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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRKK_dekalbs-division-learneds-brigade_Wayne-PA.html
Continental Army— Valley Forge December 19 1777 June 18 1778 — DeKalb's Division Major General Baron DeKalbLearned's BrigadeMajor General Baron DeKalbLearned's BrigadeBrig. General Ebenezer Learned Commanding 2nd Massachusetts In…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPX4_first-assembly-of-abington-friends-meeting_Shiloh-PA.html
The first religious meeting hereabout, now known as Abington Meeting of the Society of Friends (Quakers) was held here in 1683. This was the home of Richard and Joan Wall who came from Hasfield near Cheltenham England in 1682. Their granddaughter,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPWN_shoemaker-bosler-mill-site_Madison-PA.html
The first mill on the site erected in 1746 was owned and operated by Dorothy Penrose Shoemaker, a descendant of Richard Wall. In 1847 their neighbor and employee Charles Bosler, whose business was hauling grain to the mill and flour to the city, b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPWM_shoemaker-bosler-mill-site_Madison-PA.html
In 1746 a corn-grist mill powered by a water wheel was erected here on a mill race of Tookany Creek. It was owned and operated by Dorothy Penrose Shoemaker, a descendant of Richard Wall, in partership with Richard Mather and John Tyson. Eventually…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPWJ_wall-house-the-ivy_Madison-PA.html
Original section, dated from 1682, was built by Richard Wall on land granted by William Penn. An early meeting place of the Society of Friends, 1683-1702. Additions were built about 1725 and 1805. Sarah Wall married George Shoemaker, 1694, and the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPWH_st-pauls-episcopal-church_Athens-PA.html
Oldest church building in Cheltenham Township, consecrated 1861. Founder was Jay Cooke (1821-1905), "financier of the Civil War." Cemetery, laid out 1879 and enlarged 1905, contains his mausoleum and graves of prominent area residents. Church orig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPVT_thomas-rowland-sons-shovel-works_Cheltenham-PA.html
High quality shovels and spades were produced at the Rowland Mill complex near here, founded by Benjamin Rowland, Jr. in 1795. The millworks, operated until 1901 by the Rowland family, gained an international reputation and helped to establish the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJSQ_union-library_Hatboro-PA.html
Union Library Housebuilt by a donation fromNathan Holt1849 Union Library Companyof HatboroughFounded in the year1755
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJDY_valley-creek_King-of-Prussia-PA.html
Valley Creek flows through the historic Village of Valley Forge to its confluence with the Schuykill River, just downstream of this point. Once the primary source of water and power for a bustling town, it now is one of the park's most important n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJDW_remembering-valley-forge_King-of-Prussia-PA.html
The perseverance of the soldiers at Valley Forge is a beloved American story. Long-discussed ideas for commemoration of their sacrifices were implemented after the disruption of the Civil War, when the centennials of both the Declaration of Indepe…
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