PA Historical Markers

PA 72, just south of PA 443 junction, near iron bridge, 4 miles NW Lickdale.

US 22 near PA 343, just south of Fredericksburg.

PA 72, 5 miles NW of Lebanon.

Tunnelhill Rd, Lebanon.

400 S 8th St, Lebanon.

US 422 and E Main St, 3 miles east of Myerstown.

On church on old US 422 near Berks Co line, Myerstown.

Boyd St & Gold Rd, Cornwall.

Boyd St (old US 322), Cornwall.

I know this one doesn't qualify as it's not on the PA Marker list
but it has an interesting story so I'll add it. I don't care if it
counts towards my marker total either. Just thought it was interesting.
Cloudy day & wrong smart phone settings.



It's on a road of the same name which is a fun road to travel!!

I travel that road quite a bit. It's a good way to get to the river. I never noticed that sign.

108 S Main St.

155 S Main St

Rt 94 at state line.

Washington County - County courthouse, Main St. & Cherry Way, Washington



Col. George Morgan - Morganza Road and West McMurray Road, Canonsburg


John McMillan - US 19 near Rt. 519, S of Canonsburg


Reverend John McMillan - Junction US 19 & PA 519, S of Canonsburg (Next to the sign)


Delvin Miller - Entrance to the Meadows Racetrack & Casino, 210 Racetrack Rd., Washington


Washington - 40.18047°N 80.23575°W


James G. Blaine - 238 Main St., West Brownsville


California Boatyards - Borough library (old railroad station), Wood St., California


John K Tener - 7th & Fallowfield Sts., Charleroi


Cement City - McKean Ave. (Pa. 837), South Donora


1948 Donora Smog - Meldon Ave. (Pa. 837) at Fifth St., Donora


Whiskey Point - Main St. (PA 136/88/837) betw. First St. & Park Ave., Monongahela


The Mounds - 40.19855°N 79.93258°W


Monongahela - Main Street (Pa. 88) at 5th St. at Municipal Building, Monongahela


Monongahela - Pa. 88 at 7th St., in Monongahela's Chess Park


Monongahela - Pa. 136 at Chess St., in small park


Capt. Philo McGiffin - Main & Beau Sts., Washington (in front of Courthouse)


Declaration and Address - 122 S. Main St., Washington


Globe Inn - 155 S. Main St., Washington


LeMoyne Crematory - Opposite 815 S. Main St. (SR 2001), S end of Washington


LeMoyne House - 49 E. Maiden St., Washington


Rebecca Harding Davis - Lincoln St. near Strawberry Alley, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington


Washington and Jefferson College - At main building, opposite 27 College Ave., and Beau St. between College and Lincoln, Washington


Edward Acheson - SW corner of Main & Maiden Sts., Washington


Augusta Town - U.S. 40, 3 miles SW of Washington


Wolff's Fort - U.S. 40, 3.3 miles SW of Washington


Washington - National Rd. (US 40) near Coffeys Crossing Rd (Rt. 526), W of Washington, near Finney


National Road - U.S. 40, 3.6 miles SW of Washington


William Holmes McGuffey - U.S. 40 at McGuffey High School/Middle School, just W of Pa. 221, E of Claysville


Miller's Blockhouse - U.S. 40, 3.5 miles W of Claysville


Ralston Thresher - Pa. 844 at West Middletown


Doddridge's Fort - Pa. 844 west of Pa. 231 at Sugar Run Road, 2.5 miles W of Middletown


Meadowcroft Rockshelter - 401 Meadowcroft Rd., Avella


Cross Creek Church - SR 4029 at Cross Creek, E of Pa. 18


David Reed - Pa. 50, 3 miles west of Pa. 980, near Venice


George Washington - Southview Rd., N of PA 150, Venice


McDonald Oil Field - 701 W Lincoln Ave. SR 980, at Heritage Park Plaza, McDonald


Elisha McCurdy - SR 4004 (old U.S. 22) near Pa. 18, Florence


Washington - Murtland Ave. (US 19) at North Ave., NE edge of Washington


The Gantz Oil Well marker in Washington is missing. If you look at the location on StreetView you will see an empty pole. It looks the same now, almost 2 years since the StreetView shot was taken. Also, should the "other" Bradford House marker be listed as "Missing" since it was taken out of service and replaced with the current one? It's an unusual situation, I'm not sure how it should be handled for recordkeeping.

I have a few from Brownsville, Fayette County as well. I haven't gone through there in earnest yet, but since Brownsville was just across the bridge I decided to investigate.

Steamboat Enterprise/Boatbuilding Center. This is a marker with different items on each side - unique to my experience! - Dunlap's Creek Park, Bank Street, Brownsville



Dunlap's Creek Bridge - At bridge, Market Street, Brownsville


Brashear House - 6th & Union Sts. (old U.S. 40), Brownsville


Brownsville - Off U.S. 40 at Brownsville


Philander Knox - 322 Front St. St., Brownsville

Are all these in one day? If so, that is an awesome ride.

Great pics!

Thanks! Yes one day, the day before Memorial Day - I designed the trip around the markers. I've done several of those in the past year and I rather like it. It makes for a diverse ride; country, city and everything in between. This one was a little over 7 hours end to end from my place.

By any chance did you you take photos of the marker subjects to include? There were several interesting markers that would be interesting to have seen the subject. If you have any, could you please include? Thanks.

When I started the WV Historical Markers Tag, I asked all contributors to take a few photos of the subject - makes it more interesting, in my humble opinion.

I like the way our West Virginia friend thinks. Let's see if we can step this thread up a bit and include some pictures of what the marker is talking about, if possible. At least try to dig up a link to more information about the subject.

Greetings from West Virginia. As the founder of the WV Historical Markers thread back in 2009, I have found marker hunting and the historical research associated with it to be very interesting. You guys in PA sure are blessed with lots of markers and history.

Our son just married a PA girl (Shippensburg) last month, so we were around that area and Caledonia State Park for several days. Beautiful area and lots of markers.

My wife is going to be out of town visiting family for a few weeks in mid-late July, so I am planning a ride/camp to Franklin County (Shippensburg/Chambersburg) to photograph all markers in that county. I just wanted to check to make sure nobody had Franklin County on their radar scope over the next few weeks. I'd hate to do all the planning and then find out someone posted them all the night before I leave. That would be my luck.

Anyhow, if you see an old guy on a Burgman 650 Scooter taking marker photos in mid-late July in Franklin Co and along Historic Rt 30 from York to Pittsburgh, wave - it's probably me.

Thanks!



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