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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWB5_toll-house_Greensburg-PA.html
Just northeast of here stood 1 of 5 gates of Greensburg-Pittsburgh Turnpike Road Company The turnpike, a section of the Pittsburgh-Philadelphia road, was completed in 1817. Over it, passed goods in trade between east and west.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWB4_bushy-run_Jeannette-PA.html
Four miles to the north, at Bushy Run, an army under Colonel Henry Bouquet defeated the Indians August 5-6, 1763. This raised the siege of Fort Pitt and opened the gateway for settlement of the West. It is now a State Park.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWB3_bushy-run_Delmont-PA.html
Three miles to the south, at Bushy Run, an army under Colonel Henry Bouquet defeated the Indians, August 5-6, 1763. This raised the siege of Fort Pitt and opened the gateway for settlement of the West. It is now a State Park.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU8N_christian-b-anfinsen_Monessen-PA.html
Noted biochemist, born in Monessen. Recipient, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1972, for his pioneering study into the structure of the enzyme called "ribonuclease." A laboratory chief, National Institutes of Health, 1950-1982; he taught at Johns Hopkin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTDJ_forbes-road_Murrysville-PA.html
On the hill one mile south was located the Washington Camp. This base for Forbes Road was built Nov. 1758 by Col. George Washington, "Commanding the Troops to ye Westward," on the order of Colonel Henry Bouquet.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTDI_forbes-road_Murrysville-PA.html
On the hill one mile south was located the Washington Camp. This base for Forbes Road was built Nov. 1758 by Col. George Washington, "Commanding the Troops to ye Westward," on the order of Colonel Henry Bouquet.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTDH_murrysville-gas-well_Murrysville-PA.html
First gas well in county, and one of world's most productive. Drilled, 1878. Caught fire in 1881, burning for years with tremendous roar and brilliance. Later was controlled and piped to Pittsburgh. Site lies 500 yards S.E. near railroad.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR5A_vandergrift_Vandergrift-PA.html
Hailed by historian Ida Tarbell as America's "most important industrial town," with homes owned by the workers. Founded 1895 by George G. McMurtry, president, Apollo Iron and Steel Company Named for Captain Jacob J. Vandergrift, and designed by th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQQ8_mammoth-mine-explosion_Scottdale-PA.html
On January 27, 1891, an explosion in the nearby Mammoth Number 1 Mine of the H.C. Frick Coke Company killed 109 coal miners. Seventy-nine of the dead were buried in a mass grave here in Saint John's Cemetery. This disaster was the worst one known …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMME7_braddocks-military-road-1755-three-springs-camp_Irwin-PA.html
This tablet marks the most probable site of General Braddock's nineteenth camp. Here Braddock's army camped July 7, 1755, en route to capture Fort Du Quesne. The Turtle Creek defile with its deep and rugged ravines, and its steep and almost perpen…
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