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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM270C_presque-isle-and-the-bay_Erie-PA.html
The seascape from the bluffs is essentially unchanged from the 1700's. Presque Isle Peninsula forms a lush green background and protects the bay from Lake Erie, which is visible on the horizon. Early sailors declared Erie's protected natural harbo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM270B_21st-century-erie_Erie-PA.html
As Erie enters its next millennium, its economy is shifting toward service, tourism and recreation, a trend that is clearly visible along the Bayfront. Marinas, condominiums and restaurants have replaced the railroad and dock facilities that marke…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM270A_eben-brewer_Erie-PA.html
Erected by the
Postal Employees of the
United States
to the memory of
Eben Brewer
first mail agent of the
United States in Cuba,
who died July 14, 1898,
aged 50 years.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2705_industrial-erie_Erie-PA.html
The post Civil War Industrial Revolution propelled Erie toward a manufacturing economy. Watson Manufacturing (now GAF) built a facility at the site of the defunct Erie Extension Canal operations. The city developed the adjacent land into a modern …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2703_little-italy_Erie-PA.html
This marker is dedicated to our Italian ancestors who immigrated to Erie from all regions of Italy and established Little Italy. The first Italians settled in Erie around 1864. In 1895, there were four Italian settlements in Erie, and Little Italy…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2702_the-cascade-street-docks_Erie-PA.html
The three Cascade Street Docks provided the setting for much of the Bayfront development that followed construction of the Bayfront Parkway. Without them, there would not have been enough area to create the complex of modern activities that have a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2700_bayfront-metamorphosis_Erie-PA.html
By the 1980's Erie's maritime economy had essentially disappeared. The docks had fallen into disuse, commercial fishing was in decline and the grain elevator was crumbling. Unused railroad tracks, which had once fed the insatiable appetites of shi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26ZV_the-erie-extension-canal_Erie-PA.html
Erie's maritime economy spread west along the waterfront when State Street was extended creating the east and west basins, the Public Dock was developed and the Reed family moved its operation to the Sassafras Street Dock below. In 1841 a canal to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26ZS_in-commemoration-of-brigadier-general-casimir-pulaski_Erie-PA.html
Father of American Cavalry
Born in Poland March 4, 1748
Died in the service of
the American colonies
at the siege of
Savannah, Georgia
October 11, 1779
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26ZQ_avenue-of-flags-a-war-memorial_Erie-PA.html
American Legions
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American Legion 365
American Legion 488
American Legion 494
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