Historical Markers and War Memorials in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania

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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania

1 ► Pennsylvania, Fayette County, Belle Vernon — Belle Vernon —

On State Street west of Short Street, on the right when traveling west.

Meaning beautiful green Laid out by Noah Speer Founded 1813 — — Map (db m245450) HM

2 ► Pennsylvania, Fayette County, Belle Vernon — Belle Vernon Veterans Memorial —

On Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 906) at 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.

To the men and women of Belle Vernon Boro who have served in all wars and during peace time — — Map (db m201482) WM

3 ► Pennsylvania, Fayette County, Belle Vernon — Doctor John Stodgell Van Voorhis (1826-1917) —

On Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 906) at 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.

Belle Vernon's historian began practicing medicine here in 1847 upon graduating from today's W&J College. He married Betsy Plumer Smith that fall. His 1893 The Old and New Monongahela relates how Betsy's great grandfather Alexander Lowrey . . . — — Map (db m201460) HM

4 ► Pennsylvania, Fayette County, Belle Vernon — Veterans Memorial —

On Broad Avenue at Wilson Street, on the right when traveling east on Broad Avenue.

Dedicated to all who served — — Map (db m245571) WM

5 ► Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, Belle Vernon — Colonel Edward Cook — (1738-1808) —

On Finley Road at Rehoboth Road, on the right when traveling east on Finley Road.

Settling here in the 1770s, Cook became a prominent landholder, jurist, and politician. He was a member of the Provincial Congress in Philadelphia in 1776 and served at the State Constitutional Convention. Although a moderate during the Whiskey . . . — — Map (db m54927) HM

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