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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26YQ_boston-store-livery-garage_Erie-PA.html
Built in 1906 for John P. Dugan livery on the site of Lafayette House, an early hotel. It is the only livery building left from that once important trade centered on lower French Street.
From 1916 to 1961, this was livery and later garage for t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26YP_dedicated-to-those-in-northwestern-pa-wounded-in-all-wars-a-war-memorial_Erie-PA.html
Combat Wounded Veterans
1782 Military Order of The Purple Heart 1932
My stone is red for
the blood they shed.
The medal I bear
is my country's way
to show they care.
If I could be seen
by all mankind
maybe peace will
come in my lifet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26YO_northwest-pa-purple-heart-memorial_Erie-PA.html
In February 1932, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, then-Army Chief of Staff, announced that the War Department was reviving Gen. George Washington's badge of military merit as a new decoration: the Purple Heart. Since then, more than one million Americans …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26YN_horace-greeley_Erie-PA.html
Herein resided
during the years of 1830-1831
Horace Greeley
printer, editor and founder of
the New York Tribune
"Go west, young man, go west"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26YM_freshwater-fishing-capital_Erie-PA.html
Peak Catches
Blue Pike - 1931 - 3,600,000 lbs.
Lake Whitefish - 1946 - 8,300,000 lbs.
Lake Herring - 1949 - 6,700,000 lbs.
Pound netting (Drawing shows pound net from above) - Placing standing nets in shallow water that funnel fish into a sm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26YL_dobbins-landing_Erie-PA.html
Dobbins Landing Timeline
1995
Bicentennial Tower built to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Erie.
1986
Public Dock renamed Dobbins Landing in honor of pioneer mariner Daniel Dobbins.
1926
Nicholson Ferry to Port Dover begins operation…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26YK_fort-de-la-presqu-ile_Erie-PA.html
A French Frontier Fort
Fort de la Presqu'ile was the first in a proposed line of forts that would guard a route to the Mississippi. The lofty goal for 1753 was to build four ports, Presqu'ile, le Boeuf, Machault, and Duquesne. By the late summer …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26YI_perry-200-commemoration_Erie-PA.html
[Front:]
Don't Give Up the Ship
September 10, 1813
American Squadron
Lawrence
Niagara
Caledonia
Ariel
Somers
Trippe
Porcupine
Tigress
Scorpion
"We have met the enemy and they are ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26YF_korean-war-memorial-a-war-memorial_Erie-PA.html
Dedicated to those men and women who so gallantly served their country during the Korean War 1950 - 1953
[Left side:]
Erie County
Korean Veterans Killed In Action
ACKERMAN, Robert Charles
AMES, William H.
BALDWIN, William Charles
BENT…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26YE_erie-steam-bakery_Erie-PA.html
Bakery began in 1842 at 5th & Sassafras. In 1873 moved west of here (E. 4th St. Parking Lot). By 1888 considered "the oldest, largest, most perfectly equipped establishment of the kind in Pennsylvania." Using steam in baking process, it was known …