Historical Markers

Lycoming County Historical Markers

Looking for a historical marker in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania? Below is a comprehensive list of historical markers erected by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) to commemorate significant events in local history. Follow this link to search for Historical Markers throughout Pennsylvania.

Antes Fort

Dedicated: Friday, June 08, 1917
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Plaque
Categories: American Revolution, Forts, Military, Native American
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -77.236, LAT: 41.1988

Location: PA44, 1 mi. E of Jersey Shore

Marker Text: About one half a mile southwest of this spot, on the high bluff above the river, stood the stockade known as Antes Fort. Erected by Lieut. Col. John Henry Antes in the summer of 1777. This fort was an important rallying point for the settlers in this region. It was destroyed by the Indians and Tories in July, 1778, at the time of the big runaway, when the entire valley was abandoned by the white settlers…

Blooming Grove Dunkard Meeting House

Dedicated: Saturday, August 01, 1931
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Plaque
Categories: Buildings & Architecture, Ethnic & Immigration, Religion
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -77.0042, LAT: 41.324

Location: Meetinghouse, 2 miles E of Balls Mills, .7 mile S of PA 973

Marker Text: Built 1828 by German colonists who came to this valley beginning 1805 seeking religious freedom – led by Dr. Frederick Haller and including the following families, Heim – Ulmer – Staiger – Waltz – Kiess – Young – Harmon – Gross – Biehl – Scheel – Burghard…

Bowman Field

Dedicated: Saturday, July 29, 2000
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: African American, Baseball, Sports & Recreation
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -77.0471, LAT: 41.2417

Location: 1700 West Fourth St., Williamsport

Marker Text: Built 1926. Long noted as Pennsylvania’s oldest operating minor league baseball park and the nation’s second oldest. The first professional game here was played April27, 1926, between the Williamsport Grays and the Negro league Harrisburg Giants. Over the years this park became home to successive Williamsport teams and hosted many major league teams for exhibition games. Originally Memorial Field; renamed 1929 for J. Walton Bowman.

Capt. John Brady

Dedicated: Wednesday, May 28, 1947
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: American Revolution, Military, Native American
GPS Coordinates: LNG: 76.7881, LAT: 41.2182

Location: SR 2014 (old Pa. 147), .8 mile N of Muncy

Marker Text: The famed Indian fighter and hero of the colonial wars and the Revolution was killed in ambush by Indians near here April 11, 1779. He was in charge of Fort Brady at present Muncy at the time.

Carl E. Stotz

Dedicated: Tuesday, October 10, 1995
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Baseball, Sports & Recreation
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -77.0444, LAT: 41.2407

Location: Original Little League Field, W. 4th St., Williamsport

Marker Text: Founder of Little League Baseball and Commissioner through 1955. Stotz developed the Little League idea in 1938; in the next year three teams played 24 games. It was at this site that Stotz established field distances for the pre-teenage players. The first 12 Little League World Series were held on this field, 1947-1958, and during these years the number of teams grew from 60 to thousands in many nations.

Civilian Conservation Corps

Dedicated: Saturday, September 28, 1996
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Environment, Government & Politics, Government & Politics 20th Century, Labor
GPS Coordinates: LNG: 77.0714, LAT: 41.3709

Location: Rt. 14 N of Trout Run

Marker Text: In March 1933, the federal government created the CCC to combat the Great Depression. During nine years, the CCC enrolled some 3,000,000 youths nationwide–including 194,572 men at 114 camps in Pennsylvania. Members of the 367th CCC company first arrived here, May 30, 1933. Here arose camp S-126, which became home to hundreds of men before it closed in 1936. Many of its members then went to Camp S-145 near Montoursville.

Dietrick Lamade

Dedicated: Saturday, November 23, 1996
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: City
Categories: Business & Industry, Ethnic & Immigration, Publishing & Journalism
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -77.0042, LAT: 41.2396

Location: W. 3rd. & Williams Sts., Williamsport

Marker Text: German-born publisher of the Sunday Grit, for many years a national “family newspaper.” He founded it in 1882; this site was its home after 1889. He built Grit on a “good news” concept, an appeal to rural tastes, and a nationwide network of young carriers.

Eagle Grange No. 1

Dedicated: Saturday, May 05, 2001
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Agriculture, Business & Industry, Government & Politics, Railroads, Women
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -76.9111, LAT: 41.1788

Location: Rte. 15 and E. Blind Road, Montgomery

Marker Text: Pennsylvania’s first Grange, officially organized March 4, 1871, two and a half years before organization of the Pennsylvania State Grange on Sept. 18, 1873. The National grange (order of Patrons of Husbandry) had been established in 1867. Objectives of this and other Granges included cooperative purchasing, lowering of railroad rates, and rural free delivery. They pioneered in giving equal status to women. A grange hall was built here, 1887.

