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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9MT_lynching-of-zachariah-walker_Coatesville-PA.html
An African American steelworker, Walker was burned to death by a mob near here on August 13, 1911. He was accused of killing Edgar Rice, a white security guard and a former borough policeman. Fifteen local men and teenage boys were indicted for th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56U_philadelphia-lancaster-turnpike-road_Coatesville-PA.html
This was the nations first major toll road, built by a private company incorporated 1792 by the state legislature. Completed two years later and praised as the finest highway of its day, the stone-and-gravel turnpike stretched 62 miles. The 35th m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56T_john-g-parke_Coatesville-PA.html
Born in this vicinity on Sept. 22, 1827, the noted Army Engineer is remembered chiefly for having set the exact boundary between the Oregon Territory and Canada. His survey, begun in 1857, was halted by service in the Civil War and was not complet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56S_whittier-c-atkinson_Coatesville-PA.html
Founded Clement Atkinson Memorial Hospital here, 1936, offering quality health care to all despite inability to pay. First African American president of Chester County Medical Society; Pa. Practitioner of the year, 1960. A 1924 graduate of Howard …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM56Q_peter-bezellon_Coatesville-PA.html
Famed Indian trader and interpreter bought a tract of 500 acres in this area in 1736. This site is a part of the tract. He died in 1742. Bezellon and his wife, Martha, lie buried in St. John's churchyard at Compass, Penna.