Historical Markers and War Memorials in Port Allegany, Pennsylvania
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Port Allegany is in McKean County
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On South Main Street (U.S. 6) at Port-Emporium Road (Pennsylvania Route 155), on the right when traveling east on South Main Street.
The 23-mile crossing from Susquehanna West Branch to the Allegheny River followed Portage Creek to a "canoe place" near this point. From here Indians and pioneers continued on their way by boat down the Allegheny River. — — Map (db m59133) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 6) south of Maple Street, on the left when traveling north.
Travel point since pioneer days, when travelers coming overland from the Susquehanna continued by water from "Canoe Place". The town grew as a center of lumber and tanning industry. Its descriptive present name came into use about 1840. — — Map (db m39887) HM
On Grand Army of the Republic Highway (U.S. 6) 0.1 miles west of East Main Street, on the right when traveling east.
Travel point since pioneer days, when travelers coming overland from the Susquehanna continued by water from "Canoe Place." The town grew as a center of lumber and tanning industry. Its descriptive present name came into use about 1840 — — Map (db m78699) HM
On North Main Street (U.S. 6) at East Mill Street, on the right when traveling west on North Main Street.
Side A
Birthplace of Allegheny Modernism
Lynn Hall, the premier example of Allegheny Modernism architecture, was built in 1934 by local self-taught architect Walter J. Hall. It is considered an early example of Organic Prairie . . . — — Map (db m199025) HM
On N. Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
Dedicated to the memory of all men and women
of the Port Allegany school district who honorably
served our country during peacetime, World War II, Korea
Viet Nam, Grenada, Panama, The Gulf War and those fallen
heroes who made the supreme . . . — — Map (db m163705) WM
On Port-Emporium Road (Pennsylvania Route 155) 0.1 miles north of Hamilton Road, on the right when traveling north.
Junction of Tioga and Shamokin War Trails. Indians coming over the great divide camped here and made new canoes. Again embarking westward down
The Allegewe
No white man was allowed on these trails till about 1750. An Important Rafting Center . . . — — Map (db m83705) HM
