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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYPG_cooks-ferry_Industry-PA.html
Established in 1859 by George Washington Cook. Operated by the Cook family until 1918. Then sold to the Flemings. Bought by Christy and Morrow in 1919. Known as Shippingport Ferry until (last trip April 1964), bridge built across Ohio River.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYI8_fombell-house_Fombell-PA.html
Built 1829 by Alexander Fombell on land purchased from Stephen Stone. Later passed into Phillis family. First Fombell Post Office located in house. Later moved to adjacent store, built in 1894. The kilns remain where handmade bricks were fired to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYI7_stephen-stone-house_Fombell-PA.html
Built 1805 by early settler Stephen Stone III, a retired schooner captain who traded in New England and the West Indies. A nearby village, Stonesville was laid out in 1810. The house was in the Stone family until 1880.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYC4_brodheads-road_Monaca-PA.html
Beaver Countys first highway constructed 1778 by General Lachlan McIntosh as a supply route from Fort Pitt to Fort McIntosh Colonel Daniel Broadhead succeeded to the command of the fort in 1779 and his name was associated with the road.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYC3_richmond-little-red-schoolhouse_Beaver-PA.html
In continuous service as a schoolhouse from 1844-1950. During its 106 years it exemplified the basic element of the American public school system of the 19th century, a one room school in which one teacher taught eight different grades.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYC1_mckinley-school-number-3_Beaver-Falls-PA.html
Built 1872 on land owned by John McKinley. Pupils in grades one to eight attended here 1873-1929. Purchased by McKinley School Historical Society of Chippewa in 1992. School house now serves as a museum.
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/HMYBY_georgetown_Rochester-PA.html
Most residents of the village of Georgetown worked on riverboats. In 1803 Meriwether Lewis and the Corps of Discovery stopped here to buy a canoe to replace a leaky boat. Lewis later discovered the canoe also leaked. The visit was celebrated in 2003.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYBX_the-pennsylvaia-virginia-boundary_Georgetown-PA.html
Survey was completed August 23, 1785. Surveyors for Pennsylvania were David Rittenhouse and Colonel Andrew Porter. For Virginia Andrew Ellicott and Joseph Neville. On September 30, 1785 the Northwest Territory Survey began on the north shore.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYBW_saint-lukes-episcopal-church_Rochester-PA.html
First services held on a flat boat on the Ohio River around 1800. Saint Luke's, admitted into union with the Diocese of Pennsylvania in 1814, was visited by the first presiding bishop in 1825. Present structure built 1833.
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