On 3rd Street (Pennsylvania Route 120) at Chestnut Street (Pennsylvania Route 555), on the right when traveling east on 3rd Street.
Famed Civil War volunteers departed from this point for Harrisburg, April 1861, where they were mustered into State service. A monument, erected in their honor, is just south of here. This highway and a State park are named for the Bucktails. — — Map (db m42898) HM
On Driftwood Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 555), on the left when traveling south.
(Front):This Monument at the instance of the people of Cameron County was erected by The State of Pennsylvania on April 27, 1908 Colonel Edward A. Irvin Corporal Firmin F. Kirk Sergeant William H. Raugh commissioners
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From . . . — — Map (db m40048) HM
Near Bucktail Trail Highway (Pennsylvania Route 120) 1.5 miles north of Chestnut Street (Pennsylvania Route 555), on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
One of the earliest Indian paths through the Allegheny Mts. followed this valley. It connected the Upper Allegheny River with the Susquehanna. In 17th century the Senecas used it in war against the Susquehannocks. — — Map (db m88279) HM
On Low Grade Road (Pennsylvania Route 555) 2.1 miles west of Castle Garden Road, on the right when traveling east.
The famous cowboy star of cinema and circus was born here, January 6, 1880. A soldier during the Spanish- American War, he won renown for his "wild west" roles in hundreds of motion pictures - both silent and sound - between 1910 and 1935. Tom Mix . . . — — Map (db m76762) HM
On CCC Memorial Highway (Pennsylvania Route 120) at Sizerville Road & East Allegheny Avenue, on the right when traveling south on CCC Memorial Highway.
The 23-mile crossing from Susquehanna West Branch to the Allegheny River began at a "canoe place" near this point. Indians and pioneers went north to Portage Creek, and at present Port Alleghany resumed travel by canoe. — — Map (db m65623) HM
On East 5th Street, 0.1 miles east of North Cherry Street, on the right when traveling east.
Formed March 29, 1860 from Clinton, McKean, Potter and Elk counties. Named for Sen. Simon Cameron. County seat, Emporium, was incorporated 1864. Lumbering was of early importance, and flagstone at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was later quarried here. — — Map (db m65621) HM
Near West Creek Recreational Trail at East 2nd Street.
Emporium grew with the advent of the railroads. The Pennsylvania Rail Road was completed to Emporium on October 20, 1863 and opened the entire length by 1864. The Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia Railroad was completed to Emporium on December 23, . . . — — Map (db m158128) HM
On East CCC Memorial Highway (Pennsylvania Route 120) 1.5 miles north of Steam Mill Road, on the right when traveling south.
An Indian path ran up the valley of the Sinnemahoning Creek to Canoe Place, now Emporium Junction, and on to the Seneca villages at the Big Bend of the Allegheny. Early settlers in Clinton, McKean, Cameron, and Potter Counties used this path. — — Map (db m65622) HM
Near West Creek Recreational Trail near Poplar Street.
Sylvania as was many of the early manufacturing industries, born and financed by the end of the lumbering era. The first building used by the company was owned and used by the C. B. Howard Lumber Company. It started out as a Novelty Incandescent . . . — — Map (db m217013) HM
On West 4th Street (Pennsylvania Route 120) at Poplar Street, on the right when traveling east on West 4th Street.
During WWII, produced critical electrical components including vacuum tubes for proximity fuzes, a key military device that improved the precision of artillery shells. Founded in 1907, the workforce was composed of primarily women, prompting . . . — — Map (db m174332) HM
On 1st Fork Road (Pennsylvania Route 872) 3 miles north of Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 120), on the right when traveling south.
Seven teenage Civilian Conservation Corps enrollees and a forestry foreman lost their lives attempting to extinguish a 134-acre wildfire here. The crew had insufficient experience and training and were exhausted from fighting a previous fire. The . . . — — Map (db m99936) HM
