| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Boiling Springs — Carlisle Iron Works |
| | Founded about 1762 by John Rigbie and Co. Operated after 1781 by Michael Ege, noted ironmaster of the period. Ruins of the charcoal furnace still stand. — Map (db m27002) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Boiling Springs — Cumberland County Veterans Memorial Clock Tower |
| | Erected in loving memory of all veterans of Cumberland County Dedicated July 4, 1957 with a parade and ceremonies at this spot Built and presented to the veterans by The Boiling Springs Civic Improvement Committee — Map (db m27000) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Boiling Springs — Daniel Kaufman |
| | An Underground Railroad agent from 1835 to 1847, when he was sued by a Maryland slave owner. He was ultimately fined $4,000 in 1852, in a case that drew wide attention. Kaufman had provided food and transportation to fugitive slaves passing through this area; his barn and a densely wooded area nearby furnished shelter. In 1845, Kaufman laid out the village of Boiling Springs, and he built his 301 Front Street home in 1880. — Map (db m26999) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Camp Hill — Cumberland Riflemen |
| | Capt. William Hendricks led from nearby Cumberland County points a company of riflemen to Quebec, Canada. There they fought Dec. 31, 1775, at the side of Gen. Richard Montgomery. Hendricks was killed in action. — Map (db m26954) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Camp Hill — Gettysburg Campaign |
| | Farthest advance of a body of Confederate troops toward Harrisburg. Southern units under General A. G. Jenkins of Ewell's Corps reached Oyster Point on June 28, 1863. On the next day defending militia faced them here in a skirmish in which both sides suffered casualties. — Map (db m26520) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Camp Hill — Peace Church |
| | Present building erected in 1798 by a Reformed congregation. Half-interest in 1806 by a Lutheran congregation; in joint use until 1866. Kept in its original form; used annually by St. John's Lutheran. A half-mile away. — Map (db m26956) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Camp Hill — Peace Church |
| | Present building erected in 1798 by a Reformed congregation. Half-interest in 1806 by a Lutheran congregation; in joint use until 1866. Kept in its original form; used for special services. — Map (db m26957) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Camp Hill — Robert Whitehill (1735 - 1813) |
| | Legislator and official lived here in Lowther Manor on land conveyed by the Penns in 1771. At the state's 1787 convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution, Whitehill led the Anti-federalist minority; he presented amendments later embodied in the Bill of Rights. A drafter of the 1776 state constitution, he served terms with both the legislature and executive council; was in Congress, 1805-13. — Map (db m26955) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — 3 — 1753 Carlisle Indian Conference |
| | The Native American tribes of Pennsylvania and Ohio, who had long traded with the English, asked for Pennsylvania's help to prevent French incursions and trade abuses in the Ohio territory. The Pennsylvania Assembly voted to give aid to the tribes and they agreed to meet in Carlisle to discuss affairs.
The Conference was held on the Square in Carlisle during the first week of October, 1753. Chiefs of the Six Nations and their allies the Delaware, Shawnee, Twightwee and Owendot met with . . . — Map (db m15793) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Bethel A.M.E. Church |
| | Among the earliest (c.1820) African American congregations located west of the Susquehanna River. The site of Underground Railroad activity. Abolitionists John Peck and John B. Vashon were members. A.M.E. national Bishops Daniel Payne and Wills Nazrey were associated with the church. — Map (db m19430) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Blaine House |
| | Home of Gen. Ephraim Blaine, Commissary General of Revolutionary Army, stood on this site. George Washington was a guest here, Oct. 4-11, 1794, while mustering an armed force to quell Whiskey Rebellion in Western Pennsylvania. — Map (db m15855) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Brigadier General William Thompson — 1736 - 1781 |
| | The First Colonel of the U.S. Army — Map (db m16092) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Carlisle |
| | Founded in 1751 as the seat of Cumberland County. Hisoric old frontier town. Supplied a contingent for the first regiment of the Continental Army in 1775. March against the Whiskey Rebels began here, 1794. — Map (db m16074) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Carlisle Barracks |
| | Second oldest army post in U.S. A powder magazine built by Hessian prisoners, 1777, survives. Burned by Confederates, July 1, 1863. Indian School, 1879-1918. Army Medical Field Service School, 1920-1946. — Map (db m16073) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — 8 — Carlisle Court House |
| | Erected 1766
Burned March 24, 1845
Rebuilt 1845-1846
Contained the early
“Apprentices’ Library” — Map (db m15859) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Carlisle First World War Memorial |
| | Erected by Carlisle Civic Club
in memory of the men who lost
their lives in the First World War
1917 - 1918
——————————————
Jacob M. Bonner •
Abram DeWalt •
John G. Gutshall •
Samuel J. Harris •
Wilson E. Hench •
Charles J. Hoffsass •
Charles S. Kell •
Paul W. Kelley •
Harvey E. Kelly •
James E. Lau •
Paul D. Leinbach •
Orlando Newcomer •
Charles A. Rynard •
