Formed March 22, 1813 out of Northumberland County. Named in honor of America. County seat, Bloomsburg, became this State's only incorporated town in 1870. A Friends meetinghouse was built at Catawissa about 1789. "Twin covered bridges" at Forks are . . . — — Map (db m89850) HM
The first Columbia County Courthouse was built on this site in 1848. It was designed by Napoleon LeBrun, the same architect who designed the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. The original courthouse is not the core of the building you see here. If . . . — — Map (db m89892) HM
On Ferry Road (Pennsylvania Route 487) at Airport Road, on the right when traveling south on Ferry Road.
A pin-connected Pennsylvania through truss bridge spanned the north branch of the Susquehanna River at this site from 1894 to 1987. The bridge superstructure constructed of steel and iron by King Iron Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio had six . . . — — Map (db m211406) HM
On West Main Street (U.S. 11) just south of Red Mill Road, on the left when traveling south.
Early in 1781 the McClure house was stockaded by the noted Indian fighter, Moses Van Campen, to protect settlers in this region after destruction of Fort Jenkins in 1780. Site on the north bank of the Susquehanna in present Bloomsburg. — — Map (db m46287) HM
On Lightstreet Road (PA 487) at Paper Mill Road on Lightstreet Road (PA 487).
A stockade-type fort was built here in 1778 along Fishing Creek by Moses Van Campen. It served during the Revolution as a refuge against the Indians, by whom it was once attacked. Van Campen was the noted Indian scout of this region — — Map (db m89909) WM
On W. Fort McClure Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
Miquon Chapter
Daughters of the American Colonists
in remembrance of the
Native American inhabitants
here over the past 6000 years.
— — Map (db m163640) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 11) at Market Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
Frank Patterson Pursel
Proprietor, (1893-1936)
Frank P. Pursel, Jr. & Charles W.M. Pursel
Proprietors, (1936-1957)
Pursel Store Building Trust
(1957-1975)
Frank P. Pursel, III & Charles W.M. Pursel, Jr.
Owners, (1975-2003)
The "Pursel . . . — — Map (db m119392) HM
On Market Street at 5th Street, on the right when traveling south on Market Street.
With the faith and courage of
their forefathers who made
possible the freedom of these
United States
The Boy Scouts of America
dedicate this copy of the
Statue of Liberty as a pledge
of everlasting fidelity and
and loyalty
The . . . — — Map (db m119324) HM
On Covered Bridge Road, on the right when traveling north.
Plaque 1
This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
Plaque 2
Rupert Covered Bridge
Columbia County Commissioners
. . . — — Map (db m163642) HM
On Covered Bridge Road, on the right when traveling north.
Rupert Covered Bridge was built in 1847 by Jesse M. Beard at a cost of $1,637. It is located in the village of
Rupert named after Leonard Rupert who established a ferry across the river and his home became a
popular stopping off place for . . . — — Map (db m163644) HM
On Penn Street at Penn Argyle Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Penn Street.
The Bloomsburg State Normal School Class of 1919 dedicated this memorial to 16 former students - 15 soldiers and a nurse - who died during World War I. It included sixteen trees in the shape of a six-pointed star, one for each of the fallen. By . . . — — Map (db m116477) HM
On Lightstreet Road (Pennsylvania Route 487) north of Swisher Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Freedom — no word was ever spoken that has held out greater hope, demanded greater sacrifice, needed more to be nurtured, blessed more the giver, damned more its destroyer or come closer to being God's will on earth.
General of the . . . — — Map (db m119006) WM
On West Main Street (U.S. 11) just south of Red Mill Road, on the left when traveling south.
Important path linking the many Indian settlements in the Wyoming Valley with Shamokin, now Sunbury. In 1742 Count Zinzendorf, organizer of Moravian missions, came this way after visiting the Shawnees at Wyoming. — — Map (db m46286) HM
