About one half mile above this point is the "Great Crossings" of the Youghiogheny River, where George Washington crossed November 18th, 1753, when sent as envoy by Gov. Dinwiddie of Virginia to the French Commandant at Fort Le Boeuf.
. . . — — Map (db m351) HM
A tribute to those who served and in the memory of those who made the Supreme Sacrifice
World War II
Augustine, Edgar E., Jr. Bisel, Arthur Blocker, Charles E. Craig, Jay Eberhart, Lewis E., Jr. Frazee, Harry Hendershot, . . . — — Map (db m152672) WM
In Honor
of those of Somerset
County who served
their Nation and the
cause of World Liberty
in the Great War
and in memory
of those who made the
Supreme Sacrifice — — Map (db m106222) WM
The old Petersburg Toll House is the only hand-cut native stone toll house in Pennsylvania. It is an authentic reflection of the structure as it existed in 1835 when toll collection began. The interior with its original flooring and period . . . — — Map (db m106180) HM
One of the six original toll houses on the Cumberland or National Road is on the hill opposite. Built after the road was turned over to the State in 1835 by the U.S. Restored and preserved by the D.A.R. — — Map (db m350) HM
Our first national road; fathered by Albert Gallatin. Begun in 1811 at Cumberland, Md.; completed to Wheeling in 1818. Toll road under State control, 1835-1905. Rebuilt, it is present U.S. Route 40. — — Map (db m353) HM
Founded 1681 by William Penn as a Quaker Commonwealth.
Birthplace of
The Declaration of
Independence
and
The Constitution of
the United States. — — Map (db m354) HM
The United Brethren in Christ started preaching in this village in 1858. The first church, named Bethel, was organized and built in 1874. Through denominational mergers, it has served as: United Brethren in Christ, Evangelical United Brethren and . . . — — Map (db m82061) HM
This area was a center of protest during the Whiskey Rebellion. A riot occurred at the Berlin schoolhouse in June 1794. In September, according to local historians, Robert Philson raised a liberty pole at his log store on the square; he advised . . . — — Map (db m21554) HM
Active in and arrested during the Whiskey Rebellion - 1794
Member of the PA. Assembly - 1798
Commissioned Associate Judge of Somerset Co. 1800. Served 20 years
Commissioned Brigadier General of PA. Militia May 9, 1800
Served in the War . . . — — Map (db m82059) HM
In honor of the men and women who serve in the armed forces of our country honorably preserving our freedom and our way of life. — — Map (db m21551) HM
John Deeter, Revolutionary War Vet and pioneer, settled here in 1783. He sawed lumber, cut millstones and farmed along Deeter's Run, highest headwater of the West Branch of the Juniata River. — — Map (db m97017) HM
One of Pennsylvania's most noted jurists and lawyers, was born here Jan. 10, 1810. State Supreme Court Justice, 1851-57; U.S. Attorney-General, 1857-60. Later life spent at York as a famous lawyer. Died Aug. 19, 1883. — — Map (db m21556) HM
Near this site on July 2, 1932, the builder of Duesenberg luxury automobiles was seriously injured when his supercharged Model J crashed into the mountainside. He died on July 26 at Memorial Hospital of Johnstown. — — Map (db m60148) HM
"The fort on the top of Allegheny Hill" was erected in 1758 during the Gen. Forbes expedition against Fort Duquesne. The site is marked half a mile northeast of here, near the head of Breastwork Run. — — Map (db m59760) HM
Edmond's Swamp
The fort stood a few rods west of this marker. The Forbes Road leads westward to Stony Creek Encampment 10.5 miles from Fort Bedford. — — Map (db m82062) HM
Archaeological study of the flat-top hill across the valley revealed two palisaded Indian villages with extensive house and burial remains, all dating from the Discovery Period. — — Map (db m48084) HM
In 1842 Father Heyer became the first American Missionary to India, establishing schools and churches and ministering to women and those outside the caste system. In the US, he traveled extensively in Pa. and the Midwest organizing congregations. He . . . — — Map (db m97271) HM
A Common Field
This land is first settled in the late 1700s. For a century and a half, much of the area remains wooded, with cultivated fields and pastures surrounding a few scattered farmhouses and barns.
