Kagerise
Store and House
built 1827
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
[Additional plaque below:]
1776-1976
Cocalico Area . . . — — Map (db m136648) HM
Of all the resources required for operation of the A&S, none was more deceptively vital than water. From its inception under steam locomotion, the A&S was quietly sustained by the vast water resources it continually crossed. Previous droughts and . . . — — Map (db m158460) HM
Bartshire was established in 1747
by Samuel and Ruth Downing,
a Quaker couple
from Downingtown, PA.
By 1776, Bartshire had become
the commercial center
of Southern Lancaster County.
On this location were situated
Blacksmith, Cooper and . . . — — Map (db m158799) HM
Bangor Episcopal Church
Founded 1722
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
[Additional plaque below:]
Historic Preservation Trust Site . . . — — Map (db m136650) HM
The Caernarvon
Presbyterian Church
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
[Additional plaque below:]
Historic Preservation Trust Site . . . — — Map (db m136652) HM
The Edward Davies House
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
[Additional plaque:]
Historic Preservation Trust Site
Lancaster County
123 . . . — — Map (db m136651) HM
(East Face) In Commemoration of the “Christiana Riot” September 11, 1851, and the Treason Trials Sept. 29 – Dec. 17, 1851.
(North Face) Indicted for Treason U.S. Circuit Court E.D. PA. Aug. 1 1851:
1. Gastiner . . . — — Map (db m117273) 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
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1919-23, was born .4 mile SW, in 1870. The house is marked. His term is noted for road building, the Edmonds Act improving the public school system, and the creation of the Department of Welfare. He died near Chester in . . . — — Map (db m158586) HM
In commemoration of the patriotic
spirit, valor and heroism of the
men and women of this community
who served their country in war
1776 1918 — — Map (db m136299) WM
Originally Wright's Ferry, founded by John Wright in 1726. An early center for turnpike, canal, and railroad activity, at an important Susquehanna River crossing. First bridge built in 1812. — — Map (db m5083) HM
In 1726 Quaker John Wright built a log house in an area first granted to George Beale by William Penn 25 years earlier. Wright established a ferry at this natural crossing point on the Susquehanna in 1730. Originally known as Wright's Ferry, the . . . — — Map (db m5762) HM
The Pennsylvania Railroad was the dominant railroad with predecessor railroads converging on Columbia from four directions.
East—Philadelphia and Columbia reached Columbia in 1834.
West—Wrightsvile, York and Gettysburg crossed the . . . — — Map (db m136294) HM
World War I
1917-1919
Total U.S. Casualties - 320,710
World War II
1941-1945
Total U.S. Casualties - 1,070,162
Korean War
1950-1953
Total U.S. Casualties - . . . — — Map (db m136302) WM
During the mid-nineteenth century, Columbia was a bustling transportation hub. Turnpikes, ferries, bridges, canals, wharves, and railroads made Columbia a major transshipment point in the movement of lumber, coal, grains, pig iron, and people. . . . — — Map (db m161072) HM
The Columbia Bridge Company was formed in 1811 and began to raise money for a bridge between Columbia and Wrightsville. This business served as the first bank in the community, and by 1814 had used its profits to build the first . . . — — Map (db m122597) 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
(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 m136290) 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 m122689) 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
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 those that served with them
— — Map (db m136300) WM
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
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
From about 1718-1743, the Conoy Indian Tribe had its settlement slightly to the west of here. Closely related to the Nanticoke Tribe, with whom they eventually merged, the Conoy Indians gradually migrated into Pennsylvania from the area of . . . — — Map (db m5759) HM
One of the first religious denominations founded in America, the group held its first baptism in the nearby Conoy Creek around 1780. Worship services were held down this lane at Magdalena House, the home of Jacob Engel, one of the founders. The . . . — — Map (db m84436) HM
The internationally known scientist and philologist was born one-quarter mile south, in the mansion at Locust Grove. Built 1811 by his grandfather, John B. Haldeman, this was the younger man's home until he moved to Chickies, seven miles south, in . . . — — Map (db m5760) HM
In eternal remembrance of the men and women of Denver who served their beloved country in time of war.
