Historical Markers and War Memorials in Elliottsburg, Pennsylvania

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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Elliottsburg, Pennsylvania

New Bloomfield is the county seat for Perry County

Elliottsburg is in Perry County

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1 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 15 — A New Century — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —

1901: PA Department of Forestry founded. 1903: Ford Motor Company founded. 1903: Wright brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk.

Automobile Age Arrived In 1903, Dr. E.E. Moore of New Bloomfield . . . — — Map (db m242090) HM

2 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 10 — A Perry County Civil War Soldier: Sergeant John Jones — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —

1860: President Abraham Lincoln elected. 1861: Civil War began. 1861-1865: Perry County sent hundreds of men to the Civil War.

During the Civil War (1861-1865), Perry County sent hundreds of men to . . . — — Map (db m242056) HM

3 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 6 — Birth of a New County! — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —

1812-1814: War of 1812, Oliver Hazard Perry, Naval Hero. 1820: Perry County established. 1827: County government moved to New Bloomfield

With a history of topographical, economic and political . . . — — Map (db m242049) HM

4 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 22 — Building on the Past as We March into the Future —

1972: Little Buffalo State Park dedicated. 1982: Perry County Council of the Arts formed. 1995: First McDonald's opened in Howe Township. 2010: First county traffic light installed in Marysville. 2020: . . . — — Map (db m242126) HM

5 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 2 — Contact Between Widely Different Cultures — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —

1682: William Penn established the colony. 1740s: European-Americans settled illegally in Perry County. 1754: Treaty of Albany legalized settlement.

Artifacts and Pathways By the mid-1700s, . . . — — Map (db m242039) HM

6 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 7 — Early Schools, Academies and Religious Institutions — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —

1804: First academy established at Duncannon. 1834: Free School Act of Pennsylvania passed. 1838: New Bloomfield Academy chartered. 1840: Willow Grove Female Seminary established.

Prior to the . . . — — Map (db m242052) HM

7 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 20 — Forces of Change 1945-2020 — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —

1946: "Baby Boom" began 1956: Interstate highway system launched. 2001: The 9/11 terrorist attack.

In 1945, returning service members found Perry County much the way they had left it: predominantly . . . — — Map (db m242116) HM

8 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 8 — Growth of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry Before the Civil War —

ca. 1842: African American settlement near Millerstown. 1850: Fugitive Slave Act enacted; Compromise of 1850. 1852: First fair by the Agricultural Society of Perry County

Relatively small-scale iron . . . — — Map (db m242053) HM

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9 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 3 — Indian Attacks in Shermans Valley — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —

1756: French & Indian War began. 1756-1763: Indians drove settlers form Shermans Valley. 1766: Donegal Presbytery authorized Perry County congregations.

Scotch-Irish settlers moved north from Carlisle . . . — — Map (db m242040) HM

10 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 17 — Life in the Great Depression — Economic Collapse, Recovery and Change — Perry County Bicentennial 1820-2020 —

1929: Stock market crash. 1932: PA unemployment at 35%. Banks fail nationwide. 1933: President Franklin D. Roosevelt initiated New Deal. 1935: Social Security enacted.

After WW I ended, industrial . . . — — Map (db m242106) HM

11 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 5 — Life in the Pennsylvania Backcountry — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —

1787: US Constitution written. 1789: President George Washington inaugurated. 1794: Whiskey Rebellion.

Perry Countians were fiercely independent people and many were Anti-Federalists during the debate . . . — — Map (db m242047) HM

12 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 21 — Most Visible Changes 1945-2020 — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —

1961-1963: PA law required school district consolidation. 1969: First men on the moon. 1983: First mobile phone cost $4000. 1989: International protocol enabled the World Wide Web

After the war, . . . — — Map (db m242122) HM

13 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 4 — Perry Countians in the Revolutionary War — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —

1775: Revolutionary War began. 1776: Independence declared. 1781: Battle of Yorktown ended the fighting. 1783: Treaty of Paris recognized US independence.

