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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19V1_train-station-at-greensburg_Greensburg-PA.html
Road versus Rail—The Lincoln Highway stretches from New York City to San Francisco. In Western Pennsylvania, the Highway converges with the Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line at one location: Greenburg.
The train station at Greensburg, buil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15IQ_fort-ligonier_Ligonier-PA.html
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, seen by 30,000 in Ligonier on September 26, 1958, climaxed his visit with a public address on this site. He sealed into the Century Chain the open Bicentennial Link, using as ax from the fort's artifacts. The Presid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15IP_fort-ligonier_Ligonier-PA.html
This monument marks the site of Fort Ligonier. It was built in 1758 during the French and Indian War by Colonel Henry Bouquet and named by his Commander General John Forbes, in honor of Sir John Ligonier, Commander in-chief of the British Armies. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14VE_loyalhanning_Ligonier-PA.html
Indian village settled by the Delaware soon after their departure from the Susquehanna area in 1727, was located here. The name refers to "middle stream".
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14SW_idlewild-park_Ligonier-PA.html
The longest-operating amusement park in Pennsylvania and among the oldest in the nation. In 1878, Thomas Mellon leased land along his Ligonier Valley Railroad hoping to increase passenger traffic by opening a picnic ground. Amusement rides began t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13EE_the-beginning-of-the-lincoln-highway_Irwin-PA.html
The Lincoln Highway was the first coast-to-coast highway built in 1913. A group of visionary businessmen from the automotive industry, led by Henry B. Joy and Carl Fisher, formed the Lincoln Highway Association.The Association successfully spearhe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13ED_john-irwin-house_Irwin-PA.html
Built 1836 by John Irwin, Nephew of Colonel John Irwin, this brick structure served as an inn for stagecoach passengers on the Greensburg to Pittsburgh Pike at Tinker Run. In 1851 John Irwin laid out the original plan of lots for the town of Irwin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13EB_fannie-sellins_Arnold-PA.html
An organizer for the United Mine Workers, Fannie Sellins was brutally gunned down in Brackenridge on the eve of a nationwide steel strike, on August 26, 1919. Her devotion to the workers' cause made her an important symbolic figure. Both she and J…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11SX_hannastown_Greensburg-PA.html
Site of former county seat of Westmoreland County is just west of here. First county seat west of mountains, 1773. Citizens adopted a Declaration in support of the Revolution, 1775. Burned by the Indians in 1782.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11M6_sion-church-herolds-settlement_Greensburg-PA.html
Pioneers arrived 1755-1760 · Settlement established 1769158 acres called "Good Purpose" preempted for Lutheran Church in 1765.Warrant Granted 1785Patent Granted 1789Log School House and Church built 1772 on site about 300 feet south of this…