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November, 1934: The girls' bodies were placed in the woods of Pine Grove Furnace State Park near Carlisle, Pennsylvania. November, 1934: Noakes and Pierce abandoned their blue sedan at McVeytown, Pennsylvania, and hitchhiked to Blair County. November 23, 1934: Having failed to sell Noakes' spectacles, Pierce sold her coat.
The Pine Grove Furnace POW Interrogation Camp became operational on May 20, 1943. Because of security considerations, the camp was referred to in unclassified documents as the "3300th Service Unit", with a mailing address of "Armed Service Forces, Third Service Command, P.O. Box 167, Carlisle, Pennsylvania".
The Pine Grove Iron Works was a smelting facility in southcentral Pennsylvania during the Industrial Revolution.The works is notable for remaining structures that are historical visitor attractions of Pine Grove Furnace State Park, including the furnace stack of the Pine Grove Furnace.
Pine Grove Furnace State Park is a protected Pennsylvania area that includes Laurel and Fuller Lakes in Cooke Township of Cumberland County.The Park accommodates various outdoor recreation activities, protects the remains of the Pine Grove Iron Works (1764), and was the site of Laurel Forge (1830), Pine Grove Park (1880s), and a brick plant (1892).
Gettysburg College used the park for football camp in both 1941 (at the 1941 Carlisle YMCA Camp site) [10] and in 1947. [11] Camp Thompson was at the lake in 1949 [12] and 1953. [13] A fire burned 7 acres near the lake in 1963. In 1965 the lake was closed due to contamination [14] and subsequently re-opened.
Location of Venango County in Pennsylvania. This is a list of the Pennsylvania state historical markers in Venango County.. This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Venango County, Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC).
The South Mountain Iron Company was the owner of the Pine Grove Furnace in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, along South Mountain after the 1864 $1,500,000 (~$23.8 million in 2023) purchase from Jay Cooke & Company. [1]
73 - Winter: a Roman timber fort is constructed in what is now the site of Carlisle Castle. [3] 83 - the Roman fort at Carlisle is reconstructed. [4] 685 - Saint Cuthbert visits Carlisle. [5] 1092 - William II invades the area surrounding Carlisle and reincorporates Carlisle into England after it had been taken by the Scots.