Historical Markers in East Fallowfield Township, Pennsylvania

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Historical Markers in East Fallowfield Township, Pennsylvania

1 ► Pennsylvania, Chester County, Coatesville, East Fallowfield Township — Dr. Charlotte Moore Sitterly — (1898-1990) —

On Buck Run Road, on the right when traveling south.

Prominent authority on astronomy and author of more than one hundred books and articles. Sitterly was a career physicist with the Bureau of Standards, U.S. Department of Commerce. She received the American Astronomical Society award in 1937 and was . . . — — Map (db m51270) HM

2 ► Pennsylvania, Chester County, Coatesville, East Fallowfield Township — Lynching of Zachariah Walker —

On Doe Run Road (Pennsylvania Route 82) 0.2 miles south of the Coatesville city limits, on the left when traveling south.

An African American steelworker, Walker was burned to death by a mob near here on August 13, 1911. He was accused of killing Edgar Rice, a white security guard and a former borough policeman. Fifteen local men and teenage boys were indicted for . . . — — Map (db m14833) HM

3 ► Pennsylvania, Chester County, Ercildoun, East Fallowfield Township — Ida Ella Ruth Jones — (1874 – 1959) —

On Doe Run Road at Rokeby Road (Pennsylvania Route 82), on the right when traveling north on Doe Run Road.

African American self-taught artist who depicted life in rural Chester County in the first half of the 20th century. The daughter of a former slave, Jones completed more than 300 works in her 70’s and 80’s. She worked in watercolor, oil, and pencil . . . — — Map (db m48476) HM

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