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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM45K_reservoir-park_Harrisburg-PA.html
This land, the largest park in south-central Pennsylvania, and which crowns the city's summit, contrastingly complements Harrisburg's magnificent riverfront. Originally known as Prospect Hill because of its lofty vantage points, the name was chang…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM45J_state-arsenal_Harrisburg-PA.html
As early as the days of John Harris in the mid-18th Century, Harrisburg has well provided for the storage and distribution of military munitions and supplies. Even prior to the completion of the first state capitol building in 1822, an arsenal was…
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Here is established Harrisburg's oldest and largest Cemetery and final resting place of many noted individuals of national, state and local importance in all walks of life. Chartered in 1845, the Cemetery was created just outside the limits of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM45H_mount-pleasant-press-the-j-horace-mcfarland-company_Harrisburg-PA.html
Located in this building at Mulberry and Crescent Streets was what became known as the "Switchboard of America," the printing business and national clearinghouse operation of J. Horace McFarland (1859-1948), one of Harrisburg's most famous nationa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM45F_harris-switch-tower_Harrisburg-PA.html
By 1929, Harrisburg's growth as a freight and passenger rail hub in the eastern United States necessitated the introduction of new rail interlocking technologies to guide the convergence of high volume locomotive traffic through the city. At that …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM452_pennsylvania-canal_Harrisburg-PA.html
The rise of Harrisburg's importance and distinction as one of the major transportation centers in the eastern United States was launched on March 14, 1827, by the laying of the cornerstone at the eastern end of Walnut Street downtown for the const…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM44Z_soldiers-and-sailors-memorial-bridge_Harrisburg-PA.html
The master plan for the development of the Pennsylvania Capitol Complex was expanded at the close of World War I to include the erection of a colossal bridge which would memorialize those who fought in that War. Such a bridge would punctuate the f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM44R_paxton-church_Harrisburg-PA.html
A short way from here is early 18th century Paxton Church. The first pastor was installed in 1732. In the churchyard are buried John Harris, founder of Harrisburg, Senator William Maclay, and many other eminent leaders.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM442_reily-hose-company-no-10_Harrisburg-PA.html
The explosion in the growth of Uptown Harrisburg in the last two decades of the 19th Century required the construction of a new fire station, the first to be located north of Reily Street. On July 11, 1885, the Reily Hose Company was organized and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM441_simon-cameron-school_Harrisburg-PA.html
Although Harrisburg's northern boundary when incorporated as a city in 1860 reached as far as Maclay Street, it would not be until the early 1890's that development widely occurred above Reily Street. Local homebuilder Benjamin Engle launched the …
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