100th Anniversary of Highland Falls

Dedicated to

The Village of Highland Falls

on the occasion of the

100th Anniversary of incorporation

1906 – 2006

We respectfully remember our past, celebrate our present

and begin our future

Joseph E. D’Onofrio, Mayor

Trustees

Harold Brown • Michael ...

Early Bible

In a log cabin located on this site, Charles Frederick Goeb printed a Bible in 1813. It was the first Bible printed west of the Allegheny Mountains.

Marker is on West Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 31) 0.1 miles east of South ...

Citizen’s National Bank

First bank in

community – located

on the main floor

of this building

1908

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Schneider Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Cook Memorial Library

Has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on North Milwaukee Avenue, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Strasburg Rail Road

Established in 1832 in response to the Philadelphia & Columbia Railroad's bypass of Strasburg, it remains the oldest American railroad operating under its original charter. Local railroad enthusiasts saved it from abandonment in 1958 and developed it as one of ...

The Hunt-Phelan Home

During the Civil War, the house was commandeered by General Ulysses Grant as his Memphis Headquarters; Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, and a friend of the Hunt Family, also spent time in the house. Later, it was used as ...

Miller County

This County, created by Act of the Legislature February 26, 1856, is named for Judge Andrew J. Miller who died in 1856. A Commander of the Oglethorpe Infantry, he served in the legislature for more than twenty years and was ...

Pine Lodge-Erhman Mansion

Lake Tahoe first lured hardy souls who came here to build a life in its wilderness.

Pine Lodge, rises -grandly above the translucent blue waters of Lake Tahoe's west shore.

San Francisco's elite built seasonal retreats like Pine Lodge, bringing a leisurely ...

Tahoe City's Constables

In 1901 Tahoe City needed a constable. There was an influx of workers and summer visitors expected with the completion of a 15-mile railroad line from Truckee and the opening of the 400-room hotel, The Tahoe Tavern. Robert Montgomery Watson, ...

George W. Lee

1894 - 1976

Political, business and civic leader, Lee was a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Expeditionary Force. Heroic in W.W.I, he was an active black combat officer. An insurance executive and capitalist, Lee was leader of the Lincoln League and ...