Front Dedicated to soldiers and patriots of the American Revolution who are buried in IowaDecember 28, 1846 Iowa Our liberties we prize our rights we will maintainReverse George Perkins, N. and S. Carolina, Lee County William . . . — — Map (db m48277) HM
Formed April 18, 1843 from parts of McKean, Clearfield and Jefferson counties. Named for the large elk herd that roamed the area. First State Game Lands established in Pennsylvania, in 1920, are here. The county seat, Ridgway, was settled in 1824. — — Map (db m203391) HM
The Scripture Rocks Heritage Park was dedicated June 2016 by the Jefferson County History Center as a public access site where visitors can explore 4.5 acres of a forested hillside near Port Barnett containing the largest rock art site known in . . . — — Map (db m195164) HM
First called "Blood's Settlement", and then later Marien, then Marienville, after Marien (Blood) Hunt, daughter of Cyrus Blood, the founder of Forest County. Marienville is located on a flattened ridgeline known as the "Big Level", . . . — — Map (db m138604) HM
Just over the state line in West Virginia is the grave of physician and politician John Floyd. He was born in Jefferson County, Virginia (now Kentucky), on 24 Apr. 1783. He married Laetitia Preston in 1804 and received his medical degree from the . . . — — Map (db m295842) HM
Oldham was the 75th county created by the Kentucky Legislature. It was formed on January 15, 1824, from portions of Jefferson, Henry and Shelby Counties. The county is named for William Oldham, Revolutionary War patriot and early pioneer.
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According to The Brookville Republican, Douglas Stahlman was committed to the local jail on August 20, 1915. The paper further states that "a commission was appointed to examine him which declared him insane, and he was sent to the county home." . . . — — Map (db m195997) HM
(Front):11th. Pennsylvania Reserves 40th. Infantry 3d. Brigade 3d. Division 5th. Corps Mustered in May 9 - July 5. 1861 Mustered out June 13 1864 Recruited in Cambria, Indiana, Butler, Fayette Armstrong, Westmoreland, and Jefferson Counties. . . . — — Map (db m15765) HM WM
Built in 1851 by John McCall, the Railroad House was one of many hotels in Brookville. It offered a comfortable room along with a place to stable one's horse for the night. The Railroad House was purchased by John McCracken during the Civil War . . . — — Map (db m176807) HM
Milton's first newspaper was the Miltonian, making its first publication on Sept. 21, 1816 only several months before the borough was even incorporated. Henry Frick was the first publisher. There were many other newspapers throughout the . . . — — Map (db m191588) HM
First called Liberty, located on 1780 grant to Elijah Craig. Ferry operated here by Levi Boyer early as 1800 formed a link in route to Illinois country. Town became a port to the west -- Westport. In the steamboat era, the town was a thriving port . . . — — Map (db m42974) HM
This station structure was erected in 1839 by landowner Richard Duffield, in cooperation with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. It is the oldest surviving purpose-built freight/passenger rail station in the United States, and is listed on the . . . — — Map (db m157741) HM
Between 1750 and 1840, British colonists and later United States citizens acquired and settled millions of square miles between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River. The Ohio River bisects this vast region, flowing 981 miles from . . . — — Map (db m245720) HM
The Lincoln family first came to America in the seventeenth century, originally settling in the Massachusetts Bay colony. The Lincolns continued to move throughout the colonies, settling in present-day New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Thomas . . . — — Map (db m46319) HM
To spark a civil war, John Brown came to Ritner Boarding House in Chambersburg, PA, where he began to plan his famous raid on Harper’s Ferry, in 1859. At the time, Brown was calling himself Isaac Smith. By mid summer, he had rented the Kennedy . . . — — Map (db m202048) HM
"I was born in Brookville when wolves howled almost nightly on what is now known as our 'Fair Ground'; when the pine in its lofty pride leaned gloomily over every hillside; when the woods around our shanty town was the home of many wild animals . . . — — Map (db m176801) HM
Today the forests of Western Pennsylvania are known for vast acres of black cherry, maple and other hardwoods. However, the makeup of the forest was not always this way. In the 18th century, eastern hemlock, American beech, white pine and oak . . . — — Map (db m195241) HM
This working farm was established in 1750 when Thomas Lord Fairfax granted 400 acres of his 5 million-acre Northern Neck Proprietary to Henry Lloyd. In 1774, the grant passed to Walter Baker, who is credited with building the original portion of . . . — — Map (db m207034) HM
Shepherdstown and Smithfield Turnpike Tollhouse/John Fox House
Immediately west of Rellim Farm is a mid-19th century log dwelling, and the only known surviving toll house on the old Shepherdstown and Smithfield Turnpike (previously Leetown . . . — — Map (db m148880) HM
Madison was established upon a shelf of high ground Between the Ohio River and Crooked Creek. From Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the Ohio River waters flow just south of this place all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico. From the Indiana hills just north . . . — — Map (db m289226) HM
President Abraham Lincoln’s great, great, great, great grandfather, Samuel Lincoln, left England in 1637, settling in Hingham, Massachusetts. The next four generations of Lincolns continued to move south and west — to New Jersey, then . . . — — Map (db m46301) HM
The "Last Purchase” land became Pennsylvania counties. Jefferson County was officially designated in 1806. Rev.
David Barclay and his son-in-law John W. Jenks purchased the land about 1818. In 1821 David Barclay recorded the town site with the . . . — — Map (db m306147) HM
The Public Square, officially named Barclay Square by Borough Ordinance in 1928, continues to be the hub of activities. The marker was dedicated in 1979. Events take place in the square throughout the year and culminate with the annual Town . . . — — Map (db m306150) HM
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