Fort Antes

Dedicated: Thursday, May 01, 1947
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: American Revolution, Forts, Military, Mills, Native American
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -77.2532, LAT: 41.204

Location: Main & Seminary Sts., Jersey Shore

Marker Text: Built 1778 by Col. Henry Antes. Stood on the opposite side of the river at the mouth of Nippenose Creek. Nearby was Antes Mill, first in the region. The stockade was abandoned during the Great Runaway; burned by Indians.

Fort Muncy

– Missing –
Dedicated: Tuesday, June 04, 1946
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: American Revolution, Forts, Military

Location: U.S. 220, 3.5 miles N of Muncy (Missing)

Marker Text: Site just south. Built early in 1778 by Col. Thomas Hartley. Destroyed by Indians the same year. Rebuilt 1779 and again destroyed, it was rebuilt in 1782. It was the principal post north of Fort Augusta.

Freedom Road Cemetery

Dedicated: Saturday, May 15, 1993
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: African American, Civil War, Religion, Underground Railroad
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -77.0102, LAT: 41.2622

Location: T-456 in Loyalsock Twp.

Marker Text: Daniel Hughes, a lumber raftsman on the Susquehanna, lived here, 1854-80. In the years ending with the Civil War, he brought fugitive slaves here from Maryland, protecting them before they continued north via the Underground Railroad. Hughes gave part of his land for a cemetery, and among those buried here are nine known African-American veterans of the Civil War. The cemetery has borne its present name since 1936.

Julia C. Collins

Dedicated: Saturday, June 19, 2010
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: African American, Education, Women, Writers
GPS Coordinates: LNG: 77.0045, LAT: 41.2358

Location: Susq. River Walk & Timber Heritage TRail, near Market St. Bridge, Williamsport

Marker Text: Essayist, teacher, and author, her work, The Curse of Caste, is considered to be among the first published novels by an African American woman. In 1865, it was serialized in the African Methodist Episcopal Christian Recorder, a publication with nationwide circulation. Her life and writings provide a glimpse into the rarely documented experiences of nineteenth-century African American women, their families, and their communities.

Lycoming County

Dedicated: Monday, April 13, 1981
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: City
Categories: Baseball, Business & Industry, Cities & Towns, Government & Politics, Native American, Sports & Recreation
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -77.0021, LAT: 41.2407

Location: Lycoming County Courthouse, Williamsport

Marker Text: Formed April 13, 1795 out of Northumberland County. The name (from a Delaware Indian word) honors Lycoming Creek. Williamsport, the County Seat, became a borough , 1806, and a city, 1866. Once a great lumbering center. Birthplace of Little League Baseball.

Muncy

Dedicated: Monday, January 21, 1952
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Cities & Towns, Native American, Paths & Trails
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -76.2361, LAT: 41.215

Location: 40 N Main St., Muncy

Marker Text: Laid out, 1799, by Benjamin McCarty. Named for the Monsey Indians, tribe of Delawares, who inhabited this area before arrival of the whites. Four Indian paths – Shamokin, Wyalusing, Wyoming, Towanda – formed a junction here.

Muncy

Dedicated: Monday, January 21, 1952
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Cities & Towns, Native American, Paths & Trails
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -76.77494, LAT: 41.2093

Location: 260 E Water St., Muncy

Marker Text: Laid out, 1799, by Benjamin McCarty. Named for the Monsey Indians, tribe of Delawares, who inhabited this area before arrival of the whites. Four Indian paths – Shamokin, Wyalusing, Wyoming, Towanda – formed a junction here.

Muncy Mills

Dedicated: Wednesday, May 28, 1947
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Business & Industry, Mills, Native American
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -76.75803, LAT: 41.21158

Location: Junction Pa. 405 & 442 E of Muncy

Marker Text: The nearby memorial is at the site of this valley’s first grist mill. It was built by John Alward about 1772 and burned by Indians 1779. Other mills built on the site in 1783 and 1800. Last mill was used until 1872.

Pennsdale Meeting

Dedicated: Thursday, May 01, 1947
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Buildings & Architecture, Religion
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -76.7979, LAT: 41.2432

Location: Junction SR 2051 (former LR 41054) & township road (former LR 41154) near Pennsdale

Marker Text: The Friends Meeting House opposite was built in 1799. It was erected to provide a place of worship for the numerous Quaker settlers of this region.

Pennsylvania Canal (West Branch Division)

– Missing –
Dedicated: Wednesday, July 09, 1952
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Canals, Navigation, Transportation

Location: Near junction SR 2014 (old Pa. 147) and SR 2036 (old U.S. 220), Halls (MISSING)

Marker Text: This Division, built 1828-1834, extended from Northumberland to Farrandsville. Used to Lock Haven until 1889, to Muncy Dam until 1901. Beyond the woods to the south, 1400 feet of vertical wall, 22 feet high, built along the river, support the old towpath.

