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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «montgomery county» AND «pennsylvania»

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By Keith S Smith, October 24, 2020
Horsham Township Marker
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1 ► Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Horsham, Horsham Township — Horsham Township —
On Easton Road (Pennsylvania Route 611), on the right when traveling north.
Founded in 1717, comprises 16.5 square miles. Named for a town in Sussex, England. Site of Graeme Park, residence of Governor Sir William Keith 1717-1726. First autogiro flight in U.S. made here 1928, Pitcairn Field - site became U.S. Naval Air . . . — — Map (db m28107) HM
2 ► Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Trappe — Muhlenberg House —
On Main Street/Ridge Pike (Old U.S. 422) 0.1 miles 3rd Avenue ( Route 113), on the right when traveling west.
In this house Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, great Lutheran leader, lived from 1776 until his death in 1787. His son Peter Muhlenberg, a noted general of the American Revolution, lived here 1783-1802. — — Map (db m21472) HM
3 ► Virginia, Arlington County, Arlington, Rivercrest — Chain Bridge —
On North Glebe Road (State Highway 120) at Chain Bridge Road (State Highway 123), on the right when traveling north on North Glebe Road.
In 1797, the merchants of Georgetown built here the first bridge over the Potomac River in order to compete with the Virginia port of Alexandria. The Falls Bridge allowed trade from the "upper country" of Virginia to move directly to Georgetown over . . . — — Map (db m3339) HM
4 ► Pennsylvania, Philadelphia County, Philadelphia, Fairmount Park — 208 — The South Arch / The North Arch — Smith Memorial Arch — 1897 - 1912 —
On Avenue of the Republic at Lansdowne Drive, on the right when traveling west on Avenue of the Republic.
The South Arch This memorial honors Pennsylvania's military heroes of the Civil War (1861-1865). A pair of arches topped by tall pillars, the project involved 12 noted sculptors over a 15-year period. It is considered one of most ambitious . . . — — Map (db m191697) HM
5 ► Ohio, Montgomery County, Germantown — Shuey Mill —
On Main Street at Endress Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
This former gristmill, built by Lewis Shuey between 1844 and 1845, stands on the site of an earlier mill built in 1806 by Philip Gunckel, founder of Germantown. A miller by trade, Gunckel led a party of settlers from Pennsylvania to Montgomery . . . — — Map (db m29622) HM
6 ► Pennsylvania, Berks County, Reading — 2 — General David McMurtie Gregg
On Centre Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 61) just north of North 4th Street, on the right when traveling north. Reported damaged.
Gregg and the 8th Pennsylvania fought in the Peninsula Campaign, where he distinguished himself in the Seven Days Battles, expertly screening retreating Union Infantry. The Battle of Antietam was his next engagement, but cavalry played little . . . — — Map (db m203742) HM
7 ► Illinois, Union County, Mill Creek — Revolutionary War Veterans —
On Saint Johns Road 0.3 miles east of Jonesboro Quarry Road, on the right when traveling west.
St. John's Cemetery contains the graves of four Revolutionary War Soldiers. Jacob Hileman, born July 20, 1762 in Northampton Co., Pennsylvania. As a private he served in the 4th company, 3rd battalion. Northampton County Militia in 1778 . . . — — Map (db m207797) HM WM
8 ► Maryland, Frederick County, Frederick, Araby View — History of the Monocacy River Valley —
Near Interstate 270, on the right when traveling west.
The earliest inhabitants of the Monocacy River Valley lived here about 12,000 years ago. These Native Americans lived in territorial, semi-nomadic groups dependent upon hunting, fishing, and food gathering. When European settlers first came to . . . — — Map (db m3287) HM
9 ► Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Pottstown — Pottsgrove Manor — Historic Pottstown Walking Tour —
On King Street 0.1 miles east of Pottstown Pike ( Route 100), on the left when traveling west.
In November of 1751, John Potts, iron master and merchant, entered into an indenture to purchase two tracts of land from Samuel McCall, Jr. and his wife Anne. This land, situated at the confluence of the Manatawny Creek and the Schuylkill River, . . . — — Map (db m23853) HM
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10 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Darnestown — Darnestown: A Strategic Point of Defense — The Civil War —
Near Darnestown Road (Maryland Route 28) at Seneca Road (Route 112), on the right when traveling west.
