Spring Creek in Warren County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Robert Houghwout Jackson

(1892-1954)

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 1, 2013

1. Robert Houghwout Jackson Marker

Inscription. Lawyer & jurist. Chief U.S. prosecutor, Nuremberg war crimes trials in Germany after World War II. Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1941-54; noted for his defense of civil liberties. Served in President Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration starting in 1934; U.S. Solicitor General, 1938-39, & Attorney General, 1940-41. Jackson was born on the family farm here in Spring Creek.

Erected 1997 by Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #32 Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1934.

Location. 41° 52.017′ N, 79° 31.064′ W. Marker is in Spring Creek, Pennsylvania, in Warren County. It is at the intersection of Spring Creek Corry Road (Pennsylvania Route 426) and Eldred Hill Road, on the right when traveling west on Spring Creek Corry Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Spring Creek PA 16436, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northwestern Pennsylvania

and specifically 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 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Columbus (approx. 6.1 miles away); Oil Creek Railroad (approx. 7.3 miles

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away); Joshua M. Merrill (approx. 7.4 miles away); Inez Mecusker (approx. 7.4 miles away); Climax Locomotives (approx. 7.4 miles away); Corry Civil War Monument (approx. 7½ miles away); Creation of the Pennsylvania Game Commission (approx. 7½ miles away); Lt. Archie W. Thompson (approx. 7.9 miles away).

Also see . . . Robert Houghwout Jackson at FindAGrave.com. (Submitted on February 21, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)

Photographed by Mike Wintermantel, May 1, 2013

2. Robert Houghwout Jackson Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 1, 2013, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 556 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 1, 2013, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.