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Marklesburg is a borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 204 at the 2010 census. The population was 204 at the 2010 census. History
A brick addition and vertical plank addition were added to the stone section sometime before the 1860s. The house is believed to have been used for church services for the James Creek Dunker Congression, later Church of the Brethren. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]
From 1866 to 1876, its tidal lower reach was converted into the James Creek Canal, which was buried in 1916–1917. [ 2 ] Two present-day sites are named after the creek: James Creek, a District of Columbia Housing Authority property, and the James Creek Marina, which is located within what was the creek's mouth.
James Finley (1756 [1] – 1828), aka Judge James Finley, is widely recognized as the first designer and builder of the modern suspension bridge. Born in Ireland , [ 1 ] Finley moved to a 287-acre (1.16 km 2 ) farm in Fayette County, Pennsylvania , near Uniontown . [ 2 ]
Jacob's Creek Bridge (1801, demolished 1833) was the first iron-chain suspension bridge built in the United States. Designed by James Finley , a local judge and inventor, it spanned Jacob's Creek , just south of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania .
Madame Montour's village of Otstonwakin or Ostuagy was an important location during the settlement of what is now Lycoming County.Her village at the mouth of Loyalsock Creek on the West Branch Susquehanna River was a stopping point for the Moravian missionaries who were spreading the gospel throughout the wilderness of Pennsylvania during the 1740s.
The town was founded in 1798 by James Campbell. The borough was incorporated in 1853. The Jamestown area is served by the Jamestown Area School District, and is home to Combined Systems, Inc., a tactical weapons producer that exports tear gas and smoke grenades. [4] The Gibson House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [5]
Beech Creek is a borough in Clinton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 701 at the 2010 census. [3] It is the setting for Fun Home, a 2006 graphic memoir by Alison Bechdel, who grew up there. Brittani Kline, winner of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 16, was born there.