Chartered in 1864, The First National Bank of Columbia played a key role in the growth and development of Columbia. Marvelous details from the bank's working years survive, such as the walnut paying-and-receiving teller cages, the furnishings of . . . — — Map (db m244048) HM
Chartered in 1864, The First National Bank of Columbia played a key role in the growth and development of Columbia. Marvelous details from the bank's working years survive, such as the walnut paying-and-receiving teller cages, the furnishings of . . . — — Map (db m244049) HM
Chartered on October 25, 1890, the Keystone Hook & Ladder Co. was mostly employees of the Keeley Stove Co. The present Keystone
building and hall was constructed at the cost of $15,000 and dedicated on July 1, 1899. — — Map (db m203611) HM
The country's first coast-to-coast highway was established in 1913 by the Lincoln Highway Association, largely by improving and linking existing roads between New York and San Francisco. The highway changed the way people traveled and the landscape . . . — — Map (db m5761) HM
Lloyd Mifflin one of America's greatest sonneteers and artist was born here on Sept. 15, 1840 and lived here until 1902. He died at Norwood on July 16, 1921.
"My gentle mother, lost on earth to me, shall I know thee somewhere once again." Two . . . — — Map (db m203562) HM
Dedicated on June 19, 1851, this structure was originally 4 stories high & housed many businesses & organizations. During the Civil War, this building was also used as a field hospital. Godfrey Keebler, a famous confectioner of baked goods, was a . . . — — Map (db m197965) HM
(side 1)
Prelude to Gettysburg
One of the great debates of our Country's history and legacy is what scholars call "the two Civil Wars": the first a matter of campaigns, generals, and troop movements and the second focusing on the . . . — — Map (db m122592) HM
Columbia's strategic position would have made it a fine prize for an invading Southern army bent on disrupting vital communications and supply lines in the North. Railroads connected Columbia with Philadelphia, York, and Harrisburg, and canal . . . — — Map (db m167923) HM
Samuel Evans (1823-1907) was a veteran of the Civil War and a member of the Sons of the PA American Revolution. Lillian Evans (1861-1943), the daughter of Samuel Evans, was the first member of the Daughters of the American Revolution in PA. — — Map (db m203614) HM
Samuel Wright, Son of James and Rhoda Wright, was the original proprietor of Old Columbia. He named and laid out the bounds of the early town in what was then Wright's Ferry.
His generosity to his fellow townsmen was manifested in a grant of . . . — — Map (db m174349) HM
Samuel Hinkle (1869-1926) founded the Hinkle Easter Egg Dye Company. In 1924, the dyes were sold nationally by F.W. Woolworth Company. — — Map (db m202725) HM
Named after General Edward C. Shannon, PA
Lt. Gov. from 1930-1935, who commanded the 111th Infantry & 28th Division in WWI. Now known as the Noah Wenger Center, in honor of the PA State Senator, for contributions to the Columbia Boys Athletic . . . — — Map (db m203610) HM
Shawnee — One of the two Native American Tribes (Susquehannock) that originally populated the area around Columbia, PA. During the 1700's, their estimated combined numbers were 2,000 (7,000 by modern estimates). ”Love your life, perfect your . . . — — Map (db m219827) HM
Christopher Harry Stover (1845-1909), a Civil War veteran with the 118th PA Regiment. He worked for the Keely Stover Co. for 34 years. In the 1880's he opened a cigar store at 3rd & Walnut Streets and was a three term Justice of the Peace. — — Map (db m203567) HM
Peter Grubb was a Pennsylvania iron industry pioneer who founded the Grubb Family Iron Dynasty when he discovered Cornwall Iron Banks in 1737, still the largest domestic iron ore deposit east of Lake Superior. He founded Cornwall, Pennsylvania . . . — — Map (db m248020) HM
Susquehannock — One of the two Native American Tribes (Shawnee) that originally populated the area around Columbia, PA. During the 1700', their estimated combined numbers were 2,000 (7,000 by modern estimates).
