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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Columbia County, Pennsylvania
Adjacent to Columbia County, Pennsylvania
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| On Mill Street (Pennsylvania Route 487) 0.1 miles south of Shichshinny Road (Pennsylvania Route 239), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Alarmed about draft resistance, the federal government deployed 800 troops to the Fishing Creek Valley in August 1864 to suppress the opposition. Peace Democrats suspected of Confederate sympathies were questioned at the Christian church near this . . . — — Map (db m89911) HM |
| On 3rd Street at Mack Street, on the right when traveling west on 3rd Street. |
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Dedicated to all firefighters, police officers,
EMS workers and all others
who lost their lives to the tragic events of
September 11, 2001
and all those who carry on.
These metal fragments are
from remains of the Twin Towers that . . . — — Map (db m134844) HM WM |
| On Market Street north of 4th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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(front)
1747 — Evan Owen — 1819
Purchaser of the Site
and
Founder of the Town.
- First Settlers -
1786
Robert and John Brown
named the town Berwick,
after Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
- Pioneers - . . . — — Map (db m119515) HM |
| On Market Street north of 4th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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Who gave her talents
in loving concern
to the immigrants
of
1919 - Berwick - 1961 — — Map (db m119527) HM |
| On Market Street at 8th Street, on the left when traveling north on Market Street. |
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To honor the memory of
Evan Owen
Founder of Berwick
Evan Owen 1746 1819
His wife
Jane Owen 1751 1829 — — Map (db m119567) HM |
| On Market Street north of 4th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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In memory of
Gene Harvey
who for 48 years delighted
Berwick's children and adults
with his unselfish portrayal
of
Santa Claus — — Map (db m119509) HM |
| On Market Street north of 4th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m119565) HM |
| On East Front Street (US 11) at Fowler Avenue on East Front Street (US 11). |
| | Name of Shawnee-Delaware Indian village located here. From Braddock's defeat in 1755 until Fort Augusta was built in 1756 it was a rallying point for Indians hostile to the English — — Map (db m89701) HM |
| On Market Street north of 4th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this copy of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
and loyalty
The . . . — — Map (db m119508) HM |
| On 3rd Street at Oak Street, on the right when traveling west on 3rd Street. |
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During WWII, 9,135 American Car & Foundry workers from the surrounding region produced 15,224 tanks for American and Allied Forces. The first US tank fabricated on an assembly line, the Stuart was favored for its speed and mobility and saw action . . . — — Map (db m134841) HM |
| On Market Street north of 4th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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These memorial rose beds
dedicated in commemoration
of our men and women
who served in World War II
Let none forget
they gave their all
and faltered not
when came the call — — Map (db m119529) WM |
| On Market Street north of 4th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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Dedicated to all men of Berwick and
Vicinity who fought in the World War -
to those who fought and lived, and
those who fought and died; to those
who gave much, and those who gave all.
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Arthur Belles . . . — — Map (db m119513) WM |
| On Market Street at Main Street (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling south on Market Street. |
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This property
contributes to the
Bloomsburg
Historic District
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
1983 — — Map (db m89851) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 11) west of Market Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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Property of
Special Merit
Awarded by
The Bloomsburg Historic
Preservation Society — — Map (db m119388) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 11) east of Iron Street, on the right when traveling east. |
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This property
contributes to the
Bloomsburg
Historic District
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
1983 — — Map (db m119404) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 11) at Murray Avenue, on the left when traveling west on Main Street. |
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This property
contributes to the
Bloomsburg
Historic District
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
1983 — — Map (db m119427) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 11) east of Iron Street, on the right when traveling east. |
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This property
contributes to the
Bloomsburg
Historic District
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
1983 — — Map (db m119426) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 11) west of Murray Avenue, on the left when traveling west. |
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This property
contributes to the
Bloomsburg
Historic District
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
1983 — — Map (db m119428) HM |
| On Market Street at Pine Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Market Street. |
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This property
contributes to the
Bloomsburg
Historic District
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
1983 — — Map (db m119386) HM |
| On Market Street at Pine Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Market Street. |
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This property
contributes to the
Bloomsburg
Historic District
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
1983 — — Map (db m119342) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 11) west of Oyer Avenue, on the left when traveling west. |
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This property
contributes to the
Bloomsburg
Historic District
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
1983 — — Map (db m116464) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 11) west of Oyer Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
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This property
contributes to the
Bloomsburg
Historic District
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
1983 — — Map (db m116462) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 11) at West Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street. |
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This property
contributes to the
Bloomsburg
Historic District
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
1983 — — Map (db m116461) HM |
| On Market Street north of Anthony Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
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This property
contributes to the
Bloomsburg
Historic District
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
1983 — — Map (db m119341) HM |
| On Market Street at Anthony Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Market Street. |
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This property
contributes to the
Bloomsburg
Historic District
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
1983 — — Map (db m119340) HM |
