Cumberland

Carlisle, PA

Among the earliest (c. 1820) African American congregations located west of the Susquehanna River.

Newville, PA

Original log meeting house was erected 1737 near the Big Spring.

Carlisle, PA

Home of Gen. Ephraim Blaine, Commissary General of Revolutionary Army, stood on this site.

Shippensburg, PA

In 1755 supplies for Braddock's army were stored here in Edward Shippen's strong stone house "at the back Run.

Founded in 1751 as the seat of Cumberland County.

Carlisle, PA

Founded in 1751 as the seat of Cumberland County.

Carlisle, PA

Founded in 1751 as the seat of Cumberland County.

Founded in 1751 as the seat of Cumberland County.

Carlisle, PA

Founded in 1751 as the seat of Cumberland County.

Carlisle, PA

Established 1757. Oldest Army Post in U.S. A powder magazine built by Hessian prisoners in 1777 survives.

Carlisle, PA

First fort authorized by Pennsylvania.

Carlisle Barracks, PA

This school was the model for a nation-wide system of boarding schools intended to assimilate American Indians into mainstream culture.

Boiling Springs, PA

Founded about 1762 by John Rigbie and Co. Operated after 1781 by Michael Ege, noted ironmaster of the period.

Carlisle Barracks, PA

One of baseball's great pitchers.

Carlisle, PA

Formed January 27, 1750 from Lancaster County.

Mechanicsburg, PA

Incorporated in 1831.

Boiling Springs, PA

An Underground Railroad agent from 1835 to 1847, when he was sued by a Maryland slave owner.

Carlisle, PA

Dr. Benjamin Rush envisioned a new type of education for post-Revolutionary America, a useful education in the liberal arts.

Carlisle, PA

Oldest law school in Pennsylvania; founded in 1834 by the Honorable John Reed, eminent jurist, and author of "Pennsylvania Blackstone.

Carlisle, PA

This square was set apart by the Penns in 1751 for the Church of England; in continuous use since that time by St. John's Episcopal Church.

The farthest north attained by any organized body of the Confederate Army of General Robert E. Lee was reached here at the farm of Joseph...

Carlisle, PA

Oldest public building in Carlisle; erection begun, 1757.

At Shippensburg, the Raystown Path forked: one branch led directly west over three steep mts.

Carlisle, PA

To capture Fort Duquesne, General Forbes marched an army, in 1758, from his main base at Carlisle to the Forks of the Ohio.

Lemoyne, PA

Remains of breastworks built in June 1863 to oppose an expected attack on Harrisburg by Confederate troops.

Lemoyne, PA

Remains of breastworks, at Eighth and Ohio Streets, built before the battle of Gettysburg, to oppose the expected Southern drive on...

Shippensburg, PA

Named for Gov. R.H. Morris, and built by local settlers under the supervision of James Burd after Braddock's defeat in July, 1755.

Carlisle, PA

On a 116-acre tract here stood the model farm created 1857-67 by this agricultural reformer.

Carlisle, PA

"Hero of Kittanning," Revolutionary officer, member of Continental Congress, County Judge, lived in a house on this site.

Carlisle, PA

Early Carlisle physician, member of Provincial Convention, Revolutionary officer, commander at Fort Pitt, occupied house that stood on...

Mechanicsburg, PA

Irish immigrant and land speculator who launched one of the largest and most effective British trade networks in America in the 1740s.

Carlisle, PA

Here George Washington reviewed militia from Pennsylvania and New Jersey, rendezvoused at Carlisle, October 1794, before marching to the...

Carlisle, PA

On June 28, 1863, General Richard Ewell received orders from Robert E. Lee to move Ewell's southern troops out of Carlisle and on to...

Carlisle, PA

June 27, 1863, Gen. Ewell's Confederate army, marching over this road toward Harrisburg, reached Carlisle; Jenkins' cavalry went on to...

Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's Southern cavalry arrived July 1, 1863, by Dover and Dillsburg.

Hampden Township (@ Gilligan's), PA

This campaign's northernmost engagement, known as the Battle of Sporting Hill, occurred just north and west of here, June 30, 1863.

Farthest advance of a body of Confederate troops toward Harrisburg.

Mechanicsburg, PA

Confederate General Albert G. Jenkins and his staff occupied this house, June 28-30, 1863.

Carlisle, PA

In 1753, Benjamin Franklin stayed at inn on this site while he, Richard Peters, and Isaac Norris treated with Indians.

Wormleysburg, PA

Pennsylvania's capital since 1812.

Enola, PA

Early example of a wrought iron bowstring arch truss bridge.

Mechanicsburg, PA

Site of the College that was chartered in 1857, and named for Washington Irving, a trustee.

Carlisle, PA

Early Carlisle lawyer, and representative to Continental Congress, occupied house that stood on this site.

New Cumberland, PA

Two-term Governor of Pennsylvania, 1867-73.

Governor of Pennsylvania, 1835-1839, lies buried in this cemetery.

Grist mill built about 1763 by William Laughlin.

Shippensburg, PA

Burial ground for slaves and free blacks since the early 19th century and site of Shippensburg's first African American church,...

Carlisle, PA

For a short time in 1776, Major Andre and Lt. Despard, British prisoners of war, were detained in a tavern that stood on this site.

New Cumberland, PA

Maj., 7th U.S. Cavalry at Battle of Little Big Horn, 1876; Lt. Col. Geo.

Founded 1738 by pioneer Scotch-Irish Presbyterians.

Carlisle, PA

Mary "Ludwig" Hays McCauley, known as "Molly Pitcher," heroine at Battle of Monmouth, is buried in Old Graveyard just east of here.

Shippensburg, PA

"Widow Piper's Tavern," used for Cumberland County court-sessions, 1750-51, until a court house was erected at Carlisle, the county seat.

Mechanicsburg, PA

Scots-Irish immigrant who amassed wealth as a merchant and slave trader and contributed the modern equivalent of several million dollars...

Present building erected in 1798 by a Reformed congregation.

Present building erected in 1798 by a Reformed congregation.

Cooke Twp., PA

During WWII, the US War Dept. operated this secret facility a mile north along Michaux Rd., one of three such sites in the US.

New Kingstown, PA

On August 23, 1752, Scottish Covenanter Presbyterians held their first recorded Communion in the New World here at Joseph and Elizabeth...

Legislator and official lived here in Lowther Manor on land conveyed by the Penns in 1771.

E end of Shippensburg, PA

Founded 1730 by Edward Shippen.

Shippensburg, PA

Settled about 1733. Laid out and named for Edward Shippen, 1703-1781, merchant, mayor and justice of Philadelphia, later a resident of...

Mechanicsburg, PA

Founded 1734 on land of James Silver by Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, earliest settlers of the Cumberland Valley.

Mechanicsburg, PA

Built about 1792. It extended from Michael Simpson's Ferry on the Susquehanna to Carlisle, following, at this point, a course later known...

Carlisle, PA

In 1779, Father Charles Sewall, S.J., took title to a lot here.

Newville, PA

The Pennsylvania State Police Training School, first of its kind in the nation, was established here in 1920 at the old Big Spring Hotel,...

Located at this site, James Bell's tavern was a meeting place for Anti-Federalists.

Lemoyne, PA

Archaeological excavations near here in the early 2000s uncovered a palisaded Susquehannock village dating from the early 1600s.

Carlisle, PA

The first battalion in the colonies authorized by Congress, June 1775.

Mechanicsburg, PA

Oldest public building in Mechanicsburg.

With its excellent railroad connection, this became the site of the Great Grangers' Interstate Picnic Exhibition, founded 1874 by Robert...