Opened Sunbury to Paxinos in 1835, operated on wood rails by horsepower. Steam locomotive first used in 1838; and iron rails, 1853. The terminal was nearby; here anthracite was loaded on canal boats for shipment to Philadelphia, Baltimore. — — Map (db m14389) HM
• J. Mac Brill
• Raymond Barnasconi
• Harold G. Edwards
• Hunter Foulkrod
• Herbert E. Kaufman
• Milton J. Norman
• Roy A. Thomas
• Willis L. Strouse
• James S. Steele
• Merrill W. Lupold
• Andrew R. Lafaver
• Thomas J. Lyons . . . — — Map (db m238176) WM
First successful use of a three-wire electric lighting system was made July 4, 1883, in the City Hotel building in Sunbury. Thomas A. Edison directed the work. The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. plant was at 4th and Vine Street. — — Map (db m14352) HM
When Imperial Germany surrendered at the end of World War I in 1918, many of its cannon were sent to the United States as war trophies. This cannon was acquired by the City of Sunbury and Milton Jarret Norman American Legion Post 201 and placed in . . . — — Map (db m87661) HM
Mozart's librettist in the 1780s for "The Marriage of Figaro," "Don Giovanni," and "Cosi fan tutte" came to America in 1805 and lived in Sunbury from June 1811 to August 1818. Da Ponte wrote that on visiting Sunbury, the adopted home of his wife's . . . — — Map (db m87684) HM
West Side Give them the meed they have won in the past Give them the honors their merits forecast Give them the chaplets they won in the strife Give them the laurels they lost with their life.South side Erected to the Memory of the . . . — — Map (db m87652) WM
Formed March 21, 1772 from Lancaster, Cumberland, Berks, Bedford and Northampton counties. Some 27 counties today occupy its once vast area. Sunbury, the county seat, was laid out 1772. Site of Fort Augusta, a key post built 1756-57. — — Map (db m87686) HM
Oneida chief and overseer or vice-regent of the Six Nations asserting Iroquois domination over conquered Delaware and other tribes. He lived at Shamokin Indian town, Sunbury, from about 1728 until his death, 1748. Said to be buried near here. — — Map (db m14371) HM
Erected as a memorial to Shikellamy, also Swataney, "Our Enlightener," the Representative of the Six Nations in this province. First sent to Shamokin (Sunbury) in 1728; appointed vicegerent in 1745. Died Dec. 6, 1758; He was buried near this spot. . . . — — Map (db m14374) HM
If you stand on this spot and look across the Susquehanna River toward the bridge on the right, you can see the face of Chief Shikellamy profiled in the cliff above the opposite shore. Visible are his hairline, forehead and nose. In colonial times, . . . — — Map (db m14373) HM
Laid out 1772 as the county seat of Northumberland on the site of Indian Shamokin by surveyor-General Lukens and William Maclay. Borough incorporation Mar. 24, 1797. Here Fort Augusta was built in 1756. Historic center of travel, trade and industry. — — Map (db m14390) HM
Laid out 1772 as the county seat of Northumberland on the site of Indian Shamokin by surveyor-General Lukens and William Maclay. Borough incorporation Mar. 24, 1797. Here Fort Augusta was built in 1756. Historic center of travel, trade and industry. — — Map (db m87690) HM
Laid out 1772 as the county seat of Northumberland on the site of Indian Shamokin by surveyor-General William Maclay. Borough incorporation Mar. 24, 1797. Here Fort Augusta was built in 1756. Historic center of travel, trade and industry. — — Map (db m95244) HM
Center Monument Erected to the Memory of The World War Heroes by The Sunbury Civic Club Nov. 11, 1921 J. MacBrill • Raymond Barnasconi • Harold G. Edwards • Hunter Foulkrod • Herbert E. Kaufman • Milton J. Norman • Roy A. Thomas • Willis L. . . . — — Map (db m87658) WM
This tablet commemorates the installation at Sunbury PA., of the first three-wire central station incandescent electric lighting plant in the world.
On the night of July 4, 1883, Thomas A. Edison, the creator of the incandescent lamp, and inventor . . . — — Map (db m89742) HM
Recruited from nearby points in June 1775, Lowdon's Company was part of the first battalion in the colonies authorized by Congress. Among those who entered Continental service in this company was Timothy Murphy, whose many feats of marksmanship were . . . — — Map (db m14360) HM
Lived in the house opposite 1773-86, and then moved to Harrisburg. Member of the first U.S. Senate; wrote a famous Journal of its debates. A critic of Washington and Hamilton; pioneer leader of Jeffersonian democracy. He helped survey Sunbury, 1772. — — Map (db m14388) HM
The Indian Ambassadors Road turned east near here over the hills to the Tulpehocken Valley. Used by Iroquois chiefs from Onondaga, now Syracuse, carrying peace wampum from the "Fire that Never Dies" to Philadelphia. Often traveled by Shickellamy. — — Map (db m14405) HM
Here during the French and Indian War (1754 - 1763), one colonial soldier venturing from the garrison at nearby Fort Augusta, was fatally shot by an Indian foe. His blood is said to have crimsoned its waters. — — Map (db m87688) HM
