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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EJG_henry-clay-frick_Mt-Pleasant-PA.html
The steel and coke magnate was born about one mile from here on Dec. 19, 1849. Birthplace and Historical House, the Overholt home, are now preserved as a historical museum.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DG3_henry-clay-frick_Mt-Pleasant-PA.html
In memory ofHenry Clay Frick1849 - 1919Native of this DistrictCoal and Coke MagnateIronmaster Capitalistand Philanthropist whobegan his financialcareer as a clerk ina store located in thisbuilding owned andmanaged by his uncleMartin Overholt Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19VP_braddocks-military-road-1755-great-swamp-camp_Mt-Pleasant-PA.html
This tablet marks the site of General Edward Braddock's fourteenth encampment or bivouac. Here Braddock's army spent the night July 1, 1755 having marched five miles from their camp on the east side of the Youghiogheny near Connellsville. The army…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11M2_morewood-massacre_Mt-Pleasant-PA.html
On April 2, 1891, at the nearby Morewood Mines of the H.C. Frick Coke Company, sheriff's deputies killed seven strikers; two more died later. These were among some 16,000 workers striking for higher wages in the coke region. Thousands of mourners …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11M0_norvelt_Mt-Pleasant-PA.html
Originally called "Westmoreland Homesteads," Norvelt was established April 13, 1934, by the federal government as part of a New Deal homestead project. With 250 homes, Norvelt provided housing, work, and a community environment to unemployed worke…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11LZ_standard-shaft-mine-and-coke-works_Mt-Pleasant-PA.html
One of the world's largest coke producing centers operated here from 1883 to 1931. H. C. Frick Coke Company's more than 900 beehive ovens consumed thousands of tons of coal daily. The company publicized itself by exhibiting a scale model of Standa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF9Z_first-general-conference-of-the-united-brethren-in-christ_Mt-Pleasant-PA.html
In the Bonnet School House,on this site, the firstGeneral Conference ofthe Church of the UnitedBrethren in Christwas held A.D. 1815.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMESF_mount-pleasant-veterans-memorial_Mt-Pleasant-PA.html
We Are Free Because They Served World War IWorld War IIKoreaVietnam July 4, 1973 Andrew P Palenchar, Army KIAClyde E Whetsel, Army KIAJohn Macheska, Army POWGeorge Stefano, Army KIAJohn M Ulrey, Army KIAFrank C Kurpiel, Coast Guard KIACha…
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Erected tothe memory ofour gallant sonswhoendured the hardshipsandfought our nationsbattles Dedicated Nov. 11, 1924 1775-1783 Revolutionary War · 1812 War of 18121846-1848 Mexican American War · 1861-1865 Civil War1898-1899 Spa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMERT_john-w-geary_Mt-Pleasant-PA.html
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1867-73; born, 1819, in Mt. Pleasant. His active career included other important offices: First Mayor of San Francisco, 1850; Governor of Kansas Territory, 1856; Major General, Civil War. Died, 1873.
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