Battle of Resace De La Palma

Resaca De La Palma

9 May 1846

Marker can be reached from Pitcher Road.

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Tidewater Pipe Co.

Opposite here was station no.1 of the first pipe line to carry oil across the Alleghenies. Built by an early competitor of Standard Oil, it began May 28, 1879, to pump oil 109 miles to Williamsport, Pa.

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Seneca Spring

The spring, 200 yards SW of here, was a stopping place on the ancient Indian trail which crossed the Big Level on the way south. The trail was once the main route from Onondaga, the Iroquois capital, to the Ohio ...

Mt. Equity Plantation

Gov. Thos. McKean, for whom the county was named, purchased here, in 1805, a 299-acre tract. Its name derived from the fact that the purchase was made in part to give Pennsylvania equity of power in lands settled by Connecticut.

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Holley Motor Company

The acclaimed performance carburetor maker began here in 1899. The innovative carburetor on George and Earl Holley’s Motorette car gained the attention of Henry Ford. Soon specializing in this technology, they supplied Ford, and later the aircraft industry, and the ...

Allegheny Portage

The 23-mile crossing from Susquehanna West Branch to the Allegheny River followed Portage Creek to a "canoe place" near this point. From here Indians and pioneers continued on their way by boat down the Allegheny River.

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Smethport

County seat for McKean County since 1807, when land agent Francis King surveyed town lots. The first cabin was built in 1811 by Arnold Hunter; but permanent settlement was delayed until 1822. First courthouse built in 1827.

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Indian Paint Hill

Across the river from here deposits of red ochre and adjacent petroleum springs provided the Indians with raw materials for face and body paint.

Marker is on U.S. 62 0.1 miles south of Thomas Lane, on the right when traveling south. ...

Veterans Flagpole

Dedicated to the Veterans of Putnam County who make possible the flying of these flags from this flagpole

Marker is at the intersection of Marion Street and Jefferson Street on Marion Street.

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Transylvania Pavilion

This building was one of two dependencies for Transylvania University's elaborate, three-storied 1816 structure designed by Lexington architect Matthew Kennedy. Main building burned in 1829. Nine-bayed, it had center pavilion of 5 bays surmounted by a broad pediment. The hip ...