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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E61_cresson-tuberculosis-sanatorium_Lilly-PA.html
Pennsylvania's anti-tuberculosis campaign, led by Dept. of Health Commissioner S.G. Dixon, included three state-run sanatoria. Est. 1913, Cresson was a model for the nation. It was first to be racially integrated, run a school of nursing, and offe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10DP_summit-level-historic-area_Lilly-PA.html
The boardwalk in front of you leads to the summit of the historic Allegheny Portage Railroad. It was here in 1834 that trains first crossed the Allegheny Mountains. The railroad ceased operations in 1854, but remnants of historic structures are st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10DO_chinese-freemasons-building_Vancouver-BC.html
The Chi Kung Tong, later the Chinese Freemasons, purchased this building in 1907. It included meeting rooms, a male dormitory and a Chinese school - uses common to Chinese Society Buildings. The Chi Kung Tong assisted early immigrants from China w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10DN_levels_Lilly-PA.html
The tracks of the Alegheny Portage Railroad snaked over the mountains in stair-step fashion. The steep inclined planes were connected by sections with gentle grades called "levels." There were eleven levels, and, like the inclines, each was identi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10DK_the-lemon-house_Lilly-PA.html
Samuel Lemon and his wife Jean moved to this mountain in 1826 and built a log tavern not far from here. As many as fifty Conestoga wagons a night camped at Lemon's first tavern on the old turnpike that crossed this gap.
Five years later, in 183…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10CU_railroad-stone_Lilly-PA.html
On this hillside archeologists have found evidence of stonecutting that was almost certainly related to the building of the Allegheny Portage Railroad. There is no formal quarry pit, but broken stone is abundant, and many sandstone outcrops reveal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZFG_lemon-house_Lilly-PA.html
Built in 1830 by Samuel Lemon. Standing at head of Plane Number 6 of Allegheny Portage Railroad, it served for many years as a station and as a resting place for travelers. House is visible 75 yards north of highway.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ9H_ku-klux-klan-riot_Lilly-PA.html
Lilly was targeted for a massive Ku Klux Klan demonstration because local coal mines had hired Catholic immigrants and fired Klan members. Four hundred hooded Klansmen arrived by train early on this April evening and paraded to Piper's Hill where …