In memoriam
[Names not listed] — — Map (db m164822) WM
In 1880 residents petitioned for a bridge on the road leading from Reamstown Station to Reamstown near Bucher's Mill. Lancaster County Commissioners met on September 19, 1881 and approved this bridge which Elias McMellen bout for $1,167.00. Heavy . . . — — Map (db m164803) HM
To Those Who Served During
The Korean Conflict
June 25, 1950 - January 31, 1955
Jay T. Bare [Killed in Action]
[Honor Roll of Names]
Memorial Erected May 1999 — — Map (db m39280) WM
To Those Who Served During
the Vietnam Conflict
December 22, 1961 - May 7, 1975
John Edwards [KIA]
James E. Hunsicker [MIA]
Randy L. Johnston [KIA]
Dervin J. Keisling [KIA]
Ronald E. Meckley [KIA]
Barry L. Moyer [KIA]
James H. . . . — — Map (db m39281) HM
In everlasting tribute to the
honor and glory achieved by
the brave men and women of
East Cocalico Township
who served their country in
World War II 1941-1945
[Following men died in service]
Harry Bates
Benjamin Firestone . . . — — Map (db m39283) HM
Pioneer Settler
Johann Eberhard Ream, born in Leimen, Germany on October 6, 1687 came to America with his family in 1717. They were the first white people in this area, having arrived here in 1723 or 4. He received two grants of land, 389 . . . — — Map (db m39274) HM
Settled around 1724 by Everhard Ream and founded as a town by his son Tobias Ream in 1760, originally called Zoar. In 1777, during the Revolutionary War, a field hospital was set up here for wounded soldiers from the Battle of Brandywine, some of . . . — — Map (db m156661) HM
This grinding bowl from East Cocalico
is placed to commemorate its maker,
The American Indian
and the boulder, three other local
figures, who lived abreast of the loftier
traditions of their time, light and race:
The Soldier of . . . — — Map (db m22440) 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
Gateway Panel 1 Founded prior to 1721-Gateway erected by the Donegal Society in honor of it's World War Veterans.
Gateway Panel 2 In memory of the Sons of the Donegal Society who gave their lives in the World War 1914-1918 Lieut. . . . — — Map (db m84439) WM
Founded prior to 1721 by settlers from the north of Ireland First Church built of logs Present building erected in 1740 patent granted by John Thomas and Richard Penn June 4, 1740. Presbytery of Donegal organized in this church October 11, . . . — — Map (db m122388) HM
Proudly we pay tribute to the men and women of East Donegal Township who answered the call to colors in World War II.
List of Names — — Map (db m5725) WM
1917 1918
From the Maytown District of
East Donegal Township
Barnhart, William H. Brandt, Harry Brandt, Mervin W. Clepper, Albert B. Davis, Earl C. Davis, James Demmy, Oliver H. Derr, Albert B. Eshleman, Robert H. Farmer, . . . — — Map (db m5730) WM
Noted leader in state and national politics, statesman, diplomat, member of Lincoln's cabinet, U.S. Senator. Was born, 1799, in a log house that stood on this site. Died in 1889 at Donegal Springs. — — Map (db m5721) HM
On this sacred spot for 260 years stood the majestic white oak tree known as the Witness Tree. Despite preservation efforts, the tree succumbed to old age and was solemnly removed on June 3, 1991. Its memory symbolizes the patriotism and love of . . . — — Map (db m84446) HM
Beneath this Witness Tree a new born patriotism found notable expressionOn a Sunday morning in September 1777 an express rider came to tell the congregation of Donegal Church that the British army under Lord Howe had left New York to invade . . . — — Map (db m84483) HM
This marker perpetuates
the memories of four illustrious
Americans who were identified
with this part of Drumore Township.
Erected by
The Historical Commission of Pennsylvania
and the Lancaster County Historical Society.
. . . — — Map (db m158719) HM
Court appointed bridge viewers met here on September 25, 1867 and determined that a bridge was "indispensably necessary." Well known bridge builder, Elias McMellen, built this bridge in 1873 for $969 near the Landis Mill. The three-story stone mill . . . — — Map (db m162677) HM
One of the best surviving structures of its type. Original east end built about 1725 by Benjamin Witmer, agent for the London Land Company. Passed on to his son, tavern-keeper John Witmer. Enlarged by Henry Witmer, 1773. Family was prominent in many . . . — — Map (db m8269) HM
Unlike routes that served passengers and local freight customers, the A&S required relatively few staffed facilities. Westward from Atglen, the A&S was desolate, compared to the main line's string of frequent village stops. Constructed after the . . . — — Map (db m158731) HM
Built c. 1740 by Peter Grubb, pioneer ironmaster at nearby Cornwall Furnace, and named for the Upper and Lower Hopewell Forges located on Hammer Creek near the house. Remnants of the forge dams may still be seen in the creek. — — Map (db m30272) 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
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 Jacob . . . — — Map (db m135098) 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 m23082) 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 m8266) 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
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
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
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 1885, bridge viewers reported that a bridge was necessary near Samuel Erb's farm where the Hammer Creek crossed the public road leading from the village of Rothsville to the village of Lincoln. Lancaster County Commissioners visited this site . . . — — Map (db m161148) HM
A New Home for the White Bridge
White is an unusual color for covered bridges in Lancaster County. In fact, this bridge is the only one of the county's covered bridges that is not painted red.