Migrated to the area . . . — — Map (db m136298) HM
In 1816, Captain Izard Bacon, a wealthy slaveholder of Henrico County, Virginia, liberated fifty-six slaves. Some of his heirs tried to hold them in slavery; but, after long litigation, they obtained freedom. Charles Granger, a nephew of Bacon, . . . — — Map (db m241494) HM
A singular incident occurred on the voyage to New Orleans: One of the men of the battalion, a man of Moorish descent, was the possessor of a thick mass of coarse, black hair, so tangled and matted together that it was impossible for comb or brush . . . — — Map (db m241496) HM
The Old Columbia Public Grounds Company had its inception in the desire of Samuel Wright, the founder of Columbia, to do something of lasting benefit for the citizens of the town. As he saw it, the ground along the river shore was the most . . . — — Map (db m161079) HM
Dedicated to all submariners
of World War II
wherein 3,617 men
and 52 submarines were lost
We honor those men and all who served with them
— — Map (db m170545) WM
Volunteers from Columbia were represented in the following regiments. Many of these
Civil War Veterans are buried here in Zion Hill Cemetery. Burials also were made in
Columbia's Mt Bethel Cemetery.
2nd Regiment, United States Colored . . . — — Map (db m241497) HM
William Baker
abt. 1815 - Harford County, MD
14 May 1892 - Allentown, PA (buried in Lebanon, PA)
Harriet Ann (Cole) Baker
abt. 1829 - Havre de Grace, MD
01 Mar 1913 - Allentown, PA (buried in Greenwood Cemetery)
William . . . — — Map (db m241493) HM
Harry W. Zeamer (1869-1924), A druggist and chemist, established the pharmacy in 1893. The pharmacy had the finest use of soda fountain flavors in Lancaster County. — — Map (db m203557) HM
Opened at a time when blacks and whites legally could not be buried next to one another, this cemetery is the final resting place for generations of African-American wives, mothers, daughters, husbands, and sons—including valiant soldiers. In 1863 . . . — — Map (db m215521) HM
Sawneytown
Sawneytown was the free African community in Columbia. Per the History of Lancaster County (published in 1883) written by Franklin Ellis and Samuel Evans, in 1813 Robert Magill laid out lots on Filbert Street (present day Union . . . — — Map (db m241490) HM
Established in 1920, Zion Hill Cemetery is the final resting place of many residents of Columbia's "Tow Hill" neighborhood.
Prior to 1920, Columbia Borough was maintaining a "Colored Cemetery" located across the street from Mt Bethel . . . — — Map (db m241491) HM
From the colonial times through the early 1900s, water-powered mills were a backbone of industry in the United States. The lower Susquehanna Valley was a popular location for the construction of saw mills. Large timber rafts were floated . . . — — Map (db m234378) HM
This site is the former location of the Ironville Fire Company. The fire company was incorporated in 1944 and operated from this site until its merger with the Silver Spring Fire Company in 2000. A social hall and kitchen were built in 1953. A three . . . — — Map (db m215513) HM
In 1828, Henry Haldeman, patriarch of a well-to-do local family, purchased mills (including a saw mill, chopping mill, and a hemp mill) at the mouth of Chiques Creek and set up two of his sons in business there. The eldest son, Samuel, drew up . . . — — Map (db m136311) HM
In January 1861, citizens of West Hempfield and Rapho Townships petitioned for a bridge "at the place where the public highway leading from the Marietta pike to the village of Maytown" near the lands of Henry Copenhoeffer and John K. Forry. Ihe . . . — — Map (db m201339) HM
The Henry Clay Furnace, one of eight anthracite-fired iron furnaces on the Susquehanna floodplain between Marietta and Columbia, was built here in 1845 by Peter Haldeman, a Columbia merchant. It produced pig iron which was sent to rolling mills to . . . — — Map (db m234379) HM
During the Civil War an industrial complex existed on the floodplain along the Susquehanna River between Marietta and Columbia which included eight anthracite-fired iron furnaces and the canal and railroad facilities which served them. This . . . — — Map (db m205657) HM
Trolley systems spread rapidly throughout Lancaster and York Counties near the beginning of the Twentieth Century as they did elsewhere in the nation. Across the Susquehanna the Wrightsville & York Street Railway joined its namesakes in 1904. The . . . — — Map (db m212175) HM
Brookfield Renewable
Brookfield Renewable develops innovative natural
power solutions that accelerate the world toward a
carbon-free future.
