Amity Township near Union City in Erie County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Ida M. Tarbell

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, April 20, 2013

1. Ida M. Tarbell Marker

Inscription. Noted writer; biographer of Lincoln, historian of Standard Oil; born Nov. 5, 1857, in her grandfather's log home at Hatch Hollow, about two miles to east. She died Jan. 6, 1944, at Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Erected 1950 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Education • Industry & Commerce • Women. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1797.

Location. Marker has been reported missing. It was located near 41° 57.857′ N, 79° 51.084′ W. Marker was near Union City, Pennsylvania, in Erie County. It was in Amity Township. It was at the intersection of Smiley Hill Road (Pennsylvania Route 8) and Hatch Hollow Road, on the right when traveling north on Smiley Hill Road. Touch for map. Marker was in this post office area: Union City PA 16438, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in Northwestern Pennsylvania

and in Greater Erie. It was also in the American Northeast,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

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

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Old State Line (approx. 3.2 miles away); Union City Historic District (approx. 4½ miles away); Union City's Early Historic Architecture (approx.

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4½ miles away); Furniture Manufacturing (approx. 4.6 miles away); French Creek — Power, Destruction and Beauty (approx. 4.6 miles away); "Union City Seats the World" (approx. 4.6 miles away); Drake Well Park (approx. 5.2 miles away); Saint Peter's Episcopal Church (approx. 6.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Union City.

More about this marker. The post and bottom piece of marker remain.

Also see . . . Ida Tarbell at FindAGrave.com. (Submitted on April 23, 2013, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, April 20, 2013

2. Ida M. Tarbell Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 20, 2013, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 953 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 20, 2013, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.