Historical Markers and War Memorials in Point Marion, Pennsylvania
Uniontown is the county seat for Fayette County
Point Marion is in Fayette County
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Jeffersonian diplomat, financier, and statesman. Gallatin was the longest serving US Secretary of the Treasury, 1801 to 1814. As such, he facilitated the Lewis and Clark Expedition, successfully reduced the national debt until the War of 1812, and . . . — — Map (db m74478) HM
"...his personal Character, as well as his present Designs,
entitle him to the most cordial Regards."
Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia
March 25, 1785
Early American Statesman
In 1780, 19-year old Albert Gallatin . . . — — Map (db m139472) HM
The Dillinger Family’s POINT MARION FERRY 1847-1931
This panoramic map of Point Marion as seen from the northwest was published in 1902, when the Dillinger family’s Point Marion Ferry was still busy transporting horse-drawn vehicles and . . . — — Map (db m171720) HM
Albert Gallatin bought this land in 1786 when this area was known as the “Western Country.” Three years later he constructed a two-story brick house at Friendship Hill for his new bride, Sophie. After Sophie died, Gallatin built . . . — — Map (db m60981) HM
Friendship Hill National Historic Site contains more than ten miles of hiking trails for you to enjoy. This loop trail system provides a glimpse of this area when first settled by Albert Gallatin in the 1780s.
Wildlife abounds. Fox, squirrels, . . . — — Map (db m195676) HM
Friendship Hill National Historic Site contains more than ten miles of hiking trails for you to enjoy. This loop trail system provides a glimpse of this area when first settled by Albert Gallatin in the 1780s.
Wildlife abounds. Fox, squirrels, . . . — — Map (db m220673) HM
A historic glimpse of the past, shining through today
As the center of commerce, travel, and social life in Point Marion, downtown has experienced significant activity since the town's initial establishment. Although some of the earliest . . . — — Map (db m203058) HM
The Monongahela River served as one of many “river highways” to the western territories. Since there were few overland roads west of here, most settlers rafted north (to your right) on the Monongahela River to Pittsburgh, then down the Ohio River to . . . — — Map (db m163419) HM
Point Marion History
In 1724 the French set up a trading post where the Monongahela and Cheat Rivers meet.
As settlers moved into the frontier Colonel George Wilson was granted 108 acres of land at the site of the original trading post. . . . — — Map (db m204233) HM
Friendship Hill has changed greatly since Albert Gallatin sold the property in 1832. To Gallatin, the property reflected his dream of agricultural pursuits and establishment of the industry. With the passage of time and ownership, Friendship Hill . . . — — Map (db m195694) HM
Friendship Hill has changed greatly since Albert Gallatin sold the property in 1832. To Gallatin, the property reflected his dream of agricultural pursuits and establishment of the industry. With the passage of time and ownership, Friendship Hill . . . — — Map (db m195695) HM
The original rail line that defines much of the Sheepskin Trail was built in the 1890's as the Fairmont, Morgantown, and Pittsburgh branch of the B&O Railroad. It was to meet the needs of a booming coal and coke industry and in fact the rail . . . — — Map (db m203191) HM
Gallatin's First Wife
Albert Gallatin met Sophia Allegre while staying at her mother's boarding house in Richmond, Virginia, during the mid-1780s. Against her mother's wishes, Sophia married Albert on May 14, 1789.
As the . . . — — Map (db m139524) HM
A stone foundation is all that remains of a large wooden water tank that once stood on the low hilltop. Built around the year 1900, the tank used gravity to provide the property with water, which had been pumped up from the nearby . . . — — Map (db m139520) HM
This memorial serves as a reminder that freedom is not free
- Dedicated to these wars and all other conflicts -
World War Two
Korean War
Vietnam 1964 * 1975
US Persian Gulf War Veteran
US Iraq War Veteran
US Afghanistan War Veteran . . . — — Map (db m172533) WM
In Memory of
All Americans who have
honorably and faithfully
served in the Armed Forces of
the United States of America
Dedicated by SAL #0499 on May 28, 2016. — — Map (db m172547) WM
SMS William D. Hicks USAF-35 •
AFC Michael E. Widener USAF-21 •
SP/5 Robert 0. Franklin ARMY-33 •
PFC Joseph G. Evans Jr. USMC 20 •
PFC Richard T. Malaspina USMC-21 •
S/SGT John W. Earnesty ARMY-38 •
SP/4 Gary F. Lewis ARMY-18 •
L/CPL . . . — — Map (db m172814) WM
