On U.S. 11/15 near Elm Street, on the right when traveling south.
Dr. Elizabeth Reifsnyder, M.D., a pioneer medical missionary to China for more than thirty years, lived in this house both before and after her work abroad. Born 1858, she died here in 1922. — — Map (db m23370) HM
On Market Street at Race Street, on the left when traveling north on Market Street.
To
Perry County Womanhood
as exemplified in the life of
Elizabeth Reifsnyder, M.D.
Born 1858 — Died 1922
Outstanding Woman of
Perry County's First Century . . . — — Map (db m119868) HM
On Market Street at Race Street, on the right when traveling north on Market Street.
"The Leading Merchants" - In 1847, Jacob and Michael B. Holman founded a mercantile business in Liverpool, PA on the Kerstetter property on Front Street. Michael early left the partnership, and Jacob later brought his two sons Park and . . . — — Map (db m119870) HM
On Barners Church Road (County Road 1004) at Barners Road, on the left when traveling north on Barners Church Road.
Migrated from Switzerland in 1758, locating between Philadelphia and Lancaster…
In 1767, he settled on the farm on which Barner's Church is now located…..
He married the widow of John Bunn. They had two sons. One son, Henry Barner, . . . — — Map (db m253347) HM
On Orchard Road (U.S. 11/15) at Ferry Lane, on the right when traveling north on Orchard Road.
The only surviving ferry service across the Susquehanna began as early as 1825. boats were poled by manpower until 1873, when the first paddlewheeler was acquired. In the 1920's, gasoline engine replaced steam power, and the paddlewheels were . . . — — Map (db m23375) HM
On Red Bridge Road west of Sheaffer Road, on the right when traveling east.
Red Bridge was built in 1886 and crosses Barger's Run. The bridge measures 55 feet in length by 15 and a half feet wide. It is the only King-Post/Queen-Post style covered bridge remaining in Perry County.
Owned by the Historical . . . — — Map (db m257374) HM
On Barners Road just east of Barners Church Road (County Road 1004), on the right when traveling west.
Some sources indicate a congregation formed as early as 1786 on land owned by Swiss immigrant and farmer Adam Barner. The first pastor, The Rev. George Geistweit, was called in 1794. Tradition holds that, on the sie of the Adam Barner Memorial, a . . . — — Map (db m253344) HM
On Front Street north of Locust Street, on the right when traveling north.
College of Physicians and Surgeons Baltimore, Maryland 1878. A rural doctor who ministered to those in distress throughout this countryside in all hours and seasons from 1899 until his death.
Erected in gratitude by his fellow townsmen as a . . . — — Map (db m119867) HM
