Related Historical Markers

By Don Morfe

Sycamore Ave & Willow Ave

SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER

1 ► Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Elkins Park, Cheltenham Township — Camp William Penn — 1863-1865 —

Training camp for colored troops enlisted into the United States Army — — Map (db m4371) HM WM

2 ► Pennsylvania, Montgomery County, Elkins Park, Cheltenham Township — Village of La Mott —

Originally called Camptown, this village was laid out at the close of the Civil War on the site of former Camp William Penn. The camp was a training station for Negro troops enlisted in the U.S. Army from 1863 to 1865. — — Map (db m4349) HM