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Valley Forge was established as the first state park of Pennsylvania in 1893 by the Valley Forge Park Commission (VFPC) "to preserve, improve, and maintain as a public park the site on which General George Washington's army encamped at Valley Forge." [7] The area around Washington's headquarters was chosen as the park site.
In 1751, there was a forge at the mouth of the East Valley creek used to convert pig iron into bar iron. It was advertised for sale as the property of Daniel Walker, Stephen Evans, and Joseph Williams. It was originally called Mount Joy forge but came to be known as Valley Forge. The pig iron used at Valley Forge was hauled from Warwick Furnace.
Moselem Farms Mill: November 8, 1990 : Junction of Pennsylvania Route 662 and Forge Road: Richmond Township: 90: John Nicholas and Elizabeth Moyer House: John Nicholas and Elizabeth Moyer House: May 2, 2001 : 152 Hetrick Road
Valley Forge was the winter encampment of the Continental Army, under the command of George Washington, during the American Revolutionary War. The Valley Forge encampment lasted six months, from December 19, 1777, to June 19, 1778. It was the third of the eight winter encampments that Washington and the Continental Army endured during the war.
Valley Forge State Park was the first state park in Pennsylvania, and the headquarters of the state forest were located there as well. The state park was transferred to the National Park Service and became a federal park in 1976 for the American Bicentennial. The state forest retained the Valley Forge name for thirty one years.
Moyer is an unincorporated community in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. [1] The community is located along U.S. Route 119 near its intersection with Pennsylvania Route 982 , 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north-northeast of Connellsville .
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Chester County, Pennsylvania. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in northern Chester County , Pennsylvania , United States .
Valley Forge is a village in the southwestern corner of Springettsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located just to the northeast of the city of York near the intersection of U.S. Route 30 and North Sherman Street. Harley-Davidson's York plant is nominally located in Valley Forge.