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

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By Bradley Owen, May 18, 2026
Cambria County, Pennsylvania Hometown Heroes Marker
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1 ► Pennsylvania, Somerset County, Stoystown, Shade Township — Cambria County, Pennsylvania Hometown Heroes —
Near Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) 0.2 miles west of Johnson Bottom Road (Route 730), on the right when traveling west.
These seven men died protecting us from terrorists. They and their families made the ultimate sacrifice for you. We honor them and all the Nation's fallen. Army SGT Christopher A. Golby, originally from Johnstown, PA, died at the age of . . . — — Map (db m303028) WM

2 ► Pennsylvania, Cambria County, Ebensburg — Cambria County —
On South Center Street at Lloyd Street, on the right when traveling north on South Center Street.
Formed March 26, 1804 out of Huntingdon and Somerset counties. Its name, dating from Roman Britain, means "Wales." County seat, Ebensburg, was incorporated 1825. Famed Portage Railroad extended west to Johnstown. Birthplace of Rear Admiral Robert E. . . . — — Map (db m52728) HM

3 ► Pennsylvania, Cambria County, Cresson — Cresson Tuberculosis Sanatorium —
On Admiral Peary Highway (Pennsylvania Route 2014) at Correction Road, on the right when traveling west on Admiral Peary Highway.
Pennsylvania's anti-tuberculosis campaign, led by Dept. of Health Commissioner S.G. Dixon, included three state-run sanatoria. Est. 1913, Cresson was a model for the nation. It was first to be racially integrated, run a school of nursing, and offer . . . — — Map (db m73397) HM

4 ► Pennsylvania, Cambria County, Mineral Point — The Path of the Flood —
Near Beech Hill Road.
The Path of the Flood Trail is 4 miles long and will take about 2 hours to walk. The trail follows the right-of-way of the former Southern Cambria Railway trolley line, and links to the National Park Service Staple Bend Tunnel Trail. Trail . . . — — Map (db m163497) HM

5 ► Ohio, Licking County, Granville — Granville's Welsh Hills —
On East Broadway (Ohio Route 661) at Linden Place, on the right when traveling east on East Broadway.
In 1801, a group of Welsh people living in Pennsylvania decided to move west in search of better farmland. They bought land in the area that now encompasses northeastern Granville Township and parts of the surrounding townships. At the time, they . . . — — Map (db m206527) HM

6 ► Pennsylvania, Somerset County, Somerset, Somerset Township — Robert A. Gilmour —
On North Center Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 601) at North Pleasant Avenue, on the left when traveling south on North Center Avenue.
This fountain and the adjoining Gilmour Bypass are dedicated in memory of Robert A. Gilmour by his widow, Romaine Lohr Gilmour. Mr. Gilmour, born October 14, 1896, in Vintondale, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, came to Somerset Borough in 1926 and . . . — — Map (db m220327) HM

7 ► Pennsylvania, Cambria County, Ebensburg — Veterans Park of Cambria County —
Near North Center Street at West Crawford Street.
On September 3, 1915, this park was dedicated "To the memory of the soldiers and sailors from Cambria County, Pennsylvania who fought in defense of their country.” A distinguished panel of fourteen Civil War Veterans from across Cambria County . . . — — Map (db m174177) HM WM

8 ► Maryland, Allegany County, Cumberland — Church of Saint Patrick — Cumberland, Maryland —
On North Centre Street north of Market Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Cumberland Roman Catholic Parish was established in 1790 by Father Dennis Cahill, a missionary working in Western Maryland. A log church dedicated to Mary the Mother of God was soon erected in 1791 at the front of the parish property. . . . — — Map (db m134395) HM

9 ► Maryland, Allegany County, Cumberland — On This Site Catholic Education In Western Maryland Began —
On North Centre Street, on the right when traveling north.
The De La Salle Christian brothers came to Cumberland in 1851 and opened an elementary school as one of the very early establishments of the Christian brothers in the United States in the first Carroll Hall on this property at the request of . . . — — Map (db m219218) HM
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Nov. 13, 2026