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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AMZ_ralph-w-abele_Harrisburg-PA.html
Conservation leader and Pennsylvania Fish Commission executive director, 1972-87. Abele's "Resource First" philosophy strengthened the agency's mission to protect, conserve, and enhance water quality, improve fish passage, and increase y…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AMY_harris-ferry_Harrisburg-PA.html
On the river bank, a short distance west
of this stone, was the landing place of
Harris' Ferry,
the most historic crossing place on the
Susquehanna. A great part of the early
migration into Western Pennsylvania and
the Ohio Valley passed th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AMX_the-court-house-bell_Harrisburg-PA.html
From 1861 to 1929, from the cupola of the old Dauphin County Court House, this bell rang out its message to the people of Harrisburg.
Cast by Meneely's
of West Troy, New York
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AMV_brigadier-general-joseph-f-knipe-house_Harrisburg-PA.html
In the home at 329 S. Front Street between 1866 and 1880 resided Brigadier General Joseph Farmer Knipe (1823-1901), accomplished Union commander during the Civil War. It was Knipe who named Camp Curtin, the largest Civil War troop deployment camp …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21R1_veterans-memorial-a-war-memorial_Hershey-PA.html
In commemoration of
those who served
our country
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20DL_the-m-s-hershey-rose_Hershey-PA.html
In 1940, the American Rose Society honored Milton Hershey by naming a rose after him. Over the years, the number of these rose bushes has steadily declined to only a few remaining at the Gardens.
This year, to commemorate Hershey Gardens' 75th a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XJX_harrisburg-historical_Harrisburg-PA.html
Harrisburg was one of the prizes Robert E. Lee's army was after. Home to Camp Curtin, the largest Northern training camp of the war, Harrisburg's network of railroads was vital for moving troops and supplies for the Union war effort. The capital o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XJW_market-square-during-the-civil-war-historical_Harrisburg-PA.html
By the 1860s, many railroad lines met in Harrisburg. Agricultural products, industrial raw materials, and factory-finished goods moved through Harrisburg on the way to every part of the nation. Throughout the Civil War, the Union army depended on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XJV_prelude-to-gettysburg-historical_Harrisburg-PA.html
One of the great debates of our Country's history and legacy is what scholars call "the two Civil Wars": the first a matter of campaigns, generals, and troop movements and the second focusing on the ways that the great conflict affected the daily …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XJU_old-salem-church-historical_Steelton-PA.html
The church which stands at S. Third and Chestnut Streets is the oldest standing church building in Harrisburg, erected in 1822. It however represents the second building on this lot granted by John Harris, Jr. for religious purposed when the Borou…