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Near Freedom in Beaver County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Wallace City
 
Wallace City Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Mike Wintermantel, November 11, 2011
1. Wallace City Marker
 
Inscription. 1890-1902 this area was part of an oil boom town with wells yielding up to 45,000 barrels daily. A spurline from a railroad running through Crows Run served the oil field.
 
Erected by Beaver County Historical Research & Landmarks Foundation.
 
Location. 40° 40.315′ N, 80° 11.614′ W. Marker is near Freedom, Pennsylvania, in Beaver County. Marker is at the intersection of Dunlap Hill Road (Pennsylvania Route 989) and Ridgewood Drive, on the right when traveling north on Dunlap Hill Road. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Freedom PA 15042, United States of America.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Conway Railroad Yards (approx. 2.5 miles away); Vicary House (approx. 3.1 miles away); Trinity Evangelical Lutheran (approx. 3.2 miles away); St. Peter's Lutheran Church (approx. 3.2 miles away); Saint Matthew's Church (approx. 3.2 miles away); Freedom Boat Yards (approx. 3.2 miles away); Boyhood Home of Henry Mancini (approx. 3.4 miles away); Logstown (approx. 3.6 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Freedom.
 
More about this marker. Marker is hidden amongst pine trees, not easy to see.
 
Also see . . .
 
Wallace City Marker Photo, Click for full size
By Mike Wintermantel, November 11, 2011
2. Wallace City Marker
 
 Beaver County Historical Research and Landmarks Foundation. (Submitted on November 13, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
 
Credits. This page originally submitted on November 11, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 199 times since then. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 11, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
 
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