Near Fisher Avenue (State Highway 934) 0.5 miles north of Interstate 81, on the right when traveling north.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, . . . — — Map (db m135099) HM WM
On Jonestown Road (Old U.S. 22) 0.1 miles west of Bellegrove Road (Pennsylvania Route 943), on the left when traveling west.
In 1763-64, from a line of six loghouse stations to the north, settlers were defended by the Paxton Rangers – volunteers paid by Pennsylvania’s Provincial government. Fort Hunter was on the Susquehanna just north of Blue Mountain, and the . . . — — Map (db m32224) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 422) at North White Oak Street (Pennsylvania Route 934), on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
The Lebanon Valley Farmer's Bank site
occupies four former properties. John
Shertzer Sr. built a stone home on the
fourth property from the corner in 1798,
the year of the Window Tax. His son Jacob
inherited that home on Shertzer Sr.'s . . . — — Map (db m227970) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 422) at North White Oak Street (Pennsylvania Route 934), on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
Before the famed Pennway Hotel occupied
the southwest corner an inn was there,
which went by the name Old Tavern until
1789, then, the Henning Hotel, Charles W.
Kuhnle's, 1850, Jacob Fink's, 1860, and
finally, the Eagle Hotel, 1870.
Philip . . . — — Map (db m227976) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 422) at North White Oak Street (Pennsylvania Route 934), on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
In the years before the 1834 School Act,
a one-story stone academy stood on a lot
behind Turkey Hill Market. In 1839 a log
home and George Walker's foundry were
on this site and Philip Johnson was in the
corner property.
In 1870, the corner . . . — — Map (db m227979) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 422) at North White Oak Street (Pennsylvania Route 934), on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
Peter Forney Furniture Mannufactory &
Warehouse was established on this
corner in 1843. Peter's mother, known as
Granny, had a Beer and Cake Shop in
Peter's store were the Washington Band
was organized in 1858. Granny lived with
Peter's family . . . — — Map (db m227981) HM
On Bellegrove Road (State Road 934) south of Jonestown Road, on the left when traveling south.
The native village from which, in turn, the Creek, Gap, and great Military Reservation derived their names, formerly stood near here. The Delaware Indians took this route to Shamokin, upon their removal from the Schuylkill region. — — Map (db m30045) HM
On Fisher Avenue (State Road 4019) 0.1 miles north of Asher Miner Road, on the left when traveling north.
Authorized in 1929, first land bought in 1931, and first used by the National Guard in 1932. In 1940 it was leased to the Federal government as an Army cantonment. The total area is now more than 16,000 acres. — — Map (db m32227) HM
On Jonestown Road, 0.1 miles west of McGillstown Road, on the right when traveling west.
Co-laborer of Jacob Albright in founding of Evangelical Church, born 1791, died 1818, is buried in this cemetery. An effective preacher and hymn writer, he published the first songbook for his church. — — Map (db m30060) HM
Famous grammarian, author of the English Grammar, was born June 7, 1745, in a house on Indiantown Creek near this point. Robert Murray, his father, owned a mill here from 1743 to 1746. — — Map (db m30281) HM
On Allentown Boulevard (U.S. 22) 0.2 miles west of Reeds Creek Road, on the right when traveling west.
Just south of this point stood the house of Adam Reed, Esq. In 1755 it was turned into a fort. Here, with Rangers from Hanover Township, Reed protected the people of the countryside against Indian raids. — — Map (db m30050) HM
