Steiger House at Mercersburg

Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart, during the first Chambersburg Raid (October 1862), stopped in Mercersburg at Bridgeside, the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Steiger. He intended to use the house as his headquarters while his troops rounded up supplies and ...

Ambush at Mercersburg

On July 3, 1863, three Confederate riders in Mercersburg’s town square were ambushed by two Union stragglers. Bullets passed through Private J.W. Alban, killing him and also the horse of the rider beside him. The third man quickly galloped out ...

Mount Rubidoux

With the backing of Southern Pacific Railroad magnate Henry E. Huntington, Mount Rubidoux was purchased by Frank Miller of the Mission Inn in 1906, in an attempt to beautify the mountain and to sell residential lots at its base, a ...

Chiquola Baptist Church Bell

Rang from 1924 until 1959

August, 1980

Rang for 75th Anniversary

Mr. Ben L. Davis (Uncle Ben, as he was

called) rang the bell until his retirement in

1958. The bell was rung at 9:00 am and

10:00 am and 10:30 am and 11:00 am.

After his ...

The Burning of Chambersburg

During the Gettysburg campaign, Confederate troops were restrained, under orders, from destroying non-government property. By the time of the Rebels’ next raid into the North, however, the policy had changed.

On July 30, 1864, Brigadier General John McCausland and 2,800 ...

Artist Emerson Burkhart

Side A:

Described as a Columbus "institution" when he died in 1969, Emerson C. Burkhart was born on a farm in Union Township, Putnam County in 1905. The son of Albert and Nora Burkhart, Emerson graduated from Kalida High School in ...

Abolitionist John Brown Boards in Chambersburg

Preparing for the raid on Harpers Ferry arsenal, John Brown came to Chambersburg in the summer of 1859 wearing a beard as a disguise and using the alias of Isaac Smith. He took up residence at Mary Ritner’s boarding house ...

McWilliam Park Whale Burial Site

Whales (generally humpback or southern-right) can provide a magnificent spectacle off this coastline during their annual migration south, from September to November.

Many long-time residents of Tuross Head can recall the arrival of a whale on the beach below, in November, ...

Middle Spring Presbyterian Church Commemorative Marker

In commemoration of

the sacrifice and service

of the men of Middle Spring

Patriots-Pioneers

Builders

Site of First Log Church

1738

Marker is on Macclays Mill Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Groundwater Irrigation Beginnings

[Marker Front:]

Groundwater Irrigation Beginnings

The San Joaquin Valley's groundwater reservoir was first tapped with a practical pumping plant 4 miles northeast of here on Dec. 12, 1894. William De La Grange of Selma, tired of upstream irrigationists draining Kings River water ...