By the summer of 1861, the Union recognized Darnestown as an ideal location for establishing a major division headquarters. The town was strategically situated at the intersection of roads leading to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and to . . . — — Map (db m295676) HM
11 ► Pennsylvania, Adams County, Gettysburg, Cumberland Township — 6th Pennsylvania Reserves — 35th Pennsylvania Infantry — 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Corps —
On Wheatfield Road at Ayres Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Wheatfield Road.
(Front):6th Pennsylvania Reserves 35th Infantry 1st Brigade 3d Division 5th Corps (Left):July 2d in the evening charged from the hill in rear to this position and held it until the afternoon of July 3d when the brigade advanced . . . — — Map (db m15779) HM WM
12 ► Virginia, Page County, Luray — 1901 A.B. Farquhar Company Threshing Steam Engine —
On Cave Hill Road west of Lee Highway (U.S. 211/340), on the right when traveling west.
Arthur Briggs Farquhar, American Industrialist Arthur Briggs Farquhar was born on September 28, 1838, in Montgomery County, Maryland. Arthur, known as A.B., was an ambitious young man who apired to a career in business. He had an early . . . — — Map (db m305357) HM
13 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Bethesda — The Georgetown Branch Railroad —
Near Capital Crescent Trail 1.9 miles south of River Road ( Route 190), on the left when traveling south.
The Capital Crescent Trail follows the route of an old railroad line called the Georgetown Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O). It's all that remains of an unrealized attempt by the B&O to construct a major rail link between the . . . — — Map (db m295745) HM
14 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Bethesda — The Georgetown Branch Railroad —
Near Bethesda Avenue at Woodmont Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
The Capital Crescent Trail follows the route of an old railroad line called the Georgetown Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O). It's all that remains of an unrealized attempt by the B&O to construct a major rail link between the . . . — — Map (db m83) HM
15 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Derwood — Jeremiah Crabbe — Near This Spot Lived and Lies Buried — (1760–1800) —
On Frederick Road (Maryland Route 355) south of Indianola Drive / Watkins Pond Boulevard, on the left when traveling south.
Officer, 4th Battalion, Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; Brigadier General of Maryland Militia, 1794; member of 4th United States Congress, 1795–96. — — Map (db m20931) HM
16 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Sandy Spring — Eliza Howard and Descendants / Remembering the Bells, Hopkins, Harriday Families — Sandy Spring African American Heritage Trail — [Sandy Spring Slave Museum & African Art Gallery] —
On Brooke Road 0.1 miles west of Chandlee Mill Road, on the right when traveling west.
Eliza Howard and Descendants The third of Jack and Poly's original eight children was Eliza (b. 1821), who married William Henry Pratt. Sarah Griffith freed Eliza in 1849. William Henry Pratt was freed in 1846 by Ann Hayes of . . . — — Map (db m188262) HM
17 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Silver Spring, White Oak — Rachel Carson —
Near Columbia Pike (U.S. 29).
Ms. Rachel Louise Carson was born on May 27, 1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania, but spent most of her adult life in and around Montgomery County, Maryland. She was a renowned biologist and owed her love of nature to the encouragements of her mother, . . . — — Map (db m74150) HM
18 ► Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Safe Harbor, Conestoga Township — Iron Works —
On River Road south of Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
In 1846 the Safe Harbor blast furnace, foundry and rolling mill, using anthracite for fuel, were built by Reeves, Abbott & Co. Great quantities of iron and rails were produced for the Pennsylvania R.R., incorporated in the same year. During the . . . — — Map (db m122690) HM
19 ► Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Bala Cynwyd, Lower Merion Township — The Spaventa Switchback —
On Cynwyd Heritage Trail at Manayunk Bridge Trail, on the right when traveling west on Cynwyd Heritage Trail.
The Spaventa Switchback refers to the section of the Cynwyd Heritage Trail running from the Manayunk Bridge to Rock Hill Road. The property was formerly owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) as a spur/switchback to serve the Pencoyd Iron . . . — — Map (db m146626) HM
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20 ► Ontario, Waterloo Region, Kitchener, Bridgeport East — Free Church and Cemetery —
On Bloomingdale Road North 0.5 kilometers south of Bridge Street East, on the right when traveling north.
In 1848 one acre of land was purchased from John U. Tyson, a native of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, for £15 to be kept for the sole purpose of a Free Meeting House for Divine Worship and Burying Ground of all denominations. The first . . . — — Map (db m269759) HM
21 ► Alabama, Montgomery County, Montgomery — Abram Mordecai / Mordecai's Cotton Gin —
On Columbus Street 0.1 miles west of North Decatur Street, on the left when traveling west.