Beginning in the 1950s, mining . . . — — Map (db m100537) HM
Panel 1:
America Attacked
On the morning of September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda terrorists hijack four commercial U.S. airliners that are departing from East Coast airports. The terrorists fly two jet airliners into the World Trade . . . — — Map (db m49256) HM WM
On September 11, 2001, at 10:30 am, United Airlines Flight 93 crashed in the field in front of you, killing all 40 passengers and crew members, as well as the four terrorists who hijacked the aircraft. The plane came over the hill behind you and . . . — — Map (db m61141) HM WM
September 11, 2001 10:03 AM
United Airlines Flight 93 crashes into a field two miles ahead of you, shattering the quiet of the Pennsylvania countryside. Those who rush to the scene look on in disbelief at charred trees and a smoldering . . . — — Map (db m135382) HM WM
In this rock, we perpetually commemorate the courage of those who lost their lives on UAL Flight #93 on September 11, 2001.
Their legacy will endure. Future generations will be reminded of their honor and courage.
Dedicated by the . . . — — Map (db m8225) WM
The Western Overlook is where the world first came to make sense of the story of Flight 93. On September 12 and for days after, the media lined up along the ridge on the left of this overlook, broadcasting images of the crash site area across the . . . — — Map (db m61149) HM WM
The distant Laurel Mountains are outlined against a cloudless, blue sky. The weather is mild, but few people are outdoors. Many sit stunned and horrified in front of their televisions, watching the World Trade Center and the Pentagon burn. . . . — — Map (db m100576) HM
A monumental, 93-foot-tall musical instrument, the Tower of Voices marks the gateway to and from this expansive, living memorial landscape. Forty chimes represent the voices of the 40 courageous passengers and crew members who took a vote to come . . . — — Map (db m163666) HM
Visitor Shelter
Located at the eastern
edge of the Memorial
Plaza, this small building
provides shelter from the
weather and a place to
leave messages.
Memorial Plaza
The black walkway and
sloped wall mark the
edge of the . . . — — Map (db m206088) HM
September 11, 2001. Four commercial airliners are
hijacked in a terrorist attack on America, As the 40
passengers and crew on United Airlines Flight 93 fight
back against terrorists in the sky overhead, the plane
crashes at 10:03 am, less . . . — — Map (db m163663) HM WM
Tourists took to the roads in the 1910s, '20s, and '30s not just to exercise their automobile, but to see the country, take in scenic wonders, connect with history, be entertained, and create family memories. Stopping for food and entertainment . . . — — Map (db m52700) HM
Good forage found at open camps such as this on the Raystown Path, led General Forbes to prefer this route to Braddock's Road. Site of Fort Dudgeon (Tomahawk Camp) is a short distance to the north. — — Map (db m52702) HM
This reconstructed early log mill was built originally at Roxbury by a miller named Cronin in 1805. It was in operation until 1918. It is now used as the Mountain Playhouse. As restored, it is a fine example of an early mill. — — Map (db m52677) HM
The Meyersdale area was first occupied by the Monongahela Indians who captured the sweet water from maple trees to make maple sugar, a tradition that remains part of the local heritage.
In the late 1700's German settlers of various religions . . . — — Map (db m199841) HM
In 1750s, as a colonel the British Army, George Washington fought the French in this region. His vision of the Rising Empire focused on connecting the Potomac to the Forks of the Ohio [Pittsburgh]. In 1784 Washington and others established the . . . — — Map (db m204919) HM
Between 1891 and 1998, a 114-foot single span steel pin-and-eyebar parallel-chord Pratt through truss bridge crossed the Casselman River at this location. The truss was fabricated and erected by the Pittsburgh (sic.) Bridge Company, and the . . . — — Map (db m199802) HM
(Center Panel):
"A Veteran is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to the United States of America, for an amount of up to and including their life."