This same bridge once spanned the . . . — — Map (db m126296) HM
The inventor and painter was born here Nov. 14, 1765. Famous for his steamboat "Clermont", he also invented canal machinery, a "diving boat", and torpedoes. — — Map (db m127911) HM
The rules, equipment, and culture of baseball have evolved throughout American history. In 1845 the New York Knickerbockers Base Ball Club's president, Alexander Joy Cartwright, wrote several innovative guidelines for the game and has become known . . . — — Map (db m157459) HM
Abraham dePeyster Alderman of the City of New York 1685; Mayor of that City, 1691-95. Member of Earl Bellomonts Council, 1698, Assistant Judge of the Supreme Court, 1698. Colonel Commanding, Regiment of Militia of City Trained Bands 1700 Chief . . . — — Map (db m54368) HM
Fulton Theatre, directly opposite of this block, is among the nation's oldest continually operating performance halls. When this site was the location of the Lancaster County Jail, a dramatic episode in the Underground Railroad history occurred. The . . . — — Map (db m136439) HM
To honor the members of Ambulance Co. No. 111 28th Division A.E.F. Originally Company No. 3 Penna. National Guard * Captain Charles P. Starr, Commanding Officer Captains * John D. Boger * Alfred F. Compton * Grant B. Weaver * William . . . — — Map (db m54592) HM
Surveyor, mathematician, astronomer. Secretary, Pennsylvania Land Office, 1801-08. In 1803, while living here, he taught Meriwether Lewis surveying and navigation skills. Helped survey & draw boundaries of New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, D.C. & . . . — — Map (db m5171) HM
B.F. Good / P. Lorillard
Tobacco Warehouse
built in 1899
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m136616) HM
Francis Bailey, official printer to both the U.S. Congress and the Commonwealth, operated a printing office on this site from 1773 to 1780. Here, he produced many historic imprints including Thomas Paine's "Crisis No. 4." — — Map (db m5159) HM
Officer in Revolutionary War
Delegate to the State Convention
which ratified the Constitution
of the United States
Trustee of Franklin College
First Worshipful Master of Lancaster
Lodge No. 43 F. and AM
Member of Lancaster Bar and . . . — — Map (db m157467) HM
The red brick market building directly before you is the oldest publicly owned, continually operated market in the United States, representing a Lancaster tradition since 1730. This building, which was constructed in 1889 by John Berger, is . . . — — Map (db m157468) HM
Born in Lancaster, Nov. 8, 1883. Demuth achieved international fame for his precise modernist paintings including "My Egypt" and "I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold." He traveled in the U.S. and abroad but resided after 1889 in this house. Here he died in . . . — — Map (db m5202) HM
Officer in Revolutionary War
Member of General Assembly
Coroner who presided at Inquest
of Paxton Massacre
Proprietor of White Swan Tavern
Member of St. James Church — — Map (db m157469) HM
This house, of true Georgian style, was built about 1750. The ground was purchased by Thomas Poultney, merchant, in 1749, John Passmore, first mayor of Lancaster, occupied the house at one time. — — Map (db m5226) HM
This one and a half story house is typical of the architecture during the period of early settlement of Lancaster, dating from 1730. Most of the local houses in 1800 were of this style. — — Map (db m5168) HM
King Street
Throughout Lancaster City's history, King Street has been a major thoroughfare between Philadelphia and points west. In 1733 work commenced on the King's Highway, now Route 340. This highway began at the square, extended eastward . . . — — Map (db m157545) HM
Chairman of
Committee of Correspondence
During American Revolution
Chief Burgess of Lancaster at time
of Paxton Massacre
Judge of the County Court
One of Founders and a Trustee
of Princeton University
Grandfather of Peggy, wife of . . . — — Map (db m5207) HM
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