Side 1 Abram Mordecai 1755-1849 Born October 24, 1755 in Pennsylvania; settled 1783 in Georgia where he became a successful trader among the Cusseta Indians. First U.S. citizen to settle (1785) in what became Montgomery County. . . . — — Map (db m71357) HM
22 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Rockville — Christ Episcopal Church — Vestrymen Arrested — Gettysburg Campaign —
On South Washington Street at Vinson Street when traveling south on South Washington Street.
Early on Sunday morning, June 28, 1863, 5,000 of Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalrymen rode into Rockville as they trailed Gen. Robert E. Lee's army through Maryland into Pennsylvania. Here in Rockville they arrested Union supporters. They . . . — — Map (db m295696) HM
23 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Seneca — Seneca Creek: “A Raging River” —
On Rileys Lock Road south of River Road, on the left when traveling south.
Historically, being near water was advantageous for businesses and homeowners in Seneca. The Seneca Sandstone Quarry transported cut red sandstone blocks on the Potomac River by way of the C & O Canal. The Seneca Grist Mill relied . . . — — Map (db m306044) HM
24 ► Tennessee, Davidson County, Nashville, South Nashville — Nashville: The World of Speculation —
Near Rep. John Lewis Way South.
Nashville was founded as part of the movement by British colonists from North Carolina and Virginia into the Cumberland Valley in the mid to late 18th century. Richard Henderson, a magistrate, judge, and land speculator from Granville County, . . . — — Map (db m207200) HM
25 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Kensington — Edith Throckmorton — (1901-1982) —
On Hampden Street at Vaughn Street, on the right when traveling west on Hampden Street.
"I always wanted to help people…I believe in results and I always wanted to improve people's lots and their ways of living. 1974" "Siempre quise ayudar a la gente… Creo en los resultados y siempre . . . — — Map (db m295694) HM
26 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Sandy Spring — Warrick Hill / Cornelius Awkard, Tolbert Awkard and Offords / James Offord — Sandy Spring African American Heritage Trail — [Sandy Spring Slave Museum & African Art Gallery] —
On Brooke Road 0.1 miles west of Chandlee Mill Road, on the right when traveling west.
Warrick Hill: Author and Superstar Math Teacher from Holly Grove Warrick Hill was born in Baltimore in 1926. As a child he lived with his parents at Alloway and walked two and a half miles twice a day to and from Spencerville . . . — — Map (db m188214) HM
27 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Silver Spring, Downtown Silver Spring — Blair Mansion: Silver Spring / Blair Station Post Office — TRANSORMA/TRANSFORMA © 2005 —
On Newell Street at Kennett Street, on the right when traveling north on Newell Street.
[Panel 1:] Blair Mansion: Silver Spring Prior to the development of modern Silver Spring, this immediate area was a bucolic, rural landscape in a portion of Montgomery County then known as Sligo. The property was owned by Francis . . . — — Map (db m23488) HM
28 ► Virginia, Montgomery County, Blacksburg, University — Native Stewardship / The Monacan Peoples —
Near West Campus Drive at Drillfield Drive, on the left when traveling north.
Native Stewardship – Into the 1700s, the region known today as Appalachian Virginia was a hub for long-distance trade routes, a dynamic setting for shifting alliances between Native peoples of different languages and nations. For thousands of . . . — — Map (db m228237) HM
29 ► Maryland, Montgomery County, Sandy Spring — Leatha Howard Holland Webster / William Howard Hill & Anna Virginia Carter Hill — Sandy Spring African American Heritage Trail — [Sandy Spring Slave Museum & African Art Gallery] —
On Brooke Road 0.1 miles west of Chandlee Mill Road, on the right when traveling west.
Lineage of Leatha Howard Holland Webster and the Canadian Connection The Howard-Holland traces its roots to the Montgomery County plantations of the Gaithers, Howse and Griffith families. From census records and manumission . . . — — Map (db m188339) HM
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30 ► Ohio, Montgomery County, Dayton, Edgemont — Old Greencastle Cemetery —
On South Broadway Street at Morris Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South Broadway Street.
“This cemetery should stand as long as the world stands and should never be destroyed” Original Land Deed (1849)
Welcome to Old Greencastle Cemetery, originally called the Miami Chapel Cemetery, one of the oldest . . . — — Map (db m248447) HM
 
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