James Stackfield • . . . — Map (db m16084) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Carlisle Fort |
| | First fort authorized by Pennsylvania. Laid out by Gov. Morris, July, 1755, “in the middle of this town,” on news of Braddock's defeat. Col. John Armstrong's headquarters till 1758. Called “Fort Lowther” by some later writers. — Map (db m16075) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Carlisle Old Graveyard Revolutionary War Soldiers |
| | 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. — Map (db m16093) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Carlisle Public Square |
| | Before the erection of Cumberland County - 1750 - this site was the intersection of the Indian trail leading from mountain to mountain across Groghan's Gap westward.
With the laying out of Carlisle in 1751 the square became the center of the town's activities. Some events connected with its first half century of existence are shown herewith.
First courts held here July 1751.
First Presbyterian congregation organized Meeting House Springs 1734 - Episcopal congregation, organized, . . . — Map (db m15866) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Carlisle's 250th Anniversary Mural |
| | 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, with private academies flourishing by 1773. In 1837, Carlisle established Pennsylvania's first public high school. Dickinson College was chartered in 1783, followed by the Dickinson School of Law in 1836. Other local schools included Carlisle . . . — Map (db m16094) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — 14 — Centenary Building |
| | In 1827, a German Reformed congregation built a stone church at this location. At the time, a Methodist congregation was housed in a church on Church Alley. The location was not ideal due to boisterous behavior in the alley during church services and “offensive” odors coming from nearby stables. In 1833, the Methodist congregation decided to find a more suitable building and purchased the stone church. In addition to regular church services, the church was used for the . . . — Map (db m16080) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — China Burma India Veteran's Memorial — December 1941 - March 1946 |
| | Dedicated in honor of those men and women who served their country in the pursuit of freedom for all mankind — Map (db m15858) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — 9 — Col. Robert Magaw |
| | Robert Magaw, one of Carlisle's principal lawyers prior to the Revolution, lived here. Magaw joined Col. William Thompson's regiment in June 1775 as a Major. After service in Boston in 1776 he was promoted to Colonel in the 5th PA Battalion.
In 1776 George Washington's army retreated from New York City, leaving Fort Washington as the sole remaining American outpost on the island of Manhattan. Congress demanded that the fort be held, and Col. Magaw was put in command of the fort's 2800 men. . . . — Map (db m15860) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Cumberland County |
| | Formed January 27, 1750 from Lancaster County. Named for Cumberland County in England, it originally extended to Pennsylvania's western limits. Carlisle, county seat, was founded 1751. Crossed by major roads, county had a key role in westward migration. — Map (db m15856) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Cumberland County Civil War Memorial |
| | In honor of the Soldiers of Cumberland County, who fell in defense of the Union, during the Great Rebellion. This Monument is erected by those who revere the Patriotism and wish to perpetuate the Memory of the Brave Men who served in saving the Nation and securing the blessings of liberty to All. — Map (db m16081) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Dickinson College |
| | Dr. Benjamin Rush envisioned a new type of education for post-Revolutionary America, a useful education in the liberal arts. Rush, with the assistance of Col. John Montgomery of Carlisle, founded Dickinson College to prepare an engaged citizenry able to meet the leadership needs of the new nation. Chartered on September 9, 1783 and named for John Dickinson, the college was the first established west of the Susquehanna River. — Map (db m16085) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Duncan-Stiles House |
| | This grand three-story Federal-style house “was by far the most expensive private house ever built in Carlisle,” wrote James Hamilton, Jr. in the 1870s. It was planned and built, c. 1811, by Judge Thomas Duncan's wife as a dwelling for her son Stephen and his bride Miss Margaretta Stiles. Marble stairs and a delicate iron railing lead up to the front door. Fluted pillars and a vaulted ceiling in the entry set off the curving staircase that leads to the third floor. Two large . . . — Map (db m19457) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Episcopal Square |
| | This square was set apart by the Penns, in 1751, for the Church of England; in continuous use since that time by St. John's Episcopal Church. In 1752, the first church building was erected. — Map (db m15789) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — First Presbyterian Church |
| | Oldest public building in Carlisle; erection begun, 1757. Here colonists met in 1774 to declare for independence, and George Washington worshipped, 1794. Congregation organized at Meeting House Springs in 1734. — Map (db m15794) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Frederick Douglass in Carlisle |
| | 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 August 1847 was limited to a brief stop at the train station where he met with representatives of Carlisle's antislavery society.
