DuBois in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

DuBois

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel

1. DuBois Marker

Inscription. In 1872 John DuBois came to the area and set up sawmills. They employed hundreds of men, sawed billions of board feet of lumber and operated until 1904. DuBois was incorporated in 1881; in 1916 it became the county's only city. When the railroads came in 1874, coal mining began. Other major industries included ironworks, railroad car shops, tannery and brewery (1896-1972). In 1896 a mine explosion at this site killed 13 miners.

Erected 2004 by The Clearfield County Bicentennial Committee.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1872.

Location. 41° 7.253′ N, 78° 43.789′ W. Marker is in DuBois, Pennsylvania, in Clearfield County. It is on Shaffer Road 0.1 miles south of East DuBois Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 255), on the right when traveling north. Located at DuBois Mall parking lot. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Du Bois PA 15801, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Pennsylvania Wilds.

It is also in

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the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: War Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away); A Trio of Founders for DuBois 1812-1871 (approx. 1.7 miles away); The Fuller Opera House (approx. 1.7 miles away); DuBois Area Historical Society Constitution (approx. 1.7 miles away); From Hotel, to Newspaper Office to Senior Housing: The Story of Gray Foundation Apartments (approx. 1.7 miles away); From Theater in 1902 to Senior Citizen Housing in 1982 (approx. 1.8 miles away); DuBois' Great Fire, June 18, 1888 (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in DuBois.

Also see . . . City of DuBois. (Submitted on January 17, 2018, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel

2. DuBois Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 17, 2018. It was originally submitted on January 17, 2018, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 699 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 17, 2018, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.