We do so by combining 100 years of operating experience
as a developer, owner, and . . . — — Map (db m173396) HM
On this site in 1846, 70 houses were built on streets named Water, Mill, Hall, Walnut, Cedar, Spring, Griffin, Willow and Race for the employees of the Safe Harbor Iron Works. Many villagers worshipped at nearby St. Mary's Immaculate Conception . . . — — Map (db m173431) HM
The Conestoga Navigation Co. (inc.1825)
constructed on Conestoga Creek, from
Lancaster to the Susquehanna River,
9 locks and dams which were used for
slackwater navigation for about 40 yrs.
A rock fill crib dam across the
river made possible, . . . — — Map (db m173130) HM
Dynamite was essential for expedient construction of the A&S. Rock cliffs on the Susquehanna River were blasted for months to create shelves that carried the rails northward, a lower route for the older Port Road and an upper route for the new . . . — — Map (db m122692) HM
The Conestoga Indians lived in scattered settlements along this stream. They were the last of the once mighty Susquehannocks. Their final location was the Conestoga Indian Town which was along the road leading to Creswell. William Penn visited the . . . — — Map (db m160253) HM
In 1749 at the age of 10 Ulrich Rieber left Ebingen Germany for America and the territory of Pennsylvania.
He lived in Philadelphia until the age of 19 when he traveled West to Lancaster and built a house on a spring close to this location. . . . — — Map (db m213286) HM
When construction began in 1903, no other section of the Pennsylvania Railroad's (PRR) A&S Branch likely seemed as improbable as that along the western boundary of Manor Township. There was no existing path sufficient to the purpose of two-track, . . . — — Map (db m160247) HM
The Atglen & Susquehanna Branch was constructed (1903-1906) by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) as the middle segment of its Low Grade Line, an ambitious through-freight route which extended some 140 miles from Morrisville Yard near Trenton, New . . . — — Map (db m171780) HM
★ Army ★ Navy ★ Air Force ★
★ Marines ★ Coast Guard ★
Keeping The Memory of Friendship
Service to Our County Alive
[Additional plaque at the base:]
This Veterans
Friendship . . . — — Map (db m161146) WM
Maurice K. Goddard's Legacy
Soak in this awe-inspiring scene. You walked or drove only a short distance to get here. Admission was free. Now you'll spend the day in one of the most beautiful places in Pennsylvania, picnicking or swimming, . . . — — Map (db m181117) HM
On November 30, 1813
Daniel and Polly Wolf sold this
"spring" lot property to all the
lot holders of East Petersburg
for a sum of ten dollars.
Later Henry Imhoff used water
from the well for his distillery.
The original well is capped. — — Map (db m223921) HM
In honor of the accomplishments of Tom, an E. Petersburg native and all-star 2nd baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals. Tom played midget baseball on this field.
May his success be an inspiration to the youth of this community.
