Pennsylvania Travel Guide 2008 - (Page 25) Military History Trail Walk where Revolutionary heroes have walked. Imagine yourself there as re-enactors re-create history on landmark battlefields. Connecting sites of military significance, this trail maps a comprehensive tour of forts, battlefields and training grounds. TRAIL STOPS Pennsylvania State Archives The State Museum of Pennsylvania Military History Trail 1 Erie Maritime Museum, Homeport of the U.S. Brig Niagara Industrial Heritage Trail The labor of iron, coal, oil and lumber workers built businesses and towns that left legacies on this trail and beyond. You’ll see examples of the industries at work and meet the people who lent innovation and determination to these early enterprises. 2 Fort Pitt Museum 3 Bushy Run Battlefield 4 Pennsylvania Military Museum 5 Brandywine Battlefield Park 6 Washington Crossing Historic Park Rural Farm and Village History Trail Rooted in Pennsylvania’s rural beginnings, this trail leads to pastoral landscapes from Colonial to recent history. Escaping into the sylvan settings is as simple as joining a tour. To truly live the history, you’ll want to take part in special events throughout the year that resurrect the craft and culinary heritage of centuries past. Industrial Heritage Trail 7 Drake Well Museum 8 Pennsylvania Lumber Museum 9 The Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museum 10 Scranton Iron Furnaces 11 Eckley Miners’ Village 12 Cornwall Iron Furnance 13 Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania Historic Homes Trail From modest stone homes to sprawling estates, this trail opens the door to Pennsylvania’s past. Original furnishings, gardens, outbuildings and architectural intricacies tell the stories of these enduring homesteads and the people who built and inhabited them. 88 86 86 15 81 Rural Farm and Village History Trail 14 Old Economy Village 15 Somerset Historical Center 16 Landis Valley Museum 17 Ephrata Cloister Historic Homes Trail ORK NEW Y 18 Joseph Priestley House 19 Conrad Weiser Homestead 20 Daniel Boone Homestead ORK NEW Y Erie 1 6 90 6N 79 86 Troy Mansfield 6 6 Warren 6 8 Galeton Wellsbo ro n 10 Scranto William sport 81 380 176 9 6 84 21 Hope Lodge 22 Graeme Park 15 Edinboro Titusville 7 219 80 80 180 11 18 11 80 Weatherly NEW Y JERSE 78 80 23 Pennsbury Manor 80 79 Dubois Northum berland 78 Allentow 81 n 78 How to use the map: on Washingt Crossing ollege 4 State C Boalsbur g 322 22 Womels dorf 119 19 422 12 Cornwall 76 Reading oro ata 20 Birdsb 476 Horsham 276 76 95 22 6 23 195 OHIO 76 Altoona 14 Ambridge Pittsburg 2 h 99 urg Harrisb 81 11 76 Lancast 30 83 17 Ephr er 16 13 Fort Wash 30 ington Morrisvil le 21 5 R WA LA E P NJ ia hiladelph 3 Harrison City 76 g Strasbur Ford Chadds 222 295 TURNPIKE Gettysb urg DE 70 Somerse t 15 220 522 NEW Y JERSE The four trails are color-coded on the map for easy reference. The numbers along each trail correspond to the trail stops described above. For more information, visit www.phmc.state.pa.us. 70 79 119 70 68 MARY LAND 25 http://www.phmc.state.pa.us
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