Many Perry Countians served in the . . . — — Map (db m242042) HM

14 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 11 — Perry County at Gettysburg: Summer of 1863 — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —

1862-1863: Prominent Perry Countian A. L. McClure advised President Lincoln. 1863: Emancipation Proclamation issued. 1865: Robert E. Lee surrendered and Civil War ended.

As the end of June 1863, . . . — — Map (db m242079) HM

15 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — Perry County Covered Bridges — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —

① Adair's Bridge, 1864, Shermans Creek, refurbished 2007. ② Bastline Bridge, 1871, Shermans Creek, refurbished 2007. ③ Book's Bridge, 1884, Shermans Creek, rebuilt 2004. ④ Clay's Bridge, 1890, Little Buffalo Creek, . . . — — Map (db m242041) HM

16 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 12 — Post-Civil War Traditions: Veterans' Reunions & Grand Army of the Republic (GAR Posts) — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —

1865: Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery. 1877: Southern Reconstruction ended. 1898: Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Dedicated

After the Civil War, many Perry County veterans were glad to be . . . — — Map (db m242080) HM

17 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 13 — Post-Civil War Transformation — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —

1866: First bank organized in New Bloomfield. 1869: First water company organized in Blain. 1891: First telephone line strung between Newport and Loysville. 1898: Newport Square lit by electricity.

. . . — — Map (db m242082) HM

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18 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 9 — Pre-Civil War Transportation Development — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —

1821: Harrisburg & Millerstown Turnpike chartered. 1829: Pennsylvania Canal opened through Perry County. 1849: Pennsylvania Railroad completed through Perry County.

The building of turnpikes, . . . — — Map (db m242054) HM

19 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 1 — The First Inhabitants of Perry County — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —

16,000 years ago: Native Americans arrived in North America 11,000 years ago: Paleoindians settled in Perry County 1,000 years ago: Maize farming villages . . . — — Map (db m242037) HM

20 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 18 — The Greatest Generation Goes to War — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —

1939: Nazis invaded Poland setting off World War II. 1941: Pearl Harbor attacked. 1945: Germany and Japan surrendered.

During WWII, tens of millions perished in history's most deadly conflict. . . . — — Map (db m242110) HM WM

21 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — The Gring Lions — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —

David Gring, builder of the Newport and Sherman's Valley Railroad, installed these lions in front of his East Newport mansion in the 1880s. They were carved by Adolph V. and William David Hombach at their Marble and Granite works on South Front . . . — — Map (db m242084) HM

22 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — The Perry County Bicentennial Plaza — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —

Made possible in part from the generous gifts of: Allen E. Hench, Esq. of Newport Borough | Connie L. Hench Houch of Penn Township Kirk R. Hench of Saville Township In honor of the Hench and associated families . . . — — Map (db m242036) HM

23 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 19 — The Perry County Home Front During World War II — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —

1941: Nation mobilized for war. 1944: Allies invaded Normandy, France. 1945: Victory in Europe and Japan celebrated.

The stunning Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and the declaration of war by . . . — — Map (db m242114) HM

24 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 14 — Transportation and Natural Resources — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —

1889: Johnstown flood ended canal era. 1892: Homestead Strike in Pittsburgh symbolized labor unrest. 1898: Spanish American War.

Railroads Economic expansion in Perry County following the Civil . . . — — Map (db m242089) HM

25 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — Vietnam Veterans Memorial —

Welcome home Perry County Vietnam Veterans 1954 - 1975 They gave all they had Richard L. Fry • Edwin C. Hockenberry • Joseph L. Hockenberry • David S. Kline • C. Bruce Landis II • Jack I. Maguire William B. . . . — — Map (db m242128) WM

26 ► Pennsylvania, Perry County, Elliottsburg, Spring Township — 16 — WW I and Its Aftermath — Perry County Bicentennial — 1820 - 2020 —

1912: Titanic sank. 1914: Killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparked World War I. 1920: Women gained the right to vote.

Political tensions in Europe sparked war in 1914. In 1917, the Untied States . . . — — Map (db m242104) HM

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