Dedicated . . . — — Map (db m243251) HM
Barnabas and Elizabeth Hughes, founding family of Elizabethtown, from County Donegal, Ireland, purchased the Bear Tavern trading post along the Conoy Creek from Lazarus Lowrey in 1753. Barnabas laid out the town, one of the earliest communities . . . — — Map (db m136588) HM
Elizabethtown was incorporated on April 13, 1827, and a railroad was built through the area in the 1830's. Elizabethtown College was established in 1899 and the Masonic Homes followed in 1911. The Borough began its life as primarily an agricultural . . . — — Map (db m136603) HM
The town had a central square and a "diamond" pattern common to many newly founded Pennsylvania towns. Stakes in the ground identified boundaries of lots, streets, and alleys. Barnabas Hughes gave them names they still carry—Market Street, . . . — — Map (db m136589) HM
This memorial is dedicated to all persons who served in the Armed Forces to preserve freedom and democracy of the United States of America
World War I
George S. Alwine
Abram B. Brandt
Guy Culp
Walter F. Eshelman
Abraham W. . . . — — Map (db m136606) WM
"Wood and coal produced steam that powered passenger trains through Elizabethtown for over 100 years. The 'Golden Age' of steam ended in 1938 when the Pennsylvania Railroad purchased safer, faster, cleaner electric locomotives."
—Pat . . . — — Map (db m136605) HM
For God and Country
Dedicated
To those
Who served
Our country
In time
Of war
They gave
Their today
For our
Tomorrow
May 3, 1959 — — Map (db m243945) WM
The Groff, Stauffer, Binkley Mill was most likely steam powered but many of the local mills were run on a water stream's flow and water pressure as depicted here.
Standard Mill Mechanisms (panel 1)
Grain Bin • Chute • Elevator • . . . — — Map (db m135199) HM
This tablet is erected in memory of two citizens of Elizabethtown who were posthumously awarded our nations highest military award, the Congressional Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry & intrepidity in action at the risk of their lives . . . — — Map (db m136607) WM
In the early 1900's the Klein Chocolate Company and several shoe factories opened in town. The last of the shoe factories closed in 1979, but Klein Chocolate became part of what is now Mars Chocolate and still plays an important role in the . . . — — Map (db m136604) HM
In 1898, J.G. Francis of Oaks, Pennsylvania, then in his late twenties, a free minister of the Green Tree Church of the Brethren, traveled on bicycle throughout eastern Pennsylvania and the eastern shore of Maryland photographing Brethren . . . — — Map (db m136609) HM
Mary Zug, the wife of J.G. Francis, was the daughter of Michael and Mary Frantz Zug. She lived at a time when social changes were a challenge to many long held traditions and customs. Though she was a woman of strong beliefs, she was also a woman of . . . — — Map (db m136610) HM
On this site in 1876, Joseph K. Groff built Groff's Mill, a steam-powered grist mill on Negley's Run. In 1877, when Joseph joined his brother, John K. Groff, in the meat business at a butcher shop at 13 North Market Street, he sold the mill to . . . — — Map (db m135098) HM
HN for Hans/John Nissley (birth date unknown,died 1789), son of 1717 immigrant Hans Nissley. In 1743 John and wife Mary (daughter of 1727 immigrants Michael and Anna Siegrist of Silver Spring PA), settled by Conoy Creek and in 1750 they built the . . . — — Map (db m213798) HM
The Brethren movement started in 1708 in Schwarzenau, Germany when a group of Pietists of Reformed and Lutheran background adopted an anabaptist church organization. Due to severe repression and economic necessity, virtually the entire movement . . . — — Map (db m136608) HM
Shoe manufacturing was an important industry in Elizabethtown's history. One of the first building lots in town as sold in 1763 to Fredrick Zetty, a shoemaker. He handcrafted custom leather shoes from hides purchased from local tanneries. By 1860, . . . — — Map (db m136587) HM
Sacred to the memory of the patriotic soldiers of the American Revolution who fought in the battle of the Brandywine Sept. 11, A.D. 1777.
About 500 of the sick and wounded were brought to Ephrata for treatment.
Several hundred . . . — — Map (db m164809) HM WM
The Brothers' House (Bethania) was built on this site in the spring of 1746. Although it is difficult to determine the actual height of the building, the Brothers' House was probably a four-and-one-half story half-timber structure that measured . . . — — Map (db m175230) HM
Surviving restored buildings of the Seventh Day Baptist community founded by Conrad Beissel. Original buildings erected between 1735 and 1749.
Administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. — — Map (db m156654) HM
Surviving buildings of the famous Ephrata community of Seventh Day Baptists, founded by Conrad Beissel, 1732. Turn to the right here to see this State historic shrine. — — Map (db m177345) HM
1945
Fundraising efforts began in December to construct a "living memorial to those who served so gallantly to make the world a safer place." $50,000 was needed for the construction, which originally included a football field, tennis . . . — — Map (db m164807) HM
"They are not dead who live in the hearts they leave behind."
Tuscarora Indian Proverb
Ephrata's Veterans' Plaza is dedicated to all American servicement and women, from all wars. We hope that generations to come will honor the . . . — — Map (db m136639) WM
Among the earliest women composers in the American colonies, the Solitary Sisters of the Ephrata Cloister wrote intricate hymn melodies and texts during the 1740s. These hymns were intended to be sung at worship services. Several compositions and . . . — — Map (db m212174) HM
Founder and superintendent of the Ephrata Cloister. Conrad Beissel was one of America's earliest composers of hymns and anthems, organizer and teacher of the cloister singing school and publisher of America's first book of original compositions, . . . — — Map (db m22442) HM
Almighty God, we commend into thy hands the souls of our brothers and sisters departed. Having been faithful in peace and in war to the principles upon which this nation is founded. And ever mindful to keep her a nation under God. We pray thee to . . . — — Map (db m214341) WM
Mentzer Building
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1889 — — Map (db m136624) HM
Constructed by the Brotherhood between 1738 and 1745. Included both a dormitory and Saal. During the Revolutionary War some of the Mount Zion buildings served as a hospital for American soldiers. — — Map (db m136646) HM
Archaeologists working at this site between 1994 and 1998 located evidence of a large 18th century structure built of posts placed in the ground, as defined by the stone outline.
There are several possible interpretations for this previously . . . — — Map (db m136643) HM
This site honors the
Sister City Relationship
between
Ephrata, Pennsylvania
and
Eberbach, Germany.
This relationship was established in 1976 as part of the Ephrata Bicentennial Celebration. Eberbach is the birthplace of . . . — — Map (db m136625) HM
In memory of
The Nanticoke
Indian Tribe
which was located on this tract between the years 1721 and 1748
Grant of 742 acres from the Penns to henry Carpenter, May 9, 1734 — — Map (db m164794) HM
To the glory of God
and in sacred memory of
the pioneer men and women
who founded this
congregation
originally called
Cocalico
about the year 1731
and the faithful pastors
who ministered here
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This . . . — — Map (db m227678) HM
Also Known As the Log Cabin Bridge
In April 1849, the County of Lancaster placed an advertisement seeking proposals to build a bridge near Henry Zook's Mill on the Cocalico Creek. The county bridge docket, a record of bridge . . . — — Map (db m175098) HM
An Indian trail, which was later the original Conestoga Road, passed through Gap, half a mile south of here. Over it, in the 17th century, Minquas (Conestoga) Indians carried quantities of beaver skins from the Susquehanna Valley to trading posts . . . — — Map (db m157428) HM
Unique on American Highways, was erected by the people of Gap in 1892.
It was restored in 1953. The clock’s face, long telling time to passing multitudes on the Newport Road, overlooks, at The Gap, William Penn’s entrance into Conestoga, now . . . — — Map (db m157639) HM
African American inventor who opened a blacksmith and machine shop here in 1923. He did metal work and repairs, primarily for Pennsylvania German farmers. Ruth designed and patented many agricultural devices, most notably his 1928 baler feeder. He . . . — — Map (db m157427) HM
On September 10, 1710, a patent for 2000 acres of land surrounding this spot was granted by William Penn, proprietor of Pennsylvania, to Daniel Fiere and Isaac Lefever. The patentees were from France and were Huguenots. Here they, with their mother, . . . — — Map (db m202663) HM
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