Moorefield Memorial Highway

(U.S. Route 178)

In Memory Of

Charles Henry Moorefield

State Highway Engineer

of South Carolina

1920 — 1935

Marker is on North Road (Moorefield Memorial Highway) (U.S. 178), on the right when traveling east.

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Harrisburg

Pennsylvania's capital since 1812. As Harris' Ferry, was settled a century before by John Harris Sr. Laid out as a town in 1785 by John Harris, Jr. For over 200 years a center of travel, trade, and historic events.

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Brookside Historic District

"Water Street"

Water power and natural resources made this a busy industrial village from the early 18th century through 1900. Visible today are waterways that powered sawmills, grist mills, wagon shops, a glass factory, and cottage industries.

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Commercial Club

1864 - 65 this building survived the ravages of fire as well as gunfire. Probably used at first as a social center, later to be used by interested citizens and businessmen. Organized as "The Pioche Commercial Club," its purpose was ...

Fairmount Presbyterian Church

Founded in 1727, the congregation was originally German Reformed. First a log building. A series of

larger structures followed. Present building erected in 1851 and remodeled in 1902.

Marker is on Old Turnpike Road (County Route 517) south of Beacon Light Road, ...

Daniel Drawbaugh

Inventor of a telephone for which he sought a patent in 1880. Claims contested by Bell Telephone, which won the court decision in 1888. Born in this village, July 14, 1827, where he developed his inventions; he removed in 1904 ...

Rural Hill School

The first rural consolidated school in Mississippi. The school was moved to this site in 1904 and flourished under the guidance of Professor B. G. Hull, who was principal until 1918. Due to the success of the school, Hull was ...

Perryville

Established as Harberson's Fort before 1783 by James Harberson, Thomas Walker, Daniel Ewing and others at the crossroads of Danville-Louisville and Harrodsburg-Nashville routes. Town laid out by Edward Bullock and William Hall, 1815, named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, victorious ...

Marcus A. Reno

(1834 - 1889)

Maj. 7th U.S. Cavalry at Battle of Little Big Horn, 1876; Lt. Col. Geo. A. Custer & the troops he led were killed, but Reno & most of his command survived. During the civil war, Reno helped defend ...

John W. Geary

(1819 - 1873)

Two-term Governor of Pennsylvania, 1867-73. Major General in Civil War. Colonel, 2nd Pa. Regiment in Mexican War. Governor, Kansas Territory, First postmaster & first mayor of San Francisco. His home was a block east at 308 Market Street.

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