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Early Bible

In a log cabin located on this site, Charles Frederick Goeb printed a Bible in 1813. It was the first Bible printed west of the Allegheny Mountains.

Marker is on West Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 31) 0.1 miles east of South ...

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Maurice K. Goddard

(1912-1995)

Served five governors from 1955 to 1979 in an extraordinary career as Secretary of the former Departments of Environmental Resources and Forests and Waters. Goddard significantly expanded the state park system, established state forest natural and wild areas, and professionalized ...

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Cook Memorial Library

Has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on North Milwaukee Avenue, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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The Mother Rudd Barn

Historic Garden

The Mother Rudd Home is the oldest building in Warren Township. It served as a stagecoach stop, inn, tavern and post office. After the organization of the township in 1850, it was the official town hall and all caucuses ...

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Strasburg Rail Road

Established in 1832 in response to the Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad's bypass of Strasburg, it remains the oldest American railroad operating under its original charter. Local railroad enthusiasts saved it from abandonment in 1958 and developed it as one of ...

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The Water Tower

Was designed by the Architectural Firm of Holabird and Roche and is a classic example of Military Architecture. It was built in 1891 and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of Interior ...

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Fort Sheridan

This U.S. Army Post was named after Civil War Cavalry General Philip Sheridan, to honor his many services to Chicago (1868-1883).

The Commercial Club of Chicago, concerned since 1877 with the need for a military garrison, was motivated by the Haymarket ...

The History of Sunset Park

The members of the Minden Town Board selected this site, on the Minden-Gardnerville boundary and adjacent to the telephone company offices, as a particularly appropriate location for what they have named "Sunset Park".

In the early 1900's, United Farmers Telephone and ...

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Miller County

This County, created by Act of the Legislature February 26, 1856, is named for Judge Andrew J. Miller who died in 1856. A Commander of the Oglethorpe Infantry, he served in the legislature for more than twenty years and was ...

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Fort Hughes

Four blocks west is the site of Fort Hughes, built in 1817, by the 7th Regiment of the U.S. Infantry under the command of Captain John M. McIntosh. This fort served as a protection for foraging parties and as a ...

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