| On Market Street at 4th Street, on the right when traveling north on Market Street. |
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This property
contributes to the
Bloomsburg
Historic District
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
1983 — — Map (db m119337) HM |
| On Market Street north of Brugler Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
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This property
contributes to the
Bloomsburg
Historic District
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
1983 — — Map (db m119336) HM |
| On Market Street north of 5th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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This property
contributes to the
Bloomsburg
Historic District
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
1983 — — Map (db m119329) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 11) at Iron Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. |
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This property
contributes to the
Bloomsburg
Historic District
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
1983 — — Map (db m119402) HM |
| On 4th Street at Clinton Avenue, on the right when traveling east on 4th Street. |
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This property
contributes to the
Bloomsburg
Historic District
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
1983 — — Map (db m119473) HM |
| On Penn Street at 2nd Street, on the left when traveling south on Penn Street. |
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This property
contributes to the
Bloomsburg
Historic District
Placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
1983 — — Map (db m116465) HM |
| | Formed March 22, 1813 out of Northumberland County. Named in honor of America. County seat, Bloomsburg, became this State's only incorporated town in 1870. A Friends meetinghouse was built at Catawissa about 1789. "Twin covered bridges" at Forks are . . . — — Map (db m89850) HM |
| | The first Columbia County Courthouse was built on this site in 1848. It was designed by Napoleon LeBrun, the same architect who designed the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. The original courthouse is not the core of the building you see here. If . . . — — Map (db m89892) HM |
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First Pastor
Presbyterian Church of Bloomsburg Pa.,
1839 - 1871 — — Map (db m119472) HM |
| On Market Street at 4th Street, on the right when traveling north on Market Street. |
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Property of
Special Merit
Awarded by
The Bloomsburg Historic
Preservation Society — — Map (db m119339) HM |
| On West Main Street (U.S. 11) just south of Red Mill Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Early in 1781 the McClure house was stockaded by the noted Indian fighter, Moses Van Campen, to protect settlers in this region after destruction of Fort Jenkins in 1780. Site on the north bank of the Susquehanna in present Bloomsburg. — — Map (db m46287) HM |
| On Lightstreet Road (PA 487) at Paper Mill Road on Lightstreet Road (PA 487). |
| | A stockade-type fort was built here in 1778 along Fishing Creek by Moses Van Campen. It served during the Revolution as a refuge against the Indians, by whom it was once attacked. Van Campen was the noted Indian scout of this region — — Map (db m89909) WM |
| On Market Street at 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south on Market Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m119345) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 11) at Market Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street. |
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Frank Patterson Pursel
Proprietor, (1893-1936)
Frank P. Pursel, Jr. & Charles W.M. Pursel
Proprietors, (1936-1957)
Pursel Store Building Trust
(1957-1975)
Frank P. Pursel, III & Charles W.M. Pursel, Jr.
Owners, (1975-2003)
The "Pursel . . . — — Map (db m119392) HM |
| On Market Street at 5th Street, on the right when traveling south on Market Street. |
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With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this copy of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
and loyalty
The . . . — — Map (db m119324) HM |
| On Main Street (U.S. 11) at Iron Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street. |
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Property of
Special Merit
Awarded by
The Bloomsburg Historic
Preservation Society — — Map (db m119394) HM |
| On Penn Street at Penn Argyle Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Penn Street. |
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The Bloomsburg State Normal School Class of 1919 dedicated this memorial to 16 former students - 15 soldiers and a nurse - who died during World War I. It included sixteen trees in the shape of a six-pointed star, one for each of the fallen. By . . . — — Map (db m116477) HM |
| On Lightstreet Road (Pennsylvania Route 487) north of Swisher Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
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Freedom — no word was ever spoken that has held out greater hope, demanded greater sacrifice, needed more to be nurtured, blessed more the giver, damned more its destroyer or come closer to being God's will on earth.
General of the . . . — — Map (db m119006) WM |
| On Market Street at 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south on Market Street. |
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Property of
Special Merit
Awarded by
The Bloomsburg Historic
Preservation Society — — Map (db m119385) HM |
| On West Main Street (U.S. 11) just south of Red Mill Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Important path linking the many Indian settlements in the Wyoming Valley with Shamokin, now Sunbury. In 1742 Count Zinzendorf, organizer of Moravian missions, came this way after visiting the Shawnees at Wyoming. — — Map (db m46286) HM |
| On South Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The nearby friends meeting-house, built about 1775, was the place of worship for early Quaker settlers among the pioneers of this region. Catawissa itself was laid out by William Hughes, a Berks County Quaker. — — Map (db m46230) HM |
| | 1940 Chevrolet Fire Truck
Originally owned by the
Ralpho Fire Company, Overlook, PA
Purchased by Knobels in May 1972.
Used for the flood clean-up in June
1972 & various pumping duties since.
Body restored in 2007- 2008. . . . — — Map (db m122674) HM |
| | Grand Carousel Hand carved in 1913 by master carver Charles Carmel. This carousel was purchased by Knoebels in 1941 and moved here from Rahway, N.J. Its 63 horses and 3 chariots make it one of the largest remaining carousels in the country. . . . — — Map (db m122648) HM |
| | [plaque]Grand Carousel Purchased: 1941. Opened: 1942 Previous Location: Riverside Park, Rahway, NJ This large 4 abreast carousel was built by George Kremer in 1913 using a Looff platform and horses carved by Charles Carmel. It features 63 . . . — — Map (db m122649) HM |
| On Knoebels Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Swimming Hole A natural swimming hole on Roaring Creek attracted the first visitors to Knoebels farm. Admission: With bath house 10’ Visitors Horse Fed & Stabled 25’ — — Map (db m122641) HM |
| | The newest Old Covered Bridge in the world, built 1975. "The Park's Beginning" was 100 feet upstream where the original Knoebels Groves Covered Bridge and old swimming hole were located. That bridge was replaced by the modern highway bridge in 1940. — — Map (db m122643) HM |
| On Old Berwick Road just east of Naus Way. |
| | A stockaded house used as a settler's refuge was situated here on the bank overlooking the river, 1778-80, when it was destroyed by the Indians. The land was later owned by James Wilson, an author of the Constitution. — — Map (db m89910) WM |
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