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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KW7_scotland-school-for-veterans-children_Chambersburg-PA.html
Established in 1895 as the Pa. Soldiers' Orphans Industrial School, the state-run institution provided primary and secondary education to veterans' children in a residential setting. About 10,000 boys and girls were instilled with a sense of patri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KW6_shippensburg_Shippensburg-PA.html
Founded 1730 by Edward Shippen. Second oldest town in the state west of the Susquehanna River. Important community on colonial frontier. Temporary seat of Cumberland Co., whose first courts were held here in 1750-51.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KVW_site-of-fort-mccord_Chambersburg-PA.html
The site of Fort McCord where twenty-seven pioneer settlers men, women and children were massacred by Indian savages or carried into captivity, April 1st, 1756, was a few rods south east of this spot. In the list of victims were Mary McCord, Mrs…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KVV_fort-mccord_Chambersburg-PA.html
Built by the settlers; named for John McCord. Burnt April 1, 1756, by Indians, who killed or carried into captivity 27 persons. The site is marked, about 500 feet away.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KVN_mercersburg_Mercersburg-PA.html
Founded c.1750 as "Black's Town" and called "Smith's Town" after 1759. Renamed "Mercersburg" in 1786 to honor Hugh Mercer, a Scot, who came to this area c.1749, established a local medical practice and served with dis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KVM_mercersburg-borough_Mercersburg-PA.html
Mercersburg Borough was incorporated in 1831 with a population of 700. This lot was the site of the first Town jail and an early band shell. F. Keagy built Borough Hall in 1904 for $4304.38; G. Seylor added the clock tower in 1909 for $375. South …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KVL_browns-mill-school_Chambersburg-PA.html
Built in 1836. Used until 1921 as one-room elementary school.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KVK_old-browns-mill-school_Chambersburg-PA.html
Originally known as Trinity Church and School. Erected in 1836 at land donated by Lazarus Brown for free school and non denominational church purposes. Funds ($391.36) for this building were contributed by 51 citizens. Used by Antrim Twp. until 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KVJ_dr-henry-harbaugh_Waynesboro-PA.html
Pennsylvania-German author, theologian, and educator, 1817-1867, was born one and one-half miles distant. The house is marked by a monument.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KVI_snow-hill-cloister_Waynesboro-PA.html
An offshoot of Ephrata Cloister in Lancaster County, deriving its name from the Snowberger family active in its foundation. Composed of widows, widowers, and single persons, with goods held in common, it prospered from 1814 until the Civil War
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