On March 2, 1872, Douglass again visited Carlisle, delivering a lecture in Rheem's Hall (located behind the old . . . — Map (db m19444) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Gen. John Armstrong |
| | “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. — Map (db m19427) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Gen. William Irvine |
| | Early Carlisle physician, member of Provincial Convention, Revolutionary officer, commander at Fort Pitt, occupied house that stood on this site before 1800. — Map (db m19433) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Green Tree Inn |
| | In 1753, Benjamin Franklin stayed at inn on this site while he, Richard Peters, and Isaac Norris treated with Indians. Hamilton and Knox, members of Washington's cabinet, lodged here in 1794. — Map (db m15861) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Jim Thorpe |
| | In recognition of
the athletic achievements of
Jim Thorpe
Student of the Carlisle Indian School
Olympic Champion at Stockholm in 1912
and in 1950 voted
the Greatest Athlete and Football Player
of the First Half of the 20th Century — Map (db m16091) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — John Bannister Gibson |
| | 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. — Map (db m19434) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Marianne Moore — (1887 - 1972) |
| | Eminent poet, editor, essayist, and teacher. Her independent spirit and keen eye for detail distinguished her life and work. Moore won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, the Bollingen Prize in poetry, and the National Book Award. She lived here (1896 - 1916). — Map (db m15787) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Market House Square |
| | In their 1751 plan for Carlisle, the Penn family designated a portion of the Square to be used as a market. From 1751 until 1952 a market was held on this spot. Markets were held twice a week, and were overseen by the Clerk of the Market who was required to attend with his scales to validate the weight of goods sold. At least three market buildings stood here over the years. A 1760s map depicts an open-air building facing High Street. It was destroyed by a violent windstorm in 1836, and a . . . — Map (db m19490) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Molly Pitcher |
| | Mary “Ludwig” Hays McCauley, known as “Molly Pitcher,” heroine at Battle of Monmouth, is buried in Old Graveyard just east of here. In this burial ground are graves of many distinguished citizens. — Map (db m16089) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Old Graveyard |
| | The Old Graveyard was Carlisle's first burial ground. The earliest surviving marker is dated 1757, six years after Carlisle's founding 1n 1751. Title from the Penn family for the original “three acres, three quarters, and fifteen perches” for the Old Graveyard was not legally transferred until 1767. As one of the original seven public graveyards in colonial Pennsylvania, the Old Graveyard reflects the European pattern of public ownership rather than private ownership by families, . . . — Map (db m19494) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Old Prison |
| | Visitors are surprised and delighted to see an English looking castle standing in the heart of downtown Carlisle, but they wonder what it is and when it was built. For 130 years it was the Cumberland County Prison, and when it was constructed in 1834 it represented the latest fashion in Pennsylvania prison architecture made popular by architect John Haviland. An earlier prison was erected at this location in 1754, and even though it was deemed unfit for human incarceration as early as the . . . — Map (db m19496) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Prelude to Gettysburg |
| | One of the great debates of our Country's history and legacy is what scholars call "the two Civil Wars": the first a matter of campaigns, generals, and troop movements and the second focusing on the ways that the great conflict affected the daily rhythms of life on farms, and in communities. Regardless, Gettysburg was the site of the largest battle ever fought on American soil and it involved a great deal more than the resources of one single, famous town. In six counties near Gettysburg, . . . — Map (db m16090) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Saint Katharine's Hall — 1901 - 1918 |
| | 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 races.”
