On Gap-Newport Pike (Pennsylvania Route 41) at Bridge Street ( Route 741), on the right when traveling north on Gap-Newport Pike.
Unique on American Highways, was erected by the people of Gap in 1892.
It was restored in 1953. The clock’s face, long telling time to passing multitudes on the Newport Road, overlooks, at The Gap, William Penn’s entrance into Conestoga, now . . . — — Map (db m157639) HM
On Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) 0.3 miles west of White Horse Road ( Route 897), on the left when traveling west.
An Indian trail, which was later the original Conestoga Road, passed through Gap, half a mile south of here. Over it, in the 17th century, Minquas (Conestoga) Indians carried quantities of beaver skins from the Susquehanna Valley to trading posts . . . — — Map (db m157428) HM
On Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) 0.5 miles west of Route 41 South and Route 30 West (U.S. 41), on the right when traveling west.
On July 27, 1825, General Lafayette was welcomed at Slaymaker's Hotel where he greeted troops & locals and enjoyed refreshments. — — Map (db m280618) HM
On Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) 0.2 miles west of White Horse Road ( Route 897), on the right when traveling west.
African American inventor who opened a blacksmith and machine shop here in 1923. He did metal work and repairs, primarily for Pennsylvania German farmers. Ruth designed and patented many agricultural devices, most notably his 1928 baler feeder. He . . . — — Map (db m157427) HM
