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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCSG_st-patricks-church_Carlisle-PA.html
In 1779, Father Charles Sewall, S.J., took title to a lot here. Log structure built 1784; brick edifice in 1806. Present church erected 1893 by Father Henry G. Ganss. Adjacent is St. Katherine's Hall, built by Mother Katherine Drexel, 1901, for Ca…
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Built by Saint M. Katharine Drexel, S.B.S., Philadelphia heiress (1858-1955). Here she conducted a "select free colored school" for black children and served the Carlisle Indian School. She vowed to be "mother and servant of the Indian and Negro r…
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Frederick Douglass, born into slavery in 1818 and self-taught, became an internationally-renowned reformer and a leading voice in the fight against slavery. Douglass is known to have visited Carlisle on three occasions, although his first visit in…
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Distinguished jurist and author of legal books, lived in this house from about 1820 until his death, 1853; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania for 24 years of his 37 years membership.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCS3_gen-william-irvine_Carlisle-PA.html
Early Carlisle physician, member of Provincial Convention, Revolutionary officer, commander at Fort Pitt, occupied house that stood on this site before 1800.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCRZ_gen-john-armstrong_Carlisle-PA.html
"Hero of Kittanning," Revolutionary officer; member of Continental Congress, County Judge, lived in a house on this site. Died at Carlisle, 1795. Buried in Old Graveyard, two blocks south.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAHR_carlisles-250th-anniversary-mural_Carlisle-PA.html
1. Cumberland County, established in 1750, lost its first courthouse to fire in 1845. This Courthouse was built in 1846 and still bears the scars of a Civil War shelling on July 1, 1863.
2. Carlisle's long tradition of education began early, wi…
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Erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in grateful appreciation of the services of these soldiers of the Revolutionary War who lie buried here.Located and verified by The Cumberland County County Chapter of the D.A.R.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAHP_brigadier-general-william-thompson_Carlisle-PA.html
The First Colonel of the U.S. Army
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAHO_jim-thorpe_Carlisle-PA.html
In recognition ofthe athletic achievements ofJim ThorpeStudent of the Carlisle Indian SchoolOlympic Champion at Stockholm in 1912and in 1950 votedthe Greatest Athlete and Football Playerof the First Half of the 20th Century