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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH95_erie-area-native-americans_Erie-PA.html
Native American influence on this area of northwestern Pennsylvania pre-date the 1492 encounter by at least 13,500 years.
Erie County is named after its first known inhabitants, the Erie Nation.
The Erie Nation, also known as the Cat Nation,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFV1_erie-heritage_Erie-PA.html
Erie HeritageParade Street Memorial——-This site createdTo honorErie's birthplaceBy theGreater ErieBicentennial Commission
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFTO_american-fort_Erie-PA.html
The American Fort was built a few blocks east of the French and British forts on a bluff behind the current Soldiers and Sailors Home. It was erected in July 1795 by a detail of General Anthony Wayne's soldiers commanded by Captain Bissel. The for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME4S_the-ariel-porcupine-scorpion-and-tigress_Erie-PA.html
The Ariel, Porcupine,Scorpion and Tigress,gunboats of Commodore Perry,in the Battle of Lake Erie, Sep. 10, 1813,were built on the bay front, 100 yards northof this spot, early in the same year.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME4R_cascade-creek_Erie-PA.html
Cascade Creek is the last of Erie's three original creeks. Its western location saved it from being completely compromised by urbanization. Cascade Creek flows along the bayfront parkway and into a delta behind the western dock. In 1813, Daniel Do…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME4Q_the-lawrence-and-niagara_Erie-PA.html
The Lawrence and Niagara, Flagships of Commodore Perry,in the Battle of Lake Erie, Sep. 10, 1813, were built on the bay front, 100 yards north of this spot, early in the same year.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME4P_presque-isle-forts_Erie-PA.html
Site ofFrench Fort de la Presqu'Isle - 1753British Fort Presque Isle - 1760
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME4M_general-anthony-wayne-blockhouse_Erie-PA.html
In Memory ofGeneral Anthony WayneWho Died Here Dec. 15th, 1796
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME4J_anthony-wayne_Erie-PA.html
On the Soldiers and Sailors Home grounds near the foot of this street is a restored blockhouse on the site of American Fort Presque Isle. It is the original burial place of General Wayne, who died there on December 15, 1796.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDVK_captain-c-v-gridley_Erie-PA.html
Grave of Captain Gridley, commander of Dewey's flagship Olympia in the Battle of Manila Bay, 1898, is located in this cemetery. Dewey's order, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley," opened the battle.