Monument erected on Clearview Road near Leaman Road for the Herman Family. This Herman Family Cemetery is situated on the 600 acre tract of Daniel Herman Swiss-German Pioneer who with his wife and two children settled here on the Pequea in 1710. Later he patented 617 acres on the Conestoga and divided the two tracts among his four sons. The original homestead on nearby Harmons Run remained in the family until 1822. This burial ground measuring 40 perches and containing an unknown number of Herman-Harmon graves was never sold. Monument erected 1981.
Memorial pillar and tablet at 320 East Ross Street, Lancaster, marking the site of the country home of the Honorable George Ross (1730 - 1779), colonial statesman and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Erected 1897.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Memorial tablet at the birthplace of Robert Fulton (1765 - 1815) in Fulton Township, honoring him as the first man to apply steam to navigation successfully.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Boulder and bronze tablet at the Brick Mennonite Church near Willow Street, the first permanent white settlement by Swiss Mennonites within the borders of Lancaster County, in the year 1710. Erected in 1910.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Monument of granite at Christiana in commemoration of the riot of 1851 and the resultant treason trials. The event known as the "Christiana Resistance" was engendered when southern slave owners came to Lancaster County in search of runaway slaves. Erected in 1911.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Monument of granite at Christiana in commemoration of th eriot of 1851 and the resultant treason trials. The event known as "The Christiana Riot" was engendered when southern slave owners came to Lancaster County in search of runaway slaves. Erected in 1911.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Monument of granite at Christiana in commemoration of th eriot of 1851 and the resultant treason trials. The event known as "The Christiana Riot" was engendered when southern slave owners came to Lancaster County in search of runaway slaves. Erected in 1911.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Monument of granite at Christiana in commemoration of th eriot of 1851 and the resultant treason trials. The event known as "The Christiana Riot" was engendered when southern slave owners came to Lancaster County in search of runaway slaves. Erected in 1911.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Memorial tablet of granite on Indian Rock along the Conestoga River near Rockford. Rockford was the home of Major General Edward Hand (1744-1802) who was a friend and companion of George Washington. The tablet also honored the sons of Lancaster who served in the Continental Army. Erected in 1912.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Memorial tablet of granite on Indian Rock along the Conestoga River near Rockford. Rockford was the home of Major General Edward Hand (1744-1802) who was a friend and companion of George Washington. The tablet also honored the sons of Lancaster who served in the Continental Army. Erected in 1912.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
Memorial tablet of granite on Indian Rock along the Conestoga River near Rock Ford. Rock Ford was the home of Major General Edward Hand (1744-1802) who was a friend and companion of George Washington. The tablet also honored the sons of Lancaster who served in the Continental Army. Erected in 1912.
Provenance
Album of historical markers erected by the Lancaster County Historical Society, compiled by George L. Heiges in 1986.