Declared Saint on October 1, 2000. — Map (db m19445) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — St. Patrick's Church |
| | 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 Catholics at Carlisle Indian School. — Map (db m19446) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — 13 — The Carlisle Theatre |
| | The Carlisle Theatre, originally called The Comerford, opened its doors in May of 1939. It was by far the grandest of three movie “palaces” all within a block of one another and was the first centrally air conditioned building in Carlisle.
The Theatre was built in the Art Deco style known as “streamlined moderne.” From the razzle-dazzle modernistic marquee with its bold Deco lettering, to the richly designed interior, Art Deco styling abounds.
During its early . . . — Map (db m16078) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — 18 — The High Street Train Stations |
| | On August 19, 1837, a jubilant throng gathered in Carlisle to watch the Cumberland Valley Railroad's first train roll down High Street. Bands played, speeches were made, and the crowds cheered as the “Cumberland Valley” locomotive and its yellow painted cars rolled by.
For 99 years trains ran down the length of High Street. A cloud of smoke and the train's shrill whistle sent many a man and young boy to the station on High & Pitt streets to watch the passengers arrive and . . . — Map (db m16088) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — 1 — The Return of the Captives |
| | Near Pittsburgh, on July 9, 1755, a French and Native American force decimated a small British and colonial army led by Edward Braddock, opening all of Pennsylvania to Indian raids. The Delaware tribe, under their leader Shingas, raided, killing and scalping settlers from Scranton to Virginia. They often took able-bodied settlers, including women and children, captive, weaving them into the fabric of their tribes. The raids reached Carlisle in January 1756 when nine settlers were killed and . . . — Map (db m15796) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — 11 — The Shelling of Carlisle |
| | On June 27, 1863, a dusty column of 15,000 rebels led by General Richard Ewell marched up the road from Shippensburg into Carlisle. Foraging for supplies, they camped here until Tuesday, June 30. They departed that day, headed towards Mount Holley Springs. Other than the ample provisions they had taken, they left the community unscathed. The next day, July 1, the townspeople cheered the arrival of Major General William Smith's four regiments of Federal militiamen, but their joy was . . . — Map (db m15857) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Carlisle — Thomas Butler |
| | On this lot Thomas Butler had his home and gunshop about 1764; the latter still stands to the rear. Butler and five sons, all officers, served in the Revolution. Often referred to as the “Fighting Butlers.” — Map (db m16071) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Lemoyne — Fort Couch |
| | Remains of breastworks built in June 1863 to oppose an expected attack on Harrisburg by Confederate troops. Site then known as Hummel's Heights. Fort was named for General Couch, Commander, Eastern Pennsylvania Military Department. — Map (db m26525) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Lemoyne — Fort Couch |
| | Remains of breastworks at Eighth and Ohio Streets, built before the battle of Gettysburg, to oppose the expected Southern drive on Harrisburg. June 29, 1863, a few Confederate scouts neared here but withdrew. — Map (db m26526) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Lemoyne — Fort Couch - General Couch - Fort Washington |
| | Left Panel Fort Couch was built as part of the emergency fortifications erected to defend Harrisburg and nearby bridges across the Susquehanna River during the 1863 invasion of Pennsylvania by Confederate forces. Fort Couch was built as an advance position to ensure the defense of Fort Washington located on a slightly lower hilltop to the east. Construction started on June 20th, 1863, by command of Major General Couch and on the advice of Federal Army engineer officers Fort Couch was . . . — Map (db m26529) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Mechanicsburg — Brig. Gen. Albert Gallatin Jenkins, C.S.A. |
| | Born November 10, 1830 in Greenbottom, Virginia, he was a graduate of Jefferson College and studied law at Harvard University. Albert Jenkins served as U.S. Congressman from 1857 to 1861 and then resigned to serve the confederacy. Thereafter, he served as a congressman for the first Congress of Confederate states prior to receiving his Brigadier General's Commission. Gen. Jenkins and his command occupied this property June 28-30, 1863 as he probed the defenses of Harrisburg, but was recalled by . . . — Map (db m26532) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Mechanicsburg — Cumberland Valley Railroad |
