Boggs Township near Holters Crossing in Centre County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Site of Curtin Station, Bald Eagle Valley Railroad

Established 1825

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 10, 2025

1. Site of Curtin Station, Bald Eagle Valley Railroad Marker

Inscription.

[Title is text]

Erected by Roland Curtin Foundation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1825.

Location. 40° 58.366′ N, 77° 44.351′ W. Marker is near Holters Crossing, Pennsylvania, in Centre County. It is in Boggs Township. It is on Curtin Road (Pennsylvania Route 1003) 0.2 miles Eagle Valley Road ( Route 150), on the left when traveling south. Marker is on the Eagle Iron Works and Curtin Village grounds. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 251 Curtin Road, Howard PA 16841, 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.

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least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Curtin Mansion (within shouting distance of this marker); Eagle Iron Works and Curtin Village (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Last Charcoal Iron (about 700 feet away); Workers Village (about 800 feet away); Eagle Iron Works (about 800 feet away); Bald Eagle and Spring Creek Navigation Canal Lock 11 (about 800 feet away); Eagle Ironworks (approx. 0.3 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Holters Crossing.

Also see . . .
1. The Railroad Reaches Curtin (2022). (Submitted on June 12, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Eagle Iron Works and Curtin Village. (Submitted on June 12, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., June 10, 2025

2. Site of Curtin Station, Bald Eagle Valley Railroad Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 12, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 12, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 128 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 12, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.