Dedicated to all those who sacrificed . . . — — Map (db m200718) WM
This monument is erected in honor of the men from Meyersdale and vicinity who served in the World War and is dedicated as a sacred memorial to those who died that liberty and the ideals of our country might be perpetuated. Gold Star Roll . . . — — Map (db m44100) HM
■ When the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad came through the Casselman River valley in 1871, Meyersdale already was a prosperous town. Founded by German settlers in the late 1700s, Meyers Mill became Meyersdale in 1874 and was an important . . . — — Map (db m202262) HM
Salisbury Viaduct
1.5 miles north
Trail users cross Rte. 219, an active railroad, and the Casselman River on the 1,908-foot long Salisbury Viaduct, which is more than 100 feet above the ground at its highest point. Eight workers . . . — — Map (db m202975) HM
Meyersdale Originally founded by three land warrants to: 1784 John Olinger 1785 Andrew Borntrager 1785 John Burger __________________ 1803 Meyers Mills “Moyers Stadt” 1844 First town lots were laid out 1870 Chartered as Dale City . . . — — Map (db m44287) HM
The Salisbury Viaduct, 1908 feet long, dominates the valley. The 101-foot-high steel trestle was a key engineering achievement for the Western Maryland Railway's Connellsville Extension. Hundreds of spectators cheered when the first train crossed . . . — — Map (db m199817) HM
Around a potbellied stove one blustery winter night in 1948, plans were formulated for Meyersdale's first Maple Festival that celebrates and promotes the sweetest of all Pennsylvania's commodities-Somerset County maple syrup.
The first . . . — — Map (db m199946) HM
Dedicated to the men and women of the Armed Forces who served their country in all wars and to those who gave their lives in the defense of freedom. — — Map (db m200250) WM
The Connellsville Extension from Cumberland Financier George Gould purchased the Western Maryland as part of a transcontinental railroad scheme that would stretch from Baltimore to San Francisco. Gould extended the WM west to Cumberland, but . . . — — Map (db m4688) HM
The caboose supported its train crew in several ways.
It carried the conductor, brakeman, and flagman. Cabooses were equipped with a stove for cooking and heating, bunks for rest, and a desk for the conductor's business.
By the 1950s, . . . — — Map (db m199905) HM
On this farm lived Flora Black, a civic leader active in the county and Commonwealth. Here on October 14, 1914, she organized the Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania. In the ensuing years, groups in many Pennsylvania counties became Society . . . — — Map (db m50457) HM
This is a perpetual memorial to honor those Veterans, living and dead, who served their country in the Armed Forces to preserve the principles of freedom and justice for all citizens of the United States of America. — — Map (db m199774) WM
To the memory of the 200th anniversary of the American Revolution and the freedoms for which they fought. Memory may their deeds redeem. — — Map (db m199727) WM
In honor of those
who served
World War I
1917-1918
Casualties 116,516
POW-MIA
Unknown Soldier
World War II
1941-1946
Casualties 405,399
(Rear):
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Afghanistan War on Terror . . . — — Map (db m199957) HM WM
Henry Baughman — an ill-tempered man — and his two sons were searching the fields for lost cows. The father became angry with his youngest son, August, who was slowing the search. The father struck him with a stick, knocking him . . . — — Map (db m142992) HM
The vast virgin forests of Laurel Hill stood condemned with the advent of specialized logging railroads and geared locomotives. Shay, Heisler, and Climax engines, often called stem-winders, maneuvered along previously inaccessible shallow creeks and . . . — — Map (db m209150) HM
The CCC reshaped lives, both on and off the job. Each day began with reveille at 6:00 AM and ended with lights out at 10:00 PM Everything had a time and place including meals, education, recreation, and the fondly-remembered antics of young men at . . . — — Map (db m209140) HM
One of five Recreational Demonstration Areas created in Pa. by the National Park Service during the Great Depression to improve land use. Between 1935 and 1941, workers from the CCC and WPA New Deal programs built roads, buildings, and sites here to . . . — — Map (db m191954) HM
