Morrow County Veterans Memorial Plaza

Dedicated to the

heroic valor and patriotic spirit

of the men and women

who served in the Armed Forces

of the United States of America

[Second Marker]

Dedicated to the

Glory of

Almighty God

in memory of the

veterans who have

fallen in life

and honor to the

new veterans who

are coming into ...

Potter County

Formed March 26, 1804 from Lycoming County, and fully organized in 1835. Named for Revolutionary hero General James Potter. An early center of the lumbering and tanning industries. Coudersport, the county seat, was laid out in 1807; incorporated 1848.

Marker is ...

Paper Mill Playhouse

The Paper Mill Playhouse was founded in 1934 through the vision and dedication of Antoinette Quinby Scudder. Paper was manufactured here as early as 1795. Despite fire and changing times, it continued as a mill until 1926.

The Playhouse opened with ...

Mammoth Mine Explosion

On January 27, 1891, an explosion in the nearby Mammoth No.1 Mine of the H.C. Frick Coke Company killed 109 coal miners. Seventy-nine of the dead were buried in a mass grave here in St. John's Cemetery. This disaster was ...

Wheel Repair

Paducah, being located at the confluence of the ohio and Tennessee rivers and within close proximity of the Cumberland and Mississippi, is the hub of the river industry. Two major shipyards serve the Port of Paducah: James Marine and Walker ...

"The Healing Poles"

9-11 Memorial

Peace – War

[Rendering of the Healing Totem Poles]

Liberty - Freedom

SOVEREIGNTY

The cross piece at the top carries two eagles: Peace, a female, faces east; War, a male, faces west. The eagles are symbols of courage ...

Paducah Marine Supply and Service

Paducah Marine Supply and Service, owned and operated by Hougland Barge Line, was one of the first floating boat stores on the inland waterways.

The operation had its own fleet of towboats, barges and a machine and carpentry shop. Houghland Barge ...

Fort Anne First Baptist Church

Site of the

First Baptist Church

of Fort Anne Village. Erected

1874, destroyed by fire 1955.

This fragment of the bell

which rang also as the town

clock bears date of purchase.

Marker is on George Street (U.S. 4), on ...

Confederate Hospitals

Thousands of Confederate soldiers were patients at Foard Hospital on this site between August and December 1864. Following a disastrous fire and explosion on August 31, the patients were evacuated to the homes of townspeople and to the country; later ...

Main Post Chapel

Historic Fort Knox

Formerly Saint Patrick's parish church, erected in 1899 by the Stithton Catholic community originally the Saint Patrick's church was located at the post cemetery and recorded its first baptism in 1831. When the government purchased the town of ...