On Great Cove Road (U.S. 522) 0.2 miles west of Grist Mill Road, on the left when traveling west.
Early settlers' cabins in this vicinity were burned by Provincial forces, 1750, to satisfy Indian protests against white trespassers on their lands. The name is a relic of troubled days on the Pennsylvania frontier. — — Map (db m19426) HM
On Great Cove Road (U.S. 522) 0.2 miles west of Grist Mill Road, on the right when traveling west.
Just east of here is the junction of the two branches of the Raystown Path: a mountain shortcut by way of Fannettsburg, and Gen. Forbes road through Cowan Gap. From here Forbes route is marked by towns named for his forts: Littleton, Bedford, . . . — — Map (db m19517) HM
On Great Cove Road (U.S. 522) 0.1 miles east of Sinoquipe Road (Pennsylvania Route 1101), on the left when traveling east. Reported missing.
Begun in 1755 by George Croghan, named by Governor Morris after Sir George Lyttelton, then the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Garrisoned variously by Provincial and regular troops, as well as local volunteers in 1763. By 1764 it was reported in ruins. — — Map (db m227377) HM
On Lincoln Way West, on the right when traveling west.
Family-owned businesses on Main Street have evolved to meet changes in demand for products. Stoner's Novelty Store is a good example. Albert Stoner built this structure in 1899 as a tinsmith workshop and store. In the 1920s, his son Frank expanded . . . — — Map (db m19566) HM
On Lincoln Highway East (Pennsylvania Route 16), on the right when traveling east.
Over the course of the last century, the facades and functions of Main Street businesses across America have evolved. In the 1920s and '30s, Linn Motor Sales, a car dealership and service station, occupied this site. Since that time, the building . . . — — Map (db m167240) HM
On Market Street at 2nd Street (U.S. 522), on the right when traveling west on Market Street.
Formed April 19, 1850 out of Bedford County. Named for steamboat inventor Robert Fulton. Scene of Confederacy's first casualties in the Gettysburg Campaign, and its last campsite (1864) in Pennsylvania. McConnellsburg, county seat, incorporated 1814 — — Map (db m19521) HM
On 2nd Street (U.S. 522) at Market Street, on the right when traveling south on 2nd Street.
(Dedication Plaque):This park forum and bronze tablets erected by the citizens of Fulton County as a memorial to her soldiers who served in the Civil War, the Spanish-American War and the World War. (Top of Civil War Plaque): These . . . — — Map (db m19529) HM
On Market Street at 2nd Street (U.S. 522), on the right when traveling west on Market Street.
Fallen Soldiers of
Fulton County, PA.
CW2 Jonathan C. Helman 12-11-2002 (Honduras)
SSG Christopher E. Cutchall 9-29-2003 (Iraq)
LCpl Steven W. Szwydek 10-20-2005 (Iraq)
[A Second Marker]
In honor and remembrance of . . . — — Map (db m19550) WM
On East Walnut Street, 0.1 miles east of U.S. 522, on the right when traveling east.
George Diven, a farmer and wagoner, who lived in what is now Fulton County, was the earliest inventor of the friction brake for Conestoga wagons in the 1840's. His brake shoe design has influenced friction type brakes ever since. In 1926 . . . — — Map (db m82782) HM
On Lincoln Highway East (Pennsylvania Route 16) at Buchanan Trail (Pennsylvania Route 16), on the right when traveling east on Lincoln Highway East.
Located at the fork of Route 16 and The Lincoln Way -the Road Without Toll, Johnnie's Motel was built in the 1940s to serve the many motorists passing through McConnellsburg. The motel's neon sign advertises rooms with private showers! Business . . . — — Map (db m167241) HM
On Lincoln Highway East (Pennsylvania Route 16), on the left when traveling east.
Carved out of a remote wilderness, McConnellsburg served the flood of travelers heading west in the late 18th century. Taverns, like the Fulton House, sprang up all along the packhorse trail from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.
Whether by . . . — — Map (db m167242) HM
On North 2nd Street (U.S. 522) at East Market Street, on the left when traveling north on North 2nd Street.
William L. Mosebey, Jr., the son of W. Lyle and Edyth Mosebey, was raised in Fulton County, Pennsylvania. In 1955 he graduated from Forbes High School in Hustontown, he then attended Pennsylvania State University graduated in 1959 with a degree . . . — — Map (db m192331) HM
On Great Cove Road (U.S. 522) at Rock Hill Road (Local Route 379), on the left when traveling south on Great Cove Road.
Among those buried here are victims of the Great Cove Massacre of Nov. 1, 1755, at present McConnellsburg. The raid was conducted by Delawares and Shawnees led by Shingas, the Delaware "king." Houses were burned, and about 50 settlers were killed . . . — — Map (db m27267) HM
On Buchanan Trail (Pennsylvania Route 16), on the right when traveling north. Reported permanently removed.
Two Confederate soldiers, killed June 29, 1863, in a skirmish with Union troops, were buried here by local residents. The monument in their honor was erected by Daughters of the Confederacy. — — Map (db m27196) HM
On Lincoln Way West at Horton Drive, on the right when traveling east on Lincoln Way West.
Three times occupied by Southern invaders, chiefly cavalry: June 19, 1863, by Gen. A.G. Jenkins; June 24-26, by Gen. G.H. Steuart; and June 29, after a brief clash with Union troops, by Gen. J.D. Imboden. — — Map (db m82783) HM
On Buchanan Trail (Pennsylvania Route 16) north of Horton Drive, on the right when traveling north.
During the invasion of Pennsylvania by the Confederate Army, raiding parties crossed into Fulton County to steal horses, livestock, and supplies. On June 29, 1863, Union troops of the 1st New York Cavalry attacked the enemy soldiers, killing two, . . . — — Map (db m201701) HM
On Great Cove Road (U.S. 522), on the left when traveling south.
This pioneer grist mill was built in 1812 by William Hunter. It has been in use continuously since that date. It is powered by a water wheel and uses much of the old-style machinery in its present operation. — — Map (db m27268) HM
On Great Cove Road (U.S. 522) at Confederate Lane, on the right when traveling south on Great Cove Road. Reported permanently removed.
General Bradley T. Johnson of the Confederate Army encamped 20 rods west of this marker at the Patterson home July 31, 1864 after the burning of Chambersburg. This was the last Confederate bivouac north of the Mason and Dixon line. — — Map (db m27264) HM
On Great Cove Road (U.S. 522) at Confederate Lane, on the right when traveling south on Great Cove Road. Reported permanently removed.
A Confederate force under General Bradley T. Johnson camped here July 31, 1864, after raiding and burning Chambersburg. They were the last Confederates to camp on Pennsylvania soil. — — Map (db m27266) HM
On Great Cove Road (U.S. 522) at Confederate Road, on the right when traveling south on Great Cove Road.
A Confederate force under General Bradley T. Johnson camped here July 31, 1864, after raiding and burning Chambersburg. They were the last Confederates to camp on Pennsylvania soil. General William W. Averell's Union cavalry pursued Johnson's and . . . — — Map (db m192291) HM
On Buck Valley Road, 0.1 miles north of Mellott Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Founded 1681 by William Penn
as a Quaker Commonwealth.
Birthplace of
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
and
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. — — Map (db m242812) HM
A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America.
Following World War II, the National Council of State Garden Clubs designated certain national roads as "Blue Star Memorial Highway", as . . . — — Map (db m192552) HM WM
