Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, . . . — — Map (db m135099) HM WM
In 1763-64, from a line of six loghouse stations to the north, settlers were defended by the Paxton Rangers – volunteers paid by Pennsylvania’s Provincial government. Fort Hunter was on the Susquehanna just north of Blue Mountain, and the . . . — — Map (db m32224) HM
The Lebanon Valley Farmer's Bank site
occupies four former properties. John
Shertzer Sr. built a stone home on the
fourth property from the corner in 1798,
the year of the Window Tax. His son Jacob
inherited that home on Shertzer Sr.'s . . . — — Map (db m227970) HM
Before the famed Pennway Hotel occupied
the southwest corner an inn was there,
which went by the name Old Tavern until
1789, then, the Henning Hotel, Charles W.
Kuhnle's, 1850, Jacob Fink's, 1860, and
finally, the Eagle Hotel, 1870.
Philip . . . — — Map (db m227976) HM
In the years before the 1834 School Act,
a one-story stone academy stood on a lot
behind Turkey Hill Market. In 1839 a log
home and George Walker's foundry were
on this site and Philip Johnson was in the
corner property.
In 1870, the corner . . . — — Map (db m227979) HM
Peter Forney Furniture Mannufactory &
Warehouse was established on this
corner in 1843. Peter's mother, known as
Granny, had a Beer and Cake Shop in
Peter's store were the Washington Band
was organized in 1858. Granny lived with
Peter's family . . . — — Map (db m227981) HM
The native village from which, in turn, the Creek, Gap, and great Military Reservation derived their names, formerly stood near here. The Delaware Indians took this route to Shamokin, upon their removal from the Schuylkill region. — — Map (db m30045) HM
Authorized in 1929, first land bought in 1931, and first used by the National Guard in 1932. In 1940 it was leased to the Federal government as an Army cantonment. The total area is now more than 16,000 acres. — — Map (db m32227) HM
Co-laborer of Jacob Albright in founding of Evangelical Church, born 1791, died 1818, is buried in this cemetery. An effective preacher and hymn writer, he published the first songbook for his church. — — Map (db m30060) HM
Famous grammarian, author of the English Grammar, was born June 7, 1745, in a house on Indiantown Creek near this point. Robert Murray, his father, owned a mill here from 1743 to 1746. — — Map (db m30281) HM
Just south of this point stood the house of Adam Reed, Esq. In 1755 it was turned into a fort. Here, with Rangers from Hanover Township, Reed protected the people of the countryside against Indian raids. — — Map (db m30050) HM