| | Incorporated in 1831. Completed, Lemoyne to Chambersburg, 1837; eventually, Harrisburg to Virginia. For over 80 years, vital to Valley's economic life; merged into Pennsylvania R.R., 1919. Passenger Station, Stationmaster's House here, built in the 1860's. — Map (db m26995) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Mechanicsburg — Gettysburg Campaign |
| | Confederate General Albert G. Jenkins and his staff occupied this house, June 28-30, 1863. His brigade, a part of General Ewell's Corps, had entered Mechanicsburg to reconnoiter the approaches to Harrisburg with a view toward a June 30 attack. The troops withdrew from here on the 30th, however, having been ordered to Gettysburg in advance of the battle there. This house, owned at the time by John Rupp, was built in 1787 by his grandfather, Jonas Rupp. — Map (db m26522) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Mechanicsburg — Irving Female College |
| | Site of the College that was chartered in 1857, and named for Washington Irving, a trustee. First women's college in Pennsylvania to grant degrees in arts and sciences. It closed in 1929. — Map (db m26993) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Mechanicsburg — Silver Spring Presbyterian Church |
| | Founder 1734 on land of James Silver by Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, earliest settlers of the Cumberland Valley. Present church built in 1783, restored in 1928 to its original style, and still used for worship. — Map (db m26997) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Mechanicsburg — Simpson Ferry Road |
| | Built about 1792. It extended from Michael Simpson's ferry on the Susquehanna to Carlisle, following, at this point, a course later known as Simpson St. Used by many persons traveling to western part of state. — Map (db m26996) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Mechanicsburg — Union Church |
| | Oldest public building in Mechanicsburg. Built in 1825 on land given by Martin Rupp. As provided in the charter, it has been used by many religious sects on payment of small fees. — Map (db m26994) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Mechanicsburg — Williams Grove |
| | This railroad junction became the site of the Great Grangers' Interstate Picnic Exhibition, founded 1874 by R. H. Thomas of the State Grange. The annual event drew an estimated 100,000 or more people in a week by the 1890's. The John Williams House, built about 1799, stands nearby. — Map (db m26998) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), New Cumberland — Daniel Drawbaugh |
| | Inventor of a telephone for which he sought a patent in 1880. Claims contested by Bell Telephone, which won the court decision in 1888. Born in this village, July 14, 1827, where he developed his inventions; he removed in 1904 to Camp Hill, where he died November 2, 1911. — Map (db m26951) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), New Cumberland — John W. Geary — (1819 - 1873) |
| | Two-term Governor of Pennsylvania, 1867-73. Major General in Civil War. Colonel, 2nd Pa. Regiment in Mexican War. Governor, Kansas Territory, First postmaster & first mayor of San Francisco. His home was a block east at 308 Market Street. — Map (db m26949) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), New Cumberland — Marcus A. Reno — (1834 - 1889) |
| | Maj. 7th U.S. Cavalry at Battle of Little Big Horn, 1876; Lt. Col. Geo. A. Custer & the troops he led were killed, but Reno & most of his command survived. During the civil war, Reno helped defend this region against Confederate invaders. His farm was near here. — Map (db m26950) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Newburg — Newburg and Hopewell Township World War II Memorial |
| | Dedicated to the Glory of God and the Citizens of Newburg Penna, and Hopewell Township, who served their country in the cause of freedom
World War II
These died that liberty might not perish
—————
Theron Hensel
David Palmer
Franklin Wheeler
The two outside panels contain the names of 53 WWII veterans from the local area. — Map (db m19560) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Newville — Big Spring Presbyterian Church |
| | Original log meeting house was erected 1737 near the Big Spring. Church was fully organized, October 1738. Present stone structure was built 1789, and in 1790 the trustees laid out Newville as a town on the church-owned glebe. — Map (db m19562) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Newville — Newville War Memorial — They Died That We Might Live - They Rest In Honored Glory |
| | Erected in honor of the men and women of this community who served in our armed forces and to those who made the supreme sacrifice that we may be a free nation — Map (db m19561) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Newville — Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Big Springs Presbyterian Church Cemetery |
| | Erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in grateful appreciation of the services of these soldiers of the Revolutionary War who lie buried here.
