D0_paxton-riflemen_Harrisburg-PA.html
Under Capt. Matthew Smith and Lt. Michael Simpson, a company of riflemen from Paxton Township marched to Quebec, Canada, to serve with Montgomery in the attack on that city on December 31, 1775.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4CZ_english-neighborhood-union-school_Englewood-NJ.html
This former school was originally built in 1818 near the Liberty Pole Tavern. In 1850 it was moved here and rebuilt with the original materials. This part of Englewood was then known as Highwood. The name Englewood School was adopted in 1897. It c…