Juniata County

Formed on March 2, 1831 from Mifflin County. Named for the Juniata River, and noted for its scenery and wildlife. Indian trails, turnpike, canal and railroad made the area a major route for trade and travel. Mifflintown, county seat, was ...

Colonel James Robertson

In honor of

Colonel James Robertson

Born 1742 in Virginia

Died 1814 in Tennessee

He came from eastern North Carolina to the Watauga Settlement in what is now eastern Tennessee 1769-1770, where he was a leader in Civil and Indian Affairs.

Conducted the "Land Party" ...

Jones Crossroads

Troup and Harris County residents first settled at the crossroads of the LaGrange-Whitesville-Columbus Stagecoach route and the West Point to King's Gap

Road in the late 1820's. Named for local landowner, Christopher Columbus Jones (1831-1904 and his son Monroe, Jones Crossroads ...

Brigadier General Peter Gansevoort, Jr.

Colonel in the Continental Army. Served in Canada with Montgomery in 1775 in campaign against Quebec. Successfully defended Fort Stanwix in 1777 against the allied British and Indian forces under St.Leger, preventing their junction with Burgoyne at Saratoga. He took ...

Gov. John Floyd

Near here is grave of John Floyd, 1783-1837. Governor of Virginia, 1830-1834; champion of the Oregon Country and of States' Rights; leader in the formation of the Whig Party; bitter foe of administration of President Andrew Jackson.

Marker is at the ...

Joe Brennan Saloon

Historical Plaza Walking Tour Stop 12

Nicknamed "Gambler's Roost", Brennan's Saloon on the south side of this street was a favorite of the sporting crowd. One of the most notorious gunmen in the west, Ben Thompson, ran the Faro tables here. ...

Governor John Floyd

Born, Jefferson County, Kentucky,

April 24, 1783 a distinguished son

of the American frontier, he served

his nation as a soldier, physician,

and legislator. Following service

as an officer in the Virginia Militia,

and as a surgeon in the War of 1812,

he was elected to terms ...

Jake New's Saloon

Historical Plaza Walking Tour Stop 17

The Old Cattle Trail into Ellsworth passed down Douglas Avenue (Hwy. 14). Cattle were herded through town and circled to the west where they were penned in the extensive Kansas Pacific Stockyards (7). John Kelly's ...

Ignacy Jan Paderewski

(1860-1941)

The Buckingham was the last residence of Ignacy Jan Paderewski, first Prime Minister of Poland, great pianist, composer and friend of six U.S. presidents, whose efforts restored the independence of Poland at the end of World War I.

Paderewski debuted at ...

Jahn's Restaurant & Ice Cream Parlor

On this site formerly stood Union Center's "Landmark" Jahn's Restaurant and Ice Cream parlor. In Union from 1962 thru 1998.

Marker is at the intersection of Stuyvesant Ave and Rosemont Ave North on Stuyvesant Ave.

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