Lieut. Colonel Samuel Irvine •
Captain William Peebles •
Captain Samuel Felton •
Captain Thomas Buchanan •
Lieut. William McCracken •
Lieutenant Adam Brattan •
Major William McFarlane •
Captain Robert Shannon •
Captain Thomas Kennedy •
Sergeant Andrew McIlvaine
Privates
William Denning •
John Brown •
William . . . — Map (db m19563) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Newville — The First National Bank of Newville |
| | Rea, Gracy & Company, also known as the Newville Deposit Bank, was founded in 1857. Following the passage of the National Banking Act, the First National Bank Newville was chartered in July of 1863 as the 60th National Bank in the U.S. The company office at that time was located at 9 West Main St. with capital stock of $52,000. Some of the area's best known families were stockholders; among them were Brown, Davidson, Hursh, Laughlin, McCandlish, McKeehan, Sharp and Waggoner.
The bank . . . — Map (db m19565) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Newville — William Denning |
| | Erected by the State of
Pennsylvania
in memory of
William Denning
the patriotic blacksmith and
forger of wrought iron cannon
during the Revolutionary War
Born 1737 - Died 1830 — Map (db m19564) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Shippensburg — Braddock Expedition |
| | In 1755 supplies for Braddock’s army were stored here in Edward Shippen’s strong stone house “at the back Run.” James Burd, the son-in-law of Shippen, opened a road to carry these supplies to the west. After Braddock’s defeat the remaining supplies were given to sufferers from Indian attacks. — Map (db m1018) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Shippensburg — Fort Morris |
| | Named for Gov. R.H. Morris, and built by local settlers under the supervision of James Burd after Braddock’s defeat in July, 1755. Later garrisoned by provincial troops commanded by Hugh Mercer. The fort site, long marked by the soldiers’ well, lies a block to the north on Burd Street. — Map (db m18627) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Shippensburg — Middle Spring Presbyterian Church Commemorative Marker |
| | In commemoration of
the sacrifice and service
of the men of Middle Spring
Patriots-Pioneers
Builders
Site of First Log Church
1738 — Map (db m18529) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Shippensburg — Old Court House |
| | “Widow Piper’s Tavern,” used for Cumberland County court-sessions, 1750-1751, until a court house was erected at Carlisle, the county seat. The house is now the home of the Shippensburg Civil Club. — Map (db m18628) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Shippensburg — One-Room Schoolhouse |
| | The Mount Jackson or Potato Point School, originally built in 1865, is an authentically reconstructed one-room schoolhouse. It was relocated here in 1969 by alumni and friends of Shippensburg State College to preserve part of America's educational heritage. — Map (db m18530) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Shippensburg — Our Fallen Patriots |
| | East Face:Our Fallen Patriots
The Price of Liberty
1st Lieut. Andrew A.
Pomeroy
Co. I, 198th Reg. P.V.
Killed March 30, 1865
Corp. David W. McKinney
Co. F, 13th Reg. Pa. Cav.
Died
May 7, 1863
J. Anderson Kelso
Co. F. 13th Reg. Pa. Cav.
Cap. July 1863
Died on Bell Island Va.
Nov. 15, 1863
South Face:
Erected by
Friends and
Patriots
1st. Lieut. Thomas B. Mains.
2nd Reg. U.S. Col. Cav.
Killed May 12, 1864
Robert Laughlin
Co. I, 9th . . . — Map (db m18646) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Shippensburg — This Tablet Marks the Site of Fort Morris |
| | Erected in November 1755 by Col. James Burd and used as one of the chain of forts to protect the frontiers during the period of Indian hostility following the defeat of General Edward Braddock. — Map (db m1019) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Wormleysburg — Harrisburg |
| | Pennsylvania's capital since 1812. As Harris' Ferry, was settled a century before by John Harris Sr. Laid out as a town in 1785 by John Harris, Jr. For over 200 years a center of travel, trade, and historic events. — Map (db m26952) |
| Pennsylvania (Cumberland County), Wormleysburg — John Wormley |
| | Memorial to John Wormley. 1757 - 1825 Founder of Wormleysburg — Map (db m26641) |
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