The rugged sandstone that forms Laurel Hill is ancient, but the CCC recruits planted many of the trees in the forest around you. They stand as monuments to the ability of nature to recover from overharvesting. Laurel Hill State Park has the largest . . . — — Map (db m209146) HM
Fortunately, this landscape recovered to the expulsion of trees and other natural resources. We acknowledge our past and work to conserve for our future. The Laurel Highlands is now an area that highlights the breathtaking beauty of our natural . . . — — Map (db m209159) HM
The lumber camps followed the railroads. They were scattered across the landscape of the Laurel Highlands. Camps usually included a central boarding house and several shanties for individual families. After all trees were felled, they loaded their . . . — — Map (db m209154) HM
It had a dual purpose. Created in 1933, during the Great Depression, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) provided young men an opportunity to be engaged in gainful employment while transforming hundreds of thousands of acres of American landscape. . . . — — Map (db m209136) HM
The 142nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Colonel Robert Parson Cummins, former Somerset County Sheriff, enrolled 935 officers and men in 1862. Companies C, D & F were raised in Somerset County. The regiment took part in over twenty . . . — — Map (db m23097) HM
Laid out the north half of the settlement renamed Somerset in 1795. Schneider and his brother Jacob conducted the first store in Somerset. It stood on this site. — — Map (db m23096) HM
Set aside for burial ground and place of worship on the original plat of Milfordstown by Ulrich Bruner, 1787, and by Peter Ankeny in 1789 when he laid out the south side of the settlement renamed Somerset in 1795. — — Map (db m23093) HM
To the perpetual memory of the defenders of the Union, 18611865. Erected Sept. 17, 1888, by the surviving soldiers and citizens of Somerset County, Pa.
Grand Army of the Republic 18611866 Veterans, R.P. Cummins Post No. 201, Dept, Pa.
. . . — — Map (db m199554) WM
This log frame home is considered
the oldest in town. Harmon Husband,
the first permanent settler in Somerset,
originally occupied the property.
Husband, a pioneer, farmer,
pamphleteer, politician, and surveyor,
is remembered as a hero of both . . . — — Map (db m203956) HM
The County's first permanent jail was built on this sight [sic] in 1802. A new jail was constructed in 1856 in combination with the residential portion. The growing population soon led the jail to be overcrowded and escapes were very common. . . . — — Map (db m199569) HM
Serving as the county seat of Somerset County this court house sits at elevation of 2,190 feet above sea level making it the highest county seat in Pennsylvania. The copper-sheathed dome rises 135-feet above the street making it visible . . . — — Map (db m199574) HM
In a log cabin located on this site, Charles Frederick Goeb printed a Bible in 1813. It was the first Bible printed west of the Allegheny Mountains. — — Map (db m55525) HM
Roll of Honor
Dedicated to the
two hundred fifty two
members of Edgewood
Aerie 1801 F.O.E. who
served and to the sacred
memory of these who gave
their lives in World War II
Howard A. Baldwin
John Banyor
Wallace J. Bishop . . . — — Map (db m23105) HM
The home of the county's oldest national bank, the First National Bank was founded in 1889. The elegant features of this building are a reflection of the county's rapid growth and prosperity during the 1920s. The building displays many elements . . . — — Map (db m199572) HM
This Colonial Revival style home was built around 1917 for George R. Scull, son of Edward Scull, publisher of the Somerset Herald who owned the property adjacent to the site. Edward had his home moved westward to allow his son to construct . . . — — Map (db m199549) HM
Leader of North Carolina revolt against the British, he fled under an assumed name in 1771. Somerset's first settler; lived at Coffee Springs farm some years. Became a pamphleteer and active in the Whiskey Rebellion. Died in 1795. — — Map (db m21568) HM
This brick building was completed in 1889 after an
earlier building was destroyed by fire. This is the third
home of the Somerset Lodge of the Independent Order
of Oddfellows #438 originally established in 1851.
The building exhibits many . . . — — Map (db m203957) HM
This home was owned by Edward Scull,
attorney, Congressman, banker and publisher
of the Somerset Herald. He acquired the
home, from the estate of Andrew Jackson Ogle.
