On Main Street west of Cherry Street, on the left when traveling west.
The Meyersdale area was first occupied by the Monongahela Indians who captured the sweet water from maple trees to make maple sugar, a tradition that remains part of the local heritage.
In the late 1700's German settlers of various religions . . . — — Map (db m199841) HM
On Great Allegheny Passage Trail at McKenzie Hollow Road, on the right when traveling west on Great Allegheny Passage Trail.
In 1750s, as a colonel the British Army, George Washington fought the French in this region. His vision of the Rising Empire focused on connecting the Potomac to the Forks of the Ohio [Pittsburgh]. In 1784 Washington and others established the . . . — — Map (db m204919) HM
On Petenbrink Road, 0.1 miles west of Mason Dixon Highway (Business U.S. 219), on the right when traveling west.
Between 1891 and 1998, a 114-foot single span steel pin-and-eyebar parallel-chord Pratt through truss bridge crossed the Casselman River at this location. The truss was fabricated and erected by the Pittsburgh (sic.) Bridge Company, and the . . . — — Map (db m199802) HM
On Main Street east of Grant Street (Business U.S. 219), on the right when traveling west.
(Center Panel):
"A Veteran is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank check made payable to the United States of America, for an amount of up to and including their life."
Dedicated to all those who sacrificed . . . — — Map (db m200718) WM
On Center Street (U.S. 219) at Market Square, on the left when traveling north on Center Street.
This monument is erected in honor of the men from Meyersdale and vicinity who served in the World War and is dedicated as a sacred memorial to those who died that liberty and the ideals of our country might be perpetuated. Gold Star Roll . . . — — Map (db m44100) HM
Near Main Street east of 8th Street, on the left when traveling east.
■ When the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad came through the Casselman River valley in 1871, Meyersdale already was a prosperous town. Founded by German settlers in the late 1700s, Meyers Mill became Meyersdale in 1874 and was an important . . . — — Map (db m202262) HM
Near Main Street north of 8th Street, on the left when traveling east.
Salisbury Viaduct
1.5 miles north
Trail users cross Rte. 219, an active railroad, and the Casselman River on the 1,908-foot long Salisbury Viaduct, which is more than 100 feet above the ground at its highest point. Eight workers . . . — — Map (db m202975) HM
On Center Street (U.S. 219) at Market Square, on the left when traveling north on Center Street.
Meyersdale Originally founded by three land warrants to: 1784 John Olinger 1785 Andrew Borntrager 1785 John Burger __________________ 1803 Meyers Mills “Moyer’s Stadt” 1844 First town lots were laid out 1870 Chartered as Dale City . . . — — Map (db m44287) HM
Near Johnny Popper Road, 0.2 miles east of Mason Dixon Highway (Business U.S. 219), on the right when traveling south.
The Salisbury Viaduct, 1908 feet long, dominates the valley. The 101-foot-high steel trestle was a key engineering achievement for the Western Maryland Railway's Connellsville Extension. Hundreds of spectators cheered when the first train crossed . . . — — Map (db m199817) HM
On Main Street east of 8th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Around a potbellied stove one blustery winter night in 1948, plans were formulated for Meyersdale's first Maple Festival that celebrates and promotes the sweetest of all Pennsylvania's commodities-Somerset County maple syrup.
The first . . . — — Map (db m199946) HM
On Grant Street (Business U.S. 219) at Broadway Street, on the left when traveling north on Grant Street.
Dedicated to the men and women of the Armed Forces who served their country in all wars and to those who gave their lives in the defense of freedom. — — Map (db m200250) WM
The Connellsville Extension from Cumberland Financier George Gould purchased the Western Maryland as part of a transcontinental railroad scheme that would stretch from Baltimore to San Francisco. Gould extended the WM west to Cumberland, but . . . — — Map (db m4688) HM
Near Main Street east of 8th Street, on the left when traveling east.
The caboose supported its train crew in several ways.
It carried the conductor, brakeman, and flagman. Cabooses were equipped with a stove for cooking and heating, bunks for rest, and a desk for the conductor's business.
By the 1950s, . . . — — Map (db m199905) HM
On Mason Dixon Highway (U.S. 219) 0.1 miles south of Pine Hill Road (Pennsylvania Route 2027), on the left when traveling south.
On this farm lived Flora Black, a civic leader active in the county and Commonwealth. Here on October 14, 1914, she organized the Society of Farm Women of Pennsylvania. In the ensuing years, groups in many Pennsylvania counties became Society . . . — — Map (db m50457) HM