Peter Herdic

Dedicated: Thursday, November 07, 1996
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: City
Categories: Buildings & Architecture, Business & Industry, Entrepreneurs, Invention, Professions & Vocations
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -77.009, LAT: 41.24

Location: 407 W. 4th St., Williamsport

Marker Text: Owner, lumber mills, and president, Susquehanna Boom. A key player in making this city the “lumber capital of the world.” He invented the “herdic,” a rear-entry carriage, and erected many buildings here on Millionaire’s Row. His 1854 home is No. 407.

Pine Creek Presbyterian Church

Dedicated: Friday, February 25, 1949
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Religion
GPS Coordinates: LNG: 77.2659, LAT: 41.2042

Location: Allegheny St. (SR 3028 / old US 220), Jersey Shore

Marker Text: Just south along Pine Creek was the site of the first Presbyterian Church in this area, organized in 1792. It was the ancestor of the Jersey Shore Presbyterian Church, organized in 1851.

Sheshequin Path

Dedicated: Tuesday, March 01, 1949County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Environment, Native American, Paths & Trails, Transportation
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -77.0717, LAT: 41.3707

Location: U.S. 15, 2.2 miles S of Trout Run

Marker Text: Branch of Warriors Path; provided a short cut from Tioga to the Big Island, traversing “the dismal wilderness” of Lycoming Creek. Dense forest, swamp, windfall, and storm made Indians believe a demon had power in this valley.

Sheshequin Path

– Missing –
Dedicated: Tuesday, March 01, 1949
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Early Settlement, Native American, Paths & Trails, Transportation
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -77.0454, LAT: 41.4019

Location: Pa. 14, 1.4 mile NE of Trout Run (Missing)

Marker Text: By this path up Lycoming Creek, Conrad Weiser, with Lewis Evans, map-maker, and John Bartram, botanist, traveled to Onondaga in 1743 on a peace mission for Virginia: “To take the hatchet out of the head of the Six Nations.”

Sheshequin Path

Dedicated: Tuesday, March 01, 1949
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Early Settlement, Paths & Trails, Transportation
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -77.0178, LAT: 41.4237

Location: Pa. 14 at Marsh Hill

Marker Text: Bishop Spangenberg went through this valley on his way to Onondaga in 1745. He was impressed by woods so thick “one does not see the sun all day,” and by mountains rising closely round him, suggesting “ant hills.”

Susquehanna Log Boom

Dedicated: Wednesday, December 19, 1962
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Business & Industry
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -76.98532, LAT: 41.22776

Location: US 15, just S of Williamsport

Marker Text: Six-mile series of piers, built by a company incorporated in 1846; used to collect and store logs during the spring log drives down the West Branch. Helped make Williamsport the world’s lumber capital prior to 1900. Badly damaged in 1889 flood, the boom declined thereafter.

W. D. Crooks & Sons Door Plant

Dedicated: Thursday, October 26, 2000
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Business & Industry
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -77.0232, LAT: 41.2352

Location: One College Ave. Williamsport, outside the Alvin Bush Campus Center

Marker Text: During its 85 years, 1886-1971, this unique family-owned firm produced thousands of high -quality wood -veneer doors for the U.S. capitol, the white House, and other public and private buildings across the nation. Using Pennsylvania hardwoods and many imported varieties of wood, its workers crafted specialty goods during an era of mass production. Founded in South Williamsport, it relocated to this site, 1898; in the 1940′s, 125 people worked here.

Williamson Road

Dedicated: Thursday, May 01, 1947
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Early Settlement, Roads, Transportation
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -77.0559, LAT: 41.2862

Location: Main St. (US 15), Trout Run

Marker Text: Built in 1792-96 by land agent Charles Williamson to open the Genesee lands in N.Y. From Trout Run, it cut through the wilderness to Lawrenceville by the same general route as the present highway.

Williamsport

Dedicated: Thursday, May 01, 1947
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Business & Industry, Cities & Towns, Government & Politics
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -76.9816, LAT: 41.2538

Location: U.S. 220 E at Williamsport

Marker Text: Laid out 1795 by Michael Ross. Incorporated as a borough 1806; as a city 1866. At one time a leading lumber center of the nation. Trade and travel for over a century.

Williamsport

Dedicated: Thursday, May 01, 1947
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Business & Industry, Cities & Towns, Transportation
GPS Coordinates: LNG: -76.98387, LAT: 41.22806

Location: US 15 at LLWS, S end of Williamsport

Marker Text: Laid out 1795 by Michael Ross. Incorporated as a borough 1806; as a city 1866. At one time a leading lumber center of the nation. Trade and travel center for over a century.

Williamsport

– Missing –
Dedicated: Thursday, May 01, 1947
County: Lycoming
Marker Type: Roadside
Categories: Business & Industry, Cities & Towns, Transportation

Location: U.S. 220 W of Williamsport (Missing)

Marker Text: Laid out 1795 by Michael Ross. Incorporated as a borough 1806; as a city 1866. At one time a leading lumber center of the nation. Trade and travel center for over a century.