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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20I1_kurtz-field_Clearfield-PA.html
Clearfield Little League Baseball was chartered and first played on this field in 1949. On December 3, 1952, Chas. T. Kurtz, Kurtz Bros. and the Kurtz family gave this field to the Clearfield Little League Baseball Association for a permanent home…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20HD_george-atcheson_Cherry-Tree-PA.html
1820 Atcheson settled in Susquehanna's West Branch, upstream from this point. 1845 he built 2 large houses connected at different levels, secreting an area to hide slaves. Spiriting slaves from the Mason Dixon Line to Canada became a dangerous end…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20H8_the-first-church-in-clearfield-county_Curwensville-PA.html
1809 The first church in Clearfield County was erected here. 1823 The Pike Presbyterian congregation was organized. 1843 The congregation removed to Curwensville and was known thereafter as the Curwensville Presbyterian Church.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20H7_french-and-indian-war-expedition_Clearfield-PA.html
In 1756 a British exploratory force led by Captain John Hambright ventured up the West Branch of the Susquehanna River to Chinkalamoose near this site. They were on a mission to search for French forces and their Indian allies who were raiding Bri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20H6_frenchville_Frenchville-PA.html
French immigrants settled the area in 1832. A pure strain of the French language was spoken here until the 1960's. Since St. Mary's Catholic Church was built in 1870, it has been the site of the annual Frenchville Picnic. The first white burial in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20G2_curwensville-dam_Curwensville-PA.html
Begun in 1962 as one of four dams built to protect the West Branch Basin from flooding, it was completed November 1965. Unlike the devastating floods in 1889 & 1936, Pennsylvania's worst flood in 1972 was less severe in Clearfield County. The unpr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20G0_daniel-ogden_Clearfield-PA.html
A Revolutionary War Lieutenant from New York State, Daniel Ogden came to the Indian village of Chinklacamoose and its clear fields in 1797. He made friends with the Indians who helped him build a house near where Ogden Avenue now intersects Second…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20FZ_dimeling-bridge_Clearfield-PA.html
An Indian path, the 1796 State Road and the Erie Pike crossed Clearfield Creek here. Nearby, Ardery's Sawmill and Elder's Woolen Mill were among the first in the county. In 1857, armed rafters drove floaters of logs from the creek. Rafting continu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20FP_civil-war-resistance_Clearfield-PA.html
Recruitment officer Col. Cyrus Butler was shot and killed by local draft resister Joseph Lounsberry in October 1864 just west of this location. Afterwards, the government sent troops to the county and arrested over 150 men. This included the Blood…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S1E_cpl-warren-j-shepherd_Cherry-Tree-PA.html
Shepherd fought in the Spanish-American War at El Caney, Cuba with Company D, 7th U.S. Infantry. He was awarded the Medal of Honor on July 1, 1898. Superior officers repeatedly cited him for bravery above and beyond the call of duty. Born in Bulls…
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