Historical Markers and War Memorials in Millerstown, Pennsylvania
New Bloomfield is the county seat for Perry County
Millerstown is in Perry County
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Millerstown, founded in 1790 as the first borough in Perry County, has long served as a transportation hub. From the time of settlement river arks and flatboats navigated the Juniata River. As early as 1822 a stage road, called a turnpike, . . . — — Map (db m241856) HM
By the early 20th century, local farms began to offer dairy products that gradually replaced the need for a family cow. Fertile Pfoutz and Raccoon valleys provided ideal grazing conditions. Enterprising farmers stored winter ice . . . — — Map (db m241866) HM
From its beginning, Millerstown residents have enjoyed leisure activities with a community focus, including sports, music, theater, and outdoor recreation. Hunting and fishing provided family food as well as many tall tales. The Juniata River . . . — — Map (db m241865) HM
Situated at the intersection of major roads, a railroad, and a canal, Millerstown flourished in the 19th and 20th centuries. Stage coaches, horse-drawn wagons and carriages gave way to automobiles by 1913, when some Millerstown residents owned . . . — — Map (db m241860) HM
The "super highways" of the 1800s. In the mid-1800s, there was only one wagon route linking Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, and it took 23 days to travel it weather permitting. Able to transport people, products and goods at a much faster pace, . . . — — Map (db m241871) HM
From its beginnings in the 18th century, Millerstown has been an important transportation hub for the area. By 1830 a stage road from Liverpool passed through Millerstown to points west, and the Juniata River canal connected the Borough to the . . . — — Map (db m241863) HM
This tablet is dedicated in the honor of those of Millerstown and vicinity who answered the call of our country and enrolled for service
1917 - 1919
★ Wilbur G. Anderson
★ Robert H. Garman
★ Edward S. Knight . . . — — Map (db m241861) WM
In 1808, the Presbyterian Church served as the first School house in Millerstown. It was adjacent to the church cemetery on "Grave Street." The Borough enlarged the school in 1834 and combined it and a Juniata River school into one . . . — — Map (db m241816) HM
The Cochran-Anspach House was built in 1821 by Isaiah Clark for Thomas Cochran, one of the first settlers of Millerstown. Cochran and his three brothers, Protestants, were forced to leave their native Ireland. After disposing of their land . . . — — Map (db m241846) HM
Early settler, tavern keeper, Indian fighter, and founder of Millerstown all describe the life of David Miller. By 1763, Miller had settled in Rye Township, Perry County, on a tract at the present-day location of Donnally Mills, where he . . . — — Map (db m241811) HM
Born of two prominent Millerstown families on October 21, 1837, James Beaver led a distinguished career in many areas of public service. His paternal grandfather, The Rev. Peter Beaver, was an itinerant Methodist minister who settled . . . — — Map (db m241852) HM
Civil War hero; Governor of Pennsylvania, 1887-91; a Superior Court judge, 1895-1905, was born in Millerstown Oct. 21, 1837. Site is marked by a plaque. His adult life was spent at Bellefonte, where he died on January 31, 1914. — — Map (db m19675) HM
Surrounded by highly productive farmland and served by good roads, the Pennsylvania Canal and the Pennsylvania Railroad, Millerstown became a commercial hub for northeastern Perry County during the 19th century.
On Cluck's Corner, at the . . . — — Map (db m241820) HM
Millerstown's first postmaster, Thomas Cochran who arrived in 1801, built many of the fine stone houses which still stand. The Millerstown borough was officially created and a town council formed in 1848. The chief burgess was Abraham Addams and . . . — — Map (db m241854) HM
Reverend Simon Pile, a circuit rider within The Juniata Circuit of the Methodist Episcopal Church, first brought Methodism to Millerstown in 1784. Early gatherings probably were in private dwellings or the open air.
In 1832, services moved . . . — — Map (db m241804) HM
For thousands of years, Native Americans built villages along the fertile Cocolamus Creek and Juniata Riverlands with havens for hunting and rich land for agriculture. Likewise, early pioneers, recognizing opportunities here, warranted land in . . . — — Map (db m241815) HM
On this site in 1800 brothers William, Caleb and Joshua North of a prominent local family, constructed the Rock Oak Tannery the town's first industry. After a business sojourn in Thompsontown, the brothers returned in 1814, enlarged the . . . — — Map (db m241853) HM
This tablet is dedicated in honor of those of Millerstown and vicinity who answered the call of our country and enrolled for service
[Honored Dead]
Wilbur G. Anderson Robert H. Garman
Edward S. Knight Walter A. Smith
[Honor Roll of . . . — — Map (db m53676) HM
