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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSLS_reverend-richard-c-christy_Fenelton-PA.html
Chaplain, 78th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-64. He was credited as Pennsylvania's first Catholic Civil War chaplain and the only one serving a chiefly non-Catholic regiment. Despite the anti-Catholic prejudice of the era, he gained a re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSLR_old-stone-house_Slippery-Rock-PA.html
Pioneer wayside innBuilt in 1822 andreconstructed in 1963Administered by the PennsylvaniaHistorical and Museum Commission
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSLQ_major-george-washington_Evans-City-PA.html
On the flats of the east side of Connoquenessing Creek, one hundred rods east of this spot, Major George Washington, then a youth twenty-one years of age, narrowly escaped death, being shot at by a hostile Indian, less than fifteen steps distant, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSLP_invention-of-the-jeep_Lyndora-PA.html
In September 1940 a team headed by Karl Probst delivered to the United States Army a prototype for the World War II jeep. This small, four-wheel drive vehicle was produced by the American Bantam Car Company, located one block east. Here, Bantam ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSLO_general-richard-butler_Butler-PA.html
In memory ofGeneral Richard ButlerBorn in IrelandOne of five brothers soldiers distinguished for bravery and devoted serviceCaptain 2d. Pennsylvania Battalion 1776Colonel 9th. Pennsylvania Regiment 1777Major General United States Levies 1791Killed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSLN_butler-county_Butler-PA.html
Formed March 12, 1800 from Allegheny County. Named for General Richard Butler, Revolutionary officer. A young George Washington had crossed this area, 1753. County seat was established at Butler in 1803, and the county was home of the Harmony Soci…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR5U_the-roeblings_Saxonburg-PA.html
John A. Roebling, inventor of steel wire rope and designer of the Brooklyn Bridge, began business at Saxonburg, founded by him in 1832. His son, Washington A. Roebling, who built the Brooklyn Bridge, was born here in 1837.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR5T_criders-corners_Cranberry-Township-PA.html
Crider's Corners, Cranberry Township's main intersection and business district, was located here at Old Perry Highway (now Dutilh Road) and Old Mars/Freedom Road. Site of Meeder's Market and Crider's Garage. From 1908 to 1931 Crider's Corners was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR28_harmonist-cemetery_Harmony-PA.html
Burial place of Harmonist Society, 1805-15. Graves were not marked. The stone wall was built in 1869, after the Harmonists had returned from Indiana and settled at "Old Economy," in Beaver County.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR0E_zelienople_Harmony-PA.html
Founded by Baron Dettmar Basse in 1802. Named for his daughter Zelie. On the hill overlooking the town, hebuilt Bassenheim, a palatial wooden "castle," which burned in 1842.
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