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All Historical Markers in Greensburg

These are historical markers that have been installed by the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission (PHMC). For more information on these markers, see the PHMC Historical Marker search page .

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Arthur St. Clair (1737-1818)

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President, Continental Congress, 1787; member, 1785-87. First Governor of the Northwest Territory (lying between the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers), 1787-1802. Earlier, he was Westmoreland County Court Justice after the county’s formation in 1773, and Major General in the Revolutionary War, 1777. A native of Thurso, Scotland, he lived his last years on Chestnut Ridge, near Ligonier, and is buried just Read more...
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Dagworthy’s Camp

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Located one mile to the north, this post was built in 1758. The starting-point of Grant’s ill-fated raid on Fort Duquesne, it was the military hospital for his defeated, wounded men. Often called Grant’s Paradise. (Dedicated: Wednesday, July 17, 1946) Read more...
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Fort Allen

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A little south, site of post built 1774 by Pennsylvania German pioneers of Brush Creek and Harrold’s settlements. A refuge from the Indians in Dunmore’s War and American Revolution. (Dedicated: Tuesday, December 10, 1946) Read more...
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Fort Allen – PLAQUE

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Built and commanded by Col. Christopher Truby, officer of the revolution, was located 150 yards to the south of this marker. A frontier Fort of Dunmore’s War 1774, the Indian War, and the War of the Revolution, It was also known as Truby’s Blockhouse. From here a petition to Governor John Penn sent by eighty inhabitants of Westmoreland County, headed Read more...
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Hannastown

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Site of former county seat of Westmoreland County is just east of here. First county seat west of mountains, 1773. Citizens adopted a Declaration in support of the Revolution, 1775. Burned by the Indians in 1782. (Dedicated: Friday, December 6, 1946) Read more...
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Toll House

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Site of toll house of the Stoyestown-Greensburg Turnpike Road Co. The turnpike, a section of the Philadelphia-Pittsburgh road, was completed in 1819 at a cost of about $6,000 a mile. State took over the turnpike in 1911. (Dedicated: Saturday, May 28, 1955) Read more...
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Toll House

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Just northeast of here stood 1 of 5 gates of Greensburg-Pittsburgh Turnpike Road Co. The turnpike, a section of the Pittsburgh-Philadelphia road, was completed in 1817. Over it, passed goods in trade between east and west. (Dedicated: Saturday, May 28, 1955) Read more...
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Westmoreland County

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Formed on Feb 26, 1773 from Bedford County, it once comprised most of southwest Pennsylvania. First seat of English justice west of Alleghenies. Site of 1775 “Hanna’s Town Resolves.” Greensburg, county seat, was incorporated 1799. (Dedicated: Wednesday, November 25, 1981) Read more...