It is thought to have been constructed in the
1820s by the Ogle . . . — — Map (db m199545) HM
In 1936 seventy-five percent of Pennsylvania farms had no electric service. During the next five years, with federal support, 14 consumer-owned cooperatives were formed in this State. Somerset Rural Electric Cooperative, serving four counties in . . . — — Map (db m142108) HM
In honor of the gallant men and women of
Somerset County
who served in the World War and in memory of
the following who made the supreme sacrifice
1917-1919
November 11, 1925 — — Map (db m22381) HM
In the spring of 2018, Somerset Trust Company rededicated the former H.F. Schell House to become the G. Henry Cook Enrichment Center. As the fifth generation of the Scull family to lead the bank, Henry has always championed lifelong learning and . . . — — Map (db m199577) HM
This two-story brick building is one of three similar
residential structures erected on West Main Street
shortly after Somerset's catastrophic fire of 1876.
Despite some alterations to adapt this late nineteenth-
century residential building to . . . — — Map (db m203959) HM
On July 28, 2002, nine coal miners, trapped for four days due to flooding of the Quecreek Mine, were saved via a rescue shaft drilled here. Combined efforts of local, state, and federal agencies, mining and other industries, local mine workers, . . . — — Map (db m24163) 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 a living memorial to "all . . . — — Map (db m307) WM
On the morning of September 11, 2001, four commercial airliners were hijacked in a premeditated terrorist attack against the United States. Two of the planes were intentionally flown into the World Trade Center's twin towers in New York City; a . . . — — Map (db m116368) HM
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
In August 1973, the U.S. Congress designated a cross-country stretch of Interstate as the “Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway,” in tribute to President Eisenhowers early recognition of the need for a national network of highways to enhance . . . — — Map (db m7239) HM
Windmills on the horizon
Wind is an abundant resource, which can be used to generate pollution-free electricity. On the distant horizon is the Somerset wind farm which is one of several wind farms of Pennsylvania. This wind farm has six . . . — — Map (db m116485) HM
Henry Baughman-an ill-tempered man-and his two
sons, were searching the fields for lost cows. The
father became angry with his youngest son, August, who
was slowing the search. The father struck him with
a stick, knocking him unconscious. Henry, . . . — — Map (db m192316) HM
Logging on a large scale began in 1879. The
following firms have cut timber on Negro
Mountain: Pinkerton; Markleton; J. R. Droney;
McSpadden; Cook & Sechler; Cook & Duncan;
Maust; Whites Creek and Muncy Lumber Cos.
The last to shut down and . . . — — Map (db m192313) HM
The last kiln on Negro Mountain was abandoned
about 1835. Kilns were used to extract Pine
Tar from Pitch Pine. Dished stones similar to
the one found just off South Wolf Rock Road,
were the bases of tar kilns. Pitchy sections
of resinous pine, . . . — — Map (db m192314) HM
In the late spring or early summer of 1830, a ten
year old girl, Lydia Shultz, was living with her
family on the slopes of Negro Mountain. Lydia was
sent to the woods, as was the custom, to gather
the cows. When she didn't return, neighbors . . . — — Map (db m192315) HM
You are now standing more than fifty feet above the
HIGHEST NATURAL POINT (3213 feet above sea level, asl)
in PENNSYLVANIA The rock strewn plateau seen below
has seen little habitation. Except for the passing of
an occasional frontier hunter or . . . — — Map (db m192311) HM
John Nelson Davis for whom Mt. Davis, Pa. is named was an early community leader in Southern Somerset County. He was a surveyor, school teacher, Superintendent of Schools for Elk Lick Township, Pa., and ordained minister, shook maker, farmer and . . . — — Map (db m8283) HM
Mt. Davis 3213 feet above sea level
is the highest point in Pennsylvania.
The erosion - resistant sandstone at the
surface belongs to the Pottsville group
formed about 230 million years ago.
These layers of sedimentary rock were
pushed up as . . . — — Map (db m163668) HM
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