The Sea Wing Disaster / Victims of the Sea Wing Disaster

On July 13, 1890 the steamer Sea Wing, heavily loaded with 215 passengers and crew, left the steamboat landing here for a Sunday excursion down the Mississippi River to Lake City.

The Sea Wing, based in Diamond Bluff, Wisconsin, was usually ...

The First National Bank of West Chester

Pennsylvania

The First National Bank of West Chester Chartered 1863 Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places

Marker is on North High Street, on the right when traveling north.

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Site of First Mass

Near here at the Indian Village of Logstown, Reverand Father Joseph De Bonnecamps, S.J. celebrated the first Holy Catholic mass in Beaver County August 9, 1749. The mass marked the beginning of Christianity in Beaver County.

Marker is at the intersection ...

Beaver County Fair Grounds

Beaver County Agriculture Society formed Jan. 26, 1853. Site of annual fairs until 1899. Located between Leopard Lane, Otter Lane, Sharon Road and Fair Avenues. First board of managers: John Carothers, Thos. Thorniley, Thos. McKinley, Daniel Dawson, Wm. Henry.

Marker is ...

George Foulks Home

George Foulkes Home oldest in area

Captured by Indians in 1780. Escaped to help country. Outstanding character bold woodsman. Furbuyer Indian Scout and thrifty businessman. Married C. Ullery 1796. Built stone house, mills, and first brick house in area later known ...

First Permanent Structure of Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church

First permanent structure of Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian church. Structure built in 1808. The church and site was purchased by John McCowin in 1861 and remodeled into a home. Property purchased by Sarah E. Seanor in 1909 and still owned by ...

Bassenheim Furnace

One of the first charcoal blast furnaces in western Pennsylvania. It was built by Baron Dettmar Basse in 1814 and out of production in 1824 - it supplied iron for pioneer industries and was one unit of a self-contained community.

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Fallston

(Keystone Marker)

Bridgewater- 2

Fallston

Meaning

"A Town By The Falls"

Founded

1799

Marker is on Darlington Road 0.1 miles north of Par Avenue, on the right when traveling south.

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Chippawa Battlefield Panel 6

The Aftermath

The Aftermath. In the days following the battle, General Brown's victorious troops advanced another 25 kilometers (18 miles) north to Fort George before retiring back to Niagara Falls when more British troops arrived in the area. They met the ...

Chippawa Battlefield Panel 5

Final Stages

As the battle raged, more American artillery deployed to the middle of the plain between the 11th U.S. and the lone 25th U.S. company, less than 100 meters (109 yards) from the British line. General Brown then led Ripley's ...