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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RSV_hazelwood-a-rivertown-rich-in-history_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Named for the hazelnut trees that once grew on the banks of the Monongahela River, Hazelwood possessed a natural beauty that George Washington noted in his early journals. Originally Native American territory, Hazelwood was purchased through the 1…
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Near this site stood Fort Vance, a settlers fort built during the French and Indian War era by Revolutionary War Captain Robert Vance. Robert Vance was a member of the Virginia Regiment of the Colonial Army, under the command of George Washington,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QNO_glenfield-war-memorial_Sewickley-PA.html
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P3G_portal-of-industry_Pittsburgh-PA.html
You are standing above the historic route of the Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad—one of the most important railroad corridors in the country. Connecting Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, the first train arrived in East Liberty in Decemb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P3E_suburban-catalyst_Pittsburgh-PA.html
You are standing above the historic route of the Main Line of the Pennsylvania Railroad—one of the most important railroad corridors in the country. The Main Line, which first connected Philadelphia and Pittsburgh in 1852, is significant …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MWU_the-mckee-mansion_McKees-Rocks-PA.html
At this site on October Twentieth, 1770, George Washington dined at the home of Alexander McKee.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MWT_elias-fry-barn_Wexford-PA.html
Pennsylvania bank barn named after Philip Elias Fry (1868-1946), a highly skilled carpenter who built many barns in Marshall Township. Donated by Claude and James Herbert and moved to this site in 1992 from Adoph and Bertha's Frye's former farm on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M1F_in-memory-of-eric-s-holman-staff-sergeant-u-s-army_Sewickley-PA.html
Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan, EOD Special Forces, 767th Ordnance Company, 192nd Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group, 20th Support Command, U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team Member 82nd Airborne Division Combat Action B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L8F_mala-jaska_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Between 1890 and 1910, the highway corridor where you are now standing developed into a Croatian community known as "Mala Jaska" (or Little Jastrebarsko), after the town from which many of the immigrants came. The area was initially settled by Ger…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L8D_our-lady-of-lourdes-grotto_Pittsburgh-PA.html
Devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes In 1858 Bernadette Soubirous, a peasant girl of fourteen, reported to have witnessed apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in a grotto at Lourdes, France. The figure led Bernadette to a source of a spring, instruc…
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