The Grandin Well

At oil spring across river at this point J. L. Grandin began second well drilled specifically for oil, Aug., 1859, after Drake's success. It was dry, showing risks involved in oil drilling.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 62 and ...

This tablet mark's the Site of Doolittle's Tavern

This tablet mark's the Site of Doolittle's Tavern, Headquarters of Gov. Meigs during the quartering of Gen. Hull's Army at Urbana in the War of 1812.

Marker is at the intersection of North Main Street (U.S. 68) and Miami Street (U.S. ...

Appomattox County Eternal Flame

War Memorial

(East Side):World War I

James R. Beasley

Jerry S. Beasley

James T. Cyrus

Edward B. Gunter

Robert F. Irving

Sam J. Harvey

Herman L. Lee

Thomas A. Owen

Phillip B. Swan

Campbell W. Teeter

Melvin M. Watkins

Melvin Watson

John L. Deaner

(North Side):World War II

George D. Akers • James D. Lee

Dewey C. ...

Port Allegany

Travel point since pioneer days, when travelers coming overland from the Susquehanna continued by water from "Canoe Place". The town grew as a center of lumber and tanning industry. Its descriptive present name came into use about 1840.

Marker is on ...

Diamond Match Lumber Co.

The original building was destroyed in the fire of 1924. Six months later the present building opened as a hardware store. It has the pressed concrete walls and pressed tin ceiling typical of fire measures taken when the town was ...

Licking Furnace/Iron Made in Kentucky

Built three blocks east in 1859 by Swift's Iron and Steel Works. As rebuilt in 1869, it was 65 feet high, with a maximum diameter inside of 16 feet. Its annual capacity was 17,000 tons of iron, using Connellsville coke ...

Winchester Soldiers' Memorial

Soldiers

Memorial

Marker is on Crown Street 0.1 miles south of Munro Place, on the left when traveling south.

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Refugee Towns

This part of the Allegheny was allotted to Munsee and other displaced Indians by the Seneca before 1750. In 1767-70 Zeisberger worked among these refugee groups, then occupying three towns along the river here.

Marker is on President Road (U.S. 62) ...

Howard Zahniser

(1906-1964)

Conservationist and architect of National Wilderness Preservation System Act of 1964. Although he died four months before President Lyndon Johnson signed the bill, his efforts led to the preservation of over 100 million acres across the nation. Zahniser was born ...

Fort William Henry Harrison

1811 - - 1822

Built by Gov. Harrison, Oct., 1811, enroute to Tippecanoe to disperse the Indians at Prophet's Town.

Capt. Zachary Taylor defended the Fort against a savage Indian attack, Sept., 1812.

De-activated in 1822.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 41 ...