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Near Ligonier in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Saint Clair Hollow

 
 
St. Clair Hollow Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Wintermantel, October 7, 2011
1. St. Clair Hollow Marker
Inscription.
Named in honor of General Arthur Saint Clair.
The source of this hollow is a large spring two miles south, where General Saint Clair, in a log cabin, spent his last days.
He was,
A Major General in the American Revolution.
President of the Continental Congress.
First Governor of the Northwestern Territory.
A pioneer ironmaster in western Pennsylvania.
Born 1736 - Died 1818
Buried in Greensburg

 
Erected 1927.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Government & PoliticsWar, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1736.
 
Location. 40° 17.121′ N, 79° 19.252′ W. Marker is near Ligonier, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County. Marker is at the intersection of Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) and St. Clair Hollow Road, on the right when traveling east on Lincoln Highway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ligonier PA 15658, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Arthur Saint Clair (here, next to this marker); The Johnston House at Kingston (approx. 1.2 miles away); Johnston House (approx. 1.2 miles away); Welcome to Youngstown (approx. 2.3 miles away); Idlewild Park (approx.
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2.6 miles away); Idlewild In 1938 - The Rollo Coaster Opens (approx. 2.7 miles away); Philadelphia Tobaggan Company Carousel Number 83 (approx. 2.8 miles away); Picture Yourself on the Lincoln Highway (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ligonier.
 
Also see . . .  Arthur St. Clair at FindAGrave.com. (Submitted on October 9, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.)
 
St. Clair Hollow Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Mike Wintermantel, October 7, 2011
2. St. Clair Hollow Marker
To the left of the PHMC marker
Arthur St. Clair Portrait image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Charles Willson Peale-American Painter, 1782
3. Arthur St. Clair Portrait
Current location Independence National Historical Park , Philadelphia
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 9, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 822 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on October 9, 2011, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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