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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B2K_the-cost-of-dynamite_Conestoga-PA.html
Dynamite was essential for expedient construction of the A&S. Rock cliffs on the Susquehanna River were blasted for months to create shelves that carried the rails northward, a lower route for the older Port Road and an upper route for the new A&S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B2E_conestoga-indian-town_Millersville-PA.html
The Conestoga Indians
in origin largely the survivors
of the defeated ancient
Susquehannas or Minquas
of Iroquoian stock
located their village
variously on these lands
in the Penn Proprietary
Manor of Conestoga
chiefly west of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AY5_leaman-place-bridge-1893_Paradise-PA.html
Prior to the construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad only Henry Leaman's small farmhouse stood near here. In 1835, Mr. Leaman built a hotel and soon after a railroad station was established. A small village gradually sprung up and by the 1880s &…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AX8_prelude-to-gettysburg-a-desperate-plan_Columbia-PA.html
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Prelude to Gettysburg
One of the great debates of our Country's history and legacy is what scholars call "the two Civil Wars": the first a matter of campaigns, generals, and troop movements and the second focusing on the ways that the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AX7_first-national-bank_Columbia-PA.html
The Columbia Bridge Company was formed in 1811 and began to raise money for a bridge between Columbia and Wrightsville. This business served as the first bank in the community, and by 1814 had used its profits to build the first Columbia-Wrightsvi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AD2_john-durang_Lancaster-PA.html
To the Memory of
John Durang
First native-born American Actor
Born within sight of this building
Jaunary 6, 1768
Erected by
The Theatrical Brotherhood Association
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
January, 1955
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ACR_old-jail_Lancaster-PA.html
The Lancaster jail was located a half block to the north from 1753 to 1851. The last remaining Conestoga Indians were held here in protective custody in 1763. They were killed by a vigilante group, the Paxton Boys. No arrests were made.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ACQ_site-of-conestoga-indian-massacre_Lancaster-PA.html
Site of Conestoga Indian MassacreDecember 27, 1763
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L6V_the-witness-tree_Mount-Joy-PA.html
On this sacred spot for 260 years stood the majestic white oak tree known as the Witness Tree. Despite preservation efforts, the tree succumbed to old age and was solemnly removed on June 3, 1991. Its memory symbolizes the patriotism and love of f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L6U_the-witness-tree-monument_Mount-Joy-PA.html
Beneath this Witness Tree a new born patriotism found notable expressionOn a Sunday morning in September 1777 an express rider came to tell the congregation of Donegal Church that the British army under Lord Howe had left New York to invade Pennsy…