Cambria County

Formed March 26, 1804 out of Huntingdon and Somerset counties. Its name, dating from Roman Britain, means "Wales." County seat, Ebensburg, was incorporated 1825. Famed Portage Railroad extended west to Johnstown. Birthplace of Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary.

Marker is at ...

Site of the Redoubt

Site of the redoubt

thrown up here in October, 1776

by American troops

under General Heath to protect

the retreat of

Washington’s Army from New York

to White Plains.

Erected under the auspices of Woodlawn Cemetery and the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society.

Marker is on Heliotrope ...

Confederate Obelisk-Chimney

(West side)

This

Obelisk-Chimney,

Sole remnant of the extensive

powder-works here erected

under the auspices of the

Confederate Government.

Is, by the Confederate

Survivors Association

of Augusta, with the consent

of the City Council, conserved

in the honor of a fallen ...

Robert Magaw Defended this Position

To the memory of

a brave and unselfish patriot

Robert Magaw

Colonel Commandant of

Fort Washington

who in his own words

“Actuated by the most glorious cause

that mankind ever fought in”

and specially charged with the duty

by General Washington

defended this position

in the momentous assault

November 16, 1776

Born at ...

Verrazano Bridge

Named in 1976 for the courageous Florentine navigator, Giovanni da Verrazano (c. 1485-1528.) In the ship La Dauphine under a commission from King Francis I of France, he explored the Atlantic coastline of North America in the spring of 1524, ...

Old Masonic Lodge Building

(Marker to the left of the entrance):

A Bicentennial Commemorative Site

Recognizing America's

200th Year of Liberty

Old Masonic Lodge Building

(Now open to the public)

Used by Trenton Masons

continuously since 1793.

(Marker to the right of the entrance):

Old Masonic Temple

Erected 1793

by Trenton Lodge No. 5 F. ...

B. B. Clarke House

Claude and Starck

One of Claude and Starck's earliest designs, this Queen Anne house has a Gothic theme, with pointed-arched windows and steeply pitched roofs. It was designed for B. B. Clarke, who earned a fortune in Indiana by manufacturing threshing ...

Hall's 2nd Maine Battery

(Front): Hall's

2nd Maine

Battery.

1st Brig.

2nd Div.

1st Corps.

July 1. 1863.(Left):Casualties:

2 Men Killed.

18 Men Wounded.

Marker is at the intersection of Chambersburg Pike (U.S. 30) and Stone Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Chambersburg Pike.

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Luis María Peralta Adobe

The last vestige of El Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe, the simple adobe, rehabilitated in the mid-19th century, is believed built before 1800 by Manuel Gonzalez, an Apache, who was one of the pobladores (founders). Later owned and occupied ...

Hillsborough Lodge

Number 25 F. & A. M.

Instituted

January 24, 1850

The First Masonic Lodge in Tampa

Marker is at the intersection of North Morgan Street and East Kennedy Boulevard (Business U.S. 41), on the left when traveling north on North Morgan Street.

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