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Brockway in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Grist Mill Stone

 
 
Grist Mill Stone Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, November 5, 2022
1. Grist Mill Stone Marker
Inscription.
From the first Gristmill in Brockway built in 1848 and located at the south end of 9th Avenue along Toby Creek.
Owned and operated by Dr. Asaph M. Clarke

 
Erected 1976 by Louis H. Franco Family.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1848.
 
Location. 41° 15.024′ N, 78° 47.591′ W. Marker is in Brockway, Pennsylvania, in Jefferson County. It can be reached from Park Street. Located at the Taylor Memorial Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 765 Park Street, Brockway PA 15824, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Pennsylvania Wilds. It is also in 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 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Ross Leffler School of Conservation (approx. 4.4 miles away); Pioneer Cemetery (approx. 6.8 miles away); Gold Star Mothers and Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial (approx. 8.8 miles away); Clearfield County War Time Veterans Killed In Action Korea (approx. 8.8 miles away); Clearfield County War Time Veterans Killed In Action Vietnam (approx. 8.8 miles away); Clearfield County War Time Veterans Killed In Action W.W. I (approx. 8.8 miles away); Clearfield County War Time Veterans Killed In Action World War II
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(approx. 8.8 miles away); DuBois' Great Fire, June 18, 1888 (approx. 9.1 miles away).
 
Also see . . .  Welcome to the Brockway Area Historical Society and the Taylor Memorial Museum. (Submitted on November 7, 2022, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
 
Grist Mill Stone Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, November 5, 2022
2. Grist Mill Stone Marker
Grist Mill Stone Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, November 5, 2022
3. Grist Mill Stone Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 7, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 7, 2022, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 316 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on November 7, 2022, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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