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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YL4_soldiers-orphan-school_Kingsley-PA.html
In commemoration of the deeds
of valor of her native sons in
the War of the Rebellion, the
State of Pennsylvania maintained
the Harford Soldiers Orphan
School on these grounds from
1865 to 1901 for the education
of their children.
With g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-b2ed6_original-congregational-bell_Kingsley-PA.html
Installed in 1836
Removed in 1941
and replaced by
Methodist Bell
of 1878
Placed here in 1978
Bell donated by
Dr. Ray A. Barnard
Mounting in memory of
Devere B. Decker
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OGF_galusha-grow_Kingsley-PA.html
Father of the Homestead Act, opening western lands to free settlement in 1862, lived at nearby Glenwood. Speaker of the House, 1861-63, and member of Congress, 1893-1903. Died in 1907; buried in Harford Cemetery a few miles from here.