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==PHMC Historical Markers== [[File:Walking path in Sunbury 2.JPG|thumb|right|Walking path in Sunbury]] This is a list of the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission historical markers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pennsylvania Historical Marker Program |url=https://www.phmc.pa.gov/Preservation/Historical-Markers/Pages/default.aspx |website=The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission}}</ref> located in '''Sunbury, Pennsylvania'''. {| class="wikitable" |+ !NAME !MARKER TEXT !LOCATION !PHMC ID |- |Danville-Pottsville R.R. |Opened Sunbury to Paxinos in 1835, operated on wood rails by horsepower. Steam locomotive first used in 1