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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L0E_union-canal-tunnel_Lebanon-PA.html
Designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1970, this tunnel is the oldest existing transportation tunnel in the United States. At the time of its construction it was considered a work almost unknown in this country.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L0C_union-canal-company-of-pennsylvania_Lebanon-PA.html
Proposed by William Penn in 1690 to tap the agricultural wealth of the Commonwealth and give access to a second settlement on the Susquehanna River, the Canal was the first ever surveyed in the United States. This was done by David Rittenhouse and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IOM_james-lick_Fredericksburg-PA.html
The California financier and philanthropist, donor of the Lick Observatory, was born in Fredericksburg, Aug. 21, 1796. The Lick family monuments may be seen in the local cemetery.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ACF_sattazahn-lutheran-church_Jonestown-PA.html
Founded by German immigrants who settled as early as 1729. Initially served by traveling missionaries including John Caspar Stoever, Jr., first Lutheran pastor to visit regularly. A log structure was built about 1756; this church erected 1872. Nam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ACA_transporation-corps-unit-training-center_Jonestown-PA.html
A stevedore training program was established in 1942 at Fort Indiantown Gap. Soldiers were trained to load and unload cargo using three wood and concrete dry land ships. Many recruits were African Americans whose companies were segregated from the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPZL_caspar-wistar_Richland-PA.html
One Red Roseis annually paid byTrinity Reformed Churchto the heirs ofCaspar Wistarof Philadelphia who in 1738gave 100 acres of landfor church and school purposesThe congregation was formedby Reformed familiesamong the Tulpehocken settlersThe first…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPYB_tulpehocken-evangelical-and-reformed-church_Richland-PA.html
Organized in 1727 by Tulpehocken settlers. Since 1745, one red rose has been paid annually by the Church to the heirs of Caspar Wistar as rental for the land granted by him for erection of the second place of worship. Since 1902, a white rose, a t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPY3_union-canal_Myerstown-PA.html
This canal was in use from 1828-1884. About .3 mile south, at the Tulpehocken, are remains of one of the locks by which boats descended from the summit level north of Lebanon to the Schulkill at Reading.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLJA_indiantown-gap-military-reservation_Annville-PA.html
Authorized in 1929, first land bought in 1931, and first used by the National Guard in 1932. In 1940 it was leased to the Federal government as an Army cantonment. The total area is now more than 16,000 acres.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLJ7_blue-mountain-forts_Annville-PA.html
In 1763-64, from a line of six loghouse stations to the north, settlers were defended by the Paxton Rangers - volunteers paid by Pennsylvania's Provincial government. Fort Hunter was on the Susquehanna just north of Blue Mountain, and the other fi…