Berks

Douglassville, PA

Polish pioneer, Indian trader, settled along Schuylkill River in this area, 1712.

Reading, PA

Formed March 11, 1752 from parts of Chester, Lancaster and Philadelphia counties.

Reading, PA

Berks County's oldest Black church building.

Boyertown, PA

Established here in 1893 by C.A. Mory and Associates, it was among the largest casket manufacturers in the world and earliest traded on...

Boyertown, PA

Aviation pioneer Spaatz was a 1914 graduate of West Point and a pilot in France in World War I. He rose to the rank of brigadier general...

Womelsdorf, PA

Erected 1749; once owned by Baron Stiegel.

SW of Bernville, PA

Organized 1729, this is one of the early Lutheran churches founded by Rev. John Caspar Stoever, Jr., who started the parish records in 1730.

Established on Iron Stone Creek, one half mile to the east, by James Lewis, Anthony Morris, Thomas Potts, and Thomas Rutter.

E of Womelsdorf, PA

Pioneer Indian interpreter, treaty maker, 1732-1760.

Reading, PA

A hewn-log building, erected on this site about 1750; operated until 1760 by Conrad Weiser, distinguished pioneer settler, treaty maker,...

Baumstown, PA

Greatest American pioneer and wilderness scout.

Greatest American pioneer and wilderness scout.

Famous pioneer and wilderness scout, who lived in this area his first 16 years.

N of Baumstown, PA

Site of the birthplace of Daniel Boone on Nov.2, 1734, and his home until 1750.

Oley, PA

Built in 1767 by John de Turk, son of Isaac de Turk, a Huguenot who settled here in 1712 and was one of a number of French Protestants...

Reading, PA

On this site was the house occupied by Dr. Jonathan Potts; Deputy Director General, 1777-1780, of Northern and Middle Departments of the...

Reading, PA

Site of the home of Dr. Bodo Otto, Military Surgeon in Continental Army, 1775-82.

Reading, PA

Named in honor of Charles E. Duryea, inventor and builder of first successful hill-climbing gasoline automobile in U.S. Duryea Drive,...

Established 1725 as Oley; name changed to Exeter, 1742.

Reading, PA

Site of Federal Inn, erected about 1754.

Fleetwood, PA

Established in 1909 by Harry C. Urich, the firm designed and fabricated custom auto bodies for the finest domestic and foreign automobile...

Bally, PA

Re-named Bally for Father Augustin Bally.

Founded in 1934 by Rosalie Edge, it is the world's first refuge for birds of prey.

Reading, PA

Pastor of the Trinity Lutheran Church from 1803 to 1829; Member of Congress, 1829-38; first U.S. Minister to Austria; Candidate for...

Hereford, PA

Established by Thomas Maybury in 1745 on the west bank of the Perkiomen Creek for the purpose of manufacturing iron.

Reading, PA

After Burgoyne's surrender, 1777, German mercenaries, mostly Hessian, were held prisoners at various places until end of war.

Reading, PA

Site of house occupied by Joseph Hiester from about 1792 until his death, 1832; a Lt. Col. in Continental Army; Delegate to Provincial...

Baumstown, PA

Hopewell Forge, 1744, and Furnace, 1770, were seven miles south.

Baumstown, PA

Hopewell Forge, 1744, and Furnace, 1770, were seven miles south.

Reading, PA

Born here March 21, 1857.

Reading, PA

Labor leader and advocate for child labor reform, pensions, and the state's first workers' compensation act.

Boyertown, PA

The evolution of the business located here mirrors America's changing transportation scene.

Stouchsburg, PA

Governor of Pennsylvania, 1823-1829.

Revolutionary soldier, Congressman, Governor 1820-1823, lived in the Hiester Mansion.

Lorane, PA

President Lincoln's great-great grand-father Mordecai purchased Andrew Robeson's land and built the stone house that stands about 1 1/4...

"Pilgrim's Rest" was the name given to this spring on the Tulpehocken Path by Count Zinzendorf, the Moravian missionary, on his journey...

West Reading, PA

Laid out 1748 by direction of Thomas Penn. Seat of Berks County since 1752.

Reading, PA

Laid out 1748 by direction of Thomas Penn. Seat of Berks County since 1752.

Reading, PA

Laid out 1748 by direction of Thomas Penn. Seat of Berks County since 1752.

Reading, PA

In 1877, amidst hard times, unrest hit U.S. rail lines.

Founded 1794 as Reading Furnace by ironmaster George Ege.

Reading, PA

Regarded best example of Skew Bridge in U.S. Designed by Richard Osborn for the P & R Railroad in 1857.

Reading, PA

Founder of the family-owned department store chain.

Reading, PA

Born here, Baird was a leading naturalist, renowned collector, and writer.

First European settlers in present Berks County on land granted by William Penn, 1704-5. The home of Mounce and Ingeborg Jones, built...

Shillington, PA

Member of the Continental Congress, a Revolutionary soldier, first Pennsylvania governor, 1790-99, lived at his estate Angelica from 1774...

Pine Forge, PA

Pioneer ironmaster and opponent of slavery who died 1730.

Reading, PA

With men enlisted from Berks County, Nagel's Company was a part of the first battalion in the colonies authorized by Congress, in June 1775.

Bethel, PA

An Indian path connecting the Iroquois capital at Shamokin, now Sunbury, with the Tulpehocken Valley, ran northwest through here.

An Indian path from Shamokin (Sunbury) came over the mts.

Grill, PA

In use, 1828-1884. It connected the Schuylkill at Reading with the Susquehanna at Middletown.

The canal, at this point, followed the north bank of the Tulpehocken.

This canal was operated from 1828-1884.

Reading, PA

A major 20th century American poet, Stevens was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his "Collected Poems" in 1955.

Birdsboro), PA

William Penn, on his first visit to America 1682-1684, came farthest north on Schuylkill River fifty miles up from the falls of...