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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5KQ_pennsylvania-turnpike_Bedford-PA.html
This is one of the original service plazas for the nation's first long-distance superhighway. On October 1, 1940, the Turnpike opened, stretching 160 miles from Irwin to Carlisle. The Turnpike Commission had been created in 1937; construction util…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM57L_old-log-church_Schellsburg-PA.html
On land granted by John Schell for the purpose of erecting a union church, construction of this primitive log church building was begun in 1806 by the Reformed and Lutheran Congregations of this area.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM57K_shawnee-cabins_Schellsburg-PA.html
A village site nearby on the Raystown Path. Named for a group of Shawnee Indians who halted here on their retreat from the Potomac to the lower Allegheny valley in the early 18th century.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM57I_forbes-camp_Schellsburg-PA.html
Near here was located Shawnee Cabins camp. Used by Gen. Forbes army in the campaign of 1758 against the French at Fort Duquesne in present Pittsburgh.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM57H_bedford-co-bridge-15_Schellsburg-PA.html
WGC8 38-05-24Rehabilitated in 1996 Co. Commissioners: Norma C. Ickes, Chairperson; Dick M. Rice; Gary W. EbersoleCo. Engineer: P. Joseph Lehman, Inc.Contractor: Kee Ta Qyah Construction. History of the Bridge Constructed around 1880, the Col…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM54U_the-lincoln-highway-meets-the-superhighway_Bedford-PA.html
Nearly three centuries of transportation history can be found in Pennsylvania: native American paths to wagon trails, early canals and railroads, the Forbes and Burd Roads, and a string of ten other turnpikes. However, none were more important in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM54T_pennsylvania-turnpike_Bedford-PA.html
This is one of the original service plazas for the nation's first long-distance superhighway. On October 1, 1940, the Turnpike opened, stretching 160 miles from Irwin to Carlisle. The Turnpike Commission had been created in 1937; construction util…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MW_military-convoys_Everett-PA.html
During World War II, the Gateway was considered to be a major stop-off for many servicemen and women who were on their way to Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas and westward. This prime location near the turnpike interchange in Breezewood and along…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MO_the-pennsylvania-turnpike_Everett-PA.html
Shortly after the Pennsylvania Turnpike opened in 1941, Snyder's Gateway Inn was one of the first businesses to appear. Merle and Marian Snyder opened the restaurant shortly before World War II began and eventually supplied fuel to the military co…
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