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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM278H_kyler-homestead_Philipsburg-PA.html
Located in the 1796 State Road that followed the Indian Path; Conrad Kyler settled here in 1803. Abe Kyler occupied the log house c. 1820 until he sold to Ed Perks. The adjacent Kyler burial ground (Perks Cemetery) has the oldest marked graves in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18LZ_plumbe-forge_Philipsburg-PA.html
About six-tenths mile north are the remains of the forge built by Dr. John Plumbe in 1828. Here, "blooms" were made from pig iron carried from the Bald Eagle Valley by mule. Costs of hauling products to the Pennsylvania Canal caused the forge to c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14U4_philipsburg_Philipsburg-PA.html
"In 1797, to a wilderness of trees 150 feet tall. Clear streams, wild beasts, and friendly Cornplanter Indians, came 12 families who accepted Henry Philips' offer of free land. Here they built Mashannon Town, now Philipsburg.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14U3_halehurst_Philipsburg-PA.html
An Englishman's country estate known previously as Moshannon Hall, built in 1813 by Hardman Philips, brother of Henry Philipsburg's founder in 1797. The house includes 25 rooms and 13 fireplaces.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14U2_union-church_Philipsburg-PA.html
Built of logs in 1820 by Philipsburg pioneers to serve as school and place of worship for all faiths. Remodeled in 1842, church is outstanding example of simplified American Gothic architecture.