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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKY7_hanover-church_Palmyra-PA.html
About two miles north is the site of this pioneer Presbyterian church founded in 1736. First pastor was Richard Sankey. In the graveyard are buried many first settlers and veterans of frontier wars and the American Revolution.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKY5_pennsylvania-state-police_Hershey-PA.html
First uniformed state police force of its kind in the nation, created by an Act of the General Assembly May 2, 1905, signed by Governor Samuel Pennypacker. The force was formed in response to concern over labor and capital unrest, especially the A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKY4_wilt-chamberlains-scoring-record_Hershey-PA.html
In a basketball game played here on March 2, 1962, Philadelphia Warrior center Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points against the New York Knicks - a record for points scored by a single player in any National Basketball Association game. The Warriors…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKY3_union-canal_Harrisburg-PA.html
At Union Deposit, five miles south, can be seen remains of this canal. It connected the Susquehanna at Middletown with the Schuylkill at Reading. Suggested by William Penn, the canal was surveyed in 1762. Completed in 1828; abandoned in 1885.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKY2_barnetts-fort_Harrisburg-PA.html
North at the head of Beaver Creek, Joseph Barnett's loghouse was a frontier refuge in 1756-63 against Indians raiding the frontier. His son William was stolen by Indians in 1756 and not recovered until 1763 by Col. Henry Bouquet.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKY1_pattons-fort_Harrisburg-PA.html
Nearby stood Patton's Fort, a station of the Paxton Rangers, who defended the gaps and farmsteads along the Blue Mountains from the Susquehanna River to Swatara Creek, near Indiantown, against Indian raids from 1756 to 1763.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKXZ_old-webster-elementary-school_Harrisburg-PA.html
This marvelous Tudor Revival-styled facility is one of the oldest buildings in Harrisburg still standing that was originally erected for use as a school and is the oldest schoolhouse on Allsion Hill. Prior to the industrialization of eastern Harri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKXY_a-carson-stamm-residence_Harrisburg-PA.html
This stately Georgian Revival-styled edifice at 333. S. Thirteenth Street was completed in 1909 as the home of prominent Harrisburg attorney A. Carson Stamm (1863-1939); The building is unique both in location as a single home nestled within the o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCZ1_clarks-ferry-bridge-company_Duncannon-PA.html
William Jennings - PresidentChristian W. Lynch - Vice-presidentWilliam Wills - SecretaryPatrick F. Duncan - TreasurerFrank M. Masters - Chief EngineerRalph Modjeski - Consulting EngineerPaul P. Cret - Consulting ArchitectThe Vang Const. Co. - Cont…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM832_fort-manada_Grantville-PA.html
In this vicinity stood James Brown's log house-fort, named Fort Manda when garrisoned as an outpost of Fort Swatara from January, 1756 to May, 1757. Its usual complement consisted of 21 officers and men. No description of the fort has survived.
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