Chester

West Grove, PA

A pioneer physician and educator, in 1860 Preston founded the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia, where she later established one of the...

On Sept. 11, 1777, an American force of about 11,000 men, commanded by Washington, attempted to halt a British advance into Pennsylvania.

Howe planned two separate attacks against the American line.

S of West Chester, PA

The British attack on the American right wing began here late in the afternoon.

Frazer, PA

Following the September 1777 Battle of Brandywine, Continental forces retreated to regroup along Swedesford Road near the White Horse...

Westtown Twp., PA

After the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, over 2,000 Union prisoners were held at a makeshift camp here, awaiting exchange for...

West Chester, PA

One of Pennsylvania's three original counties, formed 1682 by William Penn. Name derived from Cheshire in England.

Chester Springs, PA

Earlier known as Yellow Springs.

Devon, PA

First held in 1896, it is the oldest and largest outdoor multibreed competition in the nation.

East Fallowfield Township, PA

Prominent authority on astronomy and author of more than one hundred books and articles, Sitterly was a career physicist with the Bureau...

Malvern, PA

Nearby is the mass grave of fifty-seven Irish immigrant workers who died in August, 1832, of cholera.

Pocopson Twp., PA

Born a Quaker, Barnard became a member of the Progressive Friends movement and upheld its active affirmation of the ideals of temperance,...

West Chester, PA

Champion of human freedom, African American abolitionist, newspaper editor, U.S. Colored Troops recruiter, U.S. ambassador to Haiti, and...

West Chester, PA

A West Chester chemist, he pioneered the mass production of penicillin, the world's first antibiotic.

West Chester, PA

On July 26, 1825 after visiting the Battlefield of Brandywine, General Lafayette came to West Chester, and from a point one and one-half...

Kimberton, PA

An early female scientist considered one of the best educated female naturalists of her day, Lewis dedicated her life to the study of...

SE of West Chester, PA

An important Indian trail, key to Pennsylvania's fur trade in the 17th century, crossed the present highway near here.

Lower Oxford Twp., PA

Founded by free Blacks who had settled in this area, it was first known as the "African Meeting House.

West Chester, PA

One of the first nurserymen in the nation and the author of the first book on North American trees and shrubs, Arbustum Americanum: The...

East Fallowfield Twp., PA

African American self-taught artist who depicted life in rural Chester County in the first half of the 20th century.

The last of the Indians in Chester County was born in the vale about 300 yards to the east on the land of the protector of her people the...

Kennett Twp., PA

Quaker abolitionists, the Mendenhalls harbored freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad in their nearby home, Oakdale.

E of Coatesville, PA

Born in this vicinity on Sept. 22, 1827, the noted Army Engineer is remembered chiefly for having set the exact boundary between the...

Chester Spgs. (NE of Downingtown), PA

Built c.1747 by Samuel Lightfoot, this mill provided feed and grain to the local community and exemplifies a turning point in American...

West Chester, PA

The first published biography of Abraham Lincoln was printed in this building on Feb.11, 1860.

NE of Oxford, PA

Chartered as Ashmun Institute, April 29, 1854.

Minguannan Indian Town was located here.

The chiefs Pokhais, Sepopawny and Muttagooppa with their people, of the Unami group *Their totem * The tortoise * of the Lenni-Lenape or...

S of West Chester, PA

From this ridge General Howe directed the movements of the British Army at the Battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777.

PA, PA

Emboldened by the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, Maryland slave catchers kidnapped Rachel and Elizabeth Parker from the Nottingham area in 1851.

Founded 1681 by William Penn as a Quaker Commonwealth.

Coatesville, PA

Famed Indian trader and interpreter bought a tract of 500 acres in this area in 1736.

Caln, PA

This was the nation's first major toll road, built by a private company incorporated 1792 by the state legislature.

Phoenixville, PA

Established in 1783 and incorporated in 1855, the Phoenix "works" produced nails, rail, Civil War cannons, weaponry for 20th century...

S of PA 842 SW of West Chester, PA

Cornwallis' Division of the British Army halted here September 11, 1777, on its march to the battlefield of Brandywine.

Wallace Twp., PA

The largest reserved estate of the Penns in Chester County.

West Chester, PA

An African American women's community service organization, chartered 1865.

Tredyffrin Twp., PA

Organized in 1711 by Welsh families, it is the second oldest Baptist church in the State and the mother of eight nearby congregations.

SE of West Chester, PA

From the Susquehanna to the Schuylkill.

An African American steelworker, Walker was burned to death by a mob near here on August 13, 1911.

Franklin Twp., PA

The signer of the Declaration of Independence, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania and Governor, from 1799 to 1808, was born on this farm on...

Marshallton (W Bradford Twp.), PA

September 11, 1777, while on the march to the Battlefield of Brandywine, the British Army under Howe and Cornwallis crossed the...

Phoenixville, PA

Opened in 1943, it was among the nation's largest military hospitals by the end of World War II.

Schuylkill Twp., PA

Village settled by the workers at iron forge begun in 1742.

Schuylkill Twp., PA

Village settled by the workers at iron forge begun in 1742.

Built 1737 by Anna Nutt and Co. Made first Franklin stoves, 1742.

Coatesville, PA

Founded Clement Atkinson Memorial Hospital here, 1936, offering quality health care to all despite inability to pay.

West Chester, PA

Physician, Congressman, began a service of 33 years as president of Bank of Chester County in this building, 1830.

West Chester, PA

The first Woman's Rights Convention in Pennsylvania was held here, June 2-3, 1852, four years after the famous Seneca Falls, New York,...