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Jesse Franklin
North Carolina, Surry County, LowgapGovernor 1820-21; state & U.S. Senator and representative; officer in Revolution. His home stood ¼ mile south. (Colonial Era • Government • Politics • War, US...
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Bald Eagle's Nest
Pennsylvania, Centre County, MilesburgA Delaware Indian village named for a noted Munsee chief Woapalanne or "Bald Eagle." Located at union of Spring and Bald Eagle Creeks. From here raids on the...
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Big Ten
Pennsylvania, Centre County, University parkOn June 4, 1990, the Big Ten Conference admitted Penn State as its eleventh member. Established in 1895 as one of the nation's first intercollegiate athletic...
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Champions for Equality
Pennsylvania, Centre County, University ParkDemonstrating that sport can be a powerful force for social change, Penn State led the way in breaking the color barrier in intercollegiate football in the...
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Negley's Division
Georgia, Catoosa County, near Fort OglethorpeNegley's Division, Thomas' Corps. Maj. Gen. James S. Negley. Sept. 20, 1863, 10 A.M. 1st Brigade, - Brig. Gen. John Beatty. 2nd Brigade, - Col. Timothy R....
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88th Indiana Regiment
Georgia, Catoosa County, near Fort OglethorpeIndiana. Eighty-eighth Regiment Infantry, (Humphrey) First Brigade. (J. Beatty) Second Division. (Negley) Fourteenth Corps. (Thomas) Sunday, September 20th,...
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Correspondence Courses
Pennsylvania, Centre County, University ParkIn 1892, under the direction of Prof. Henry Waters, Penn State became the first American institution of higher education to offer correspondence courses in...
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Eagle Ironworks
Pennsylvania, Centre County, near MilesburgAt nearby Curtin, making iron was begun about 1810 by Roland Curtin. The last old-style furnace in the U.S. was in blast here and ceased operation in 1922....
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First AG Degrees
Pennsylvania, Centre County, University ParkPenn State was the first U.S. university to award Baccalaureate (1861) and Graduate (1863) degrees in agriculture. This pioneering effort to formalize higher...
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Pennsylvania, Centre County, University ParkOn Jan. 21, 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke to a crowd of 8,000 in Rec Hall as part of his efforts to draw national attention to the need for voting...
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Great Shamokin Path
Pennsylvania, Centre County, near HowardThe Indian highway from Shamokin, now Sunbury, to Kittanning, left the Bald Eagle Valley to follow Marsh Creek and Little Marsh Creek. It crossed the Allegheny...
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John I. Thompson Grain Elevator and Coal Sheds
Pennsylvania, Centre County, LemontErected in 1885 for his son John by Lemont founder Moses Thompson, this complex was a hub of trade for Centre County. Grain was exported and coal imported on the...
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Plumbe Forge
Pennsylvania, Centre County, near PhilipsburgAbout six-tenths mile north are the remains of the forge built by Dr. John Plumbe in 1828. Here, "blooms" were made from pig iron carried from the Bald...
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Scotia
Pennsylvania, Centre County, near Port MatildaTwo miles southwest of here, an iron center called Scotia was established by Andrew Carnegie in 1881. Here houses were erected, a railroad built, and...
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Beatty's Brigade
Georgia, Catoosa County, near Fort OglethorpeBeatty's Brigade. Negley's Division, - Thomas' Corps. Brig. Gen. John Beatty Sept. 20, 1863, 8 A.M. 104th Illinois, - Lieut. Col. Douglas Hapeman. 42nd...
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The Pennsylvania State University
Pennsylvania, Centre County, University ParkChartered as an agricultural college in 1855. Located on land donated by James Irvin, the school admitted its first class in 1859 to study the application of...
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Warriors Path
Pennsylvania, Centre County, near HowardPaths from all parts of the Six Nations country converged at Great Island. Thence the Warriors Path ran up this valley to Bald Eagle''s Nest, now Milesburg; then...
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William F. Packer
Pennsylvania, Centre County, near HowardThe newspaper editor and publisher, and Governor of the Commonwealth, 1858-61, was born April 2, 1807, in a house which stood nearby. He died, 1870, in...
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42nd Indiana Regiment
Georgia, Catoosa County, near Fort OglethorpeIndiana. Forty-Second Regiment Infantry. (McIntire) First Brigade. (J. Beatty) Second Division. (Negley) Fourteenth Corps. (Thomas) September 20th, 1863,...
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Callaway–Steptoe Cemetery
Virginia, Bedford County, near TimberlakeNearby are buried several prominent area settlers and their descendants. Col. William Callaway, in 1755 one of the first two members of the Virginia House of...
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