Somerset
Adam Schneider
Somerset, PA
Laid out the north half of the settlement renamed Somerset in 1795.
Alan Freed (1921-1965)
Windber, PA
Disc jockey who coined the term "Rock & Roll" in the early 1950s.
Ankeny Square
Somerset, PA
Set aside for burial ground and place of worship on the original plat of Milfordstown by Ulrich Bruner, 1787, and by Peter Ankeny in 1789...
Berlin
Berlin, PA
This area was a center of protest during the Whiskey Rebellion.
Early Bible
Somerset, PA
In a log cabin located on this site, Charles Frederick Goeb printed a Bible in 1813.
Forbes Road - Edmunds Swamp
Named for Edmund Cartlidge, Indian trader.
Forbes Road - Fort Dewart
"The fort on the top of Allegheny Hill" was erected in 1758 during the Gen. Forbes expedition against Fort Duquesne.
Forbes Road - Stony Creek Encampment
A fortified supply depot known as the Stony Creek encampment or fort was a little north of here.
Forbes Road - The Clear Fields
Good forage found at open camps such as this on the Raystown Path led General Forbes to prefer this route to Braddock's Road.
Forbes Road, 1758, Fort Bedford to Fort Duquesne - Edmond's Swamp (PLAQUE)
The fort stood a few rods west of this marker.
Forbes Road, 1758, Fort Bedford to Fort Duquesne - Tomahawk Encampment (PLAQUE)
At foot of Laurel Hill the Forbes Road leads northwestward to Fort Ligonier 35.5 miles from Fort Bedford.
Forbes Road, 1758, Fort Bedford to Fort Duquesne- Stony Creek Encampment (PLAQUE)
"The Ovens" supply headquarters fortifications were erected a few rods north of this site.
Fort Hill
Archaeological study of the flat-top hill across the valley revealed two palisaded Indian villages with extensive house and burial...
Great Crossings
Since Indian days this was a major Youghiogeny River crossing place.
Harmon Husband
Somerset, PA
Leader of North Carolina revolt against the British, he fled under an assumed name in 1771.
Jeremiah Sullivan Black - PLAQUE
Birthplace of Jeremiah Sullivan Black, 10th January, 1810, President Judge, Sixteenth Penna.
John Christian Frederick Heyer (1793-1873)
Friedens, PA
In 1842 Father Heyer became the first American Lutheran missionary to India, establishing schools and churches and ministering to women...
Laurel Hill State Park
Somerset, PA
One of five Recreational Demonstration Areas created in Pa.
Log Grist Mill
Jennerstown, PA
This reconstructed early log mill was built originally at Roxbury by a miller named Cronin in 1805.
National Road
Our first national road; fathered by Albert Gallatin.
Pennsylvania
Founded 1681 by William Penn as a Quaker commonwealth.
Rural Electrification
In 1936 seventy-five percent of Pennsylvania farms had no electric service.
Somerset County
Somerset, PA
Formed April 17, 1795 out of Bedford County and named for Somersetshire, England.
Toll House
One of the six original toll houses on the Cumberland or National Road is on the hill opposite.
Windber
Windber, PA
Founded 1897 by the Berwind-White Coal Mining Co. Distinctive among bituminous coal towns, this community had a large independent center...