Newburg and Hopewell Township World War II Memorial

Dedicated to the Glory of God and the Citizens of Newburg Penna, and Hopewell Township, who served their country in the cause of freedom

World War II

These died that liberty might not perish

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Theron Hensel

David Palmer

Franklin Wheeler

The two outside panels contain the ...

Portage Path North Terminus

The North Terminus canoe landing of the Portage Path was located here along the Cuyahoga River. The 1797 survey of the trail began at a black cherry tree on the south bank of the river. If standing today, that tree ...

Mt. Victory Church Cemetery

Former site of

Mt. Victory U.B. - E.U.B. - U.M. Church

Founders:

William Coulson •

Calvin Coulson •

Alfred Albert

Dedicated 1889

Razed 1992

Marker is at the intersection of Baltimore - Carlisle Pike (Pennsylvania Route 94) and Victory Church Road, on the right when traveling south on ...

The Old Portage Path

The Old Portage, an eight-mile overland connection between the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas Rivers, was the longer of two portages used by prehistoric peoples and early settlers. This was just one link in the water route between Lake Erie and the ...

Ships That Carried the Name Savannah

A number of ships carried the name "Savannah." They included warships and merchant vessels. One of the most important was the SS Savannah, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Near the turn of the 20th century two steamers ...

Site of Civil War Hospital

This area was on a route used by Federal and Confederate troops as they made maneuvers between the Northern and Southern states. As they traveled thru, their sick and wounded were often left here for treatment. Dr. James Carson Weir, ...

Confederate Enlistment Station

Red Boiling Springs served as a station during the early part of the war between the states. The 30th TN. Infantry regiment was officially organized Oct. 22nd 1861 with the following companies enrolled here.

Co. A, Co. B were men from ...

Old First Parish Burying Ground

1630 - 1930

Original plot given by the first settler, Richard Tarr, who was buried here in 1732. Here lie most of the early settlers and many of the officers and soldiers of the French and Indian, Revolutionary and 1812 Wars.

Marker ...

Traveling the Lincoln Highway

Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor

Carved out of a remote wilderness, McConnellsburg served the flood of travelers heading west in the late 18th century. Taverns, like the Fulton House, sprang up all along the packhorse trail from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.

Whether by foot, ...

The Old Parker Tavern - 1680

1630 - 1930

One-eighth of a mile to "the

simple home of an ordinary man,

not wealthy, not particularly

distinguished, but a type of the

God-fearing yeomanry .... as

Ephraim Parker left it, it

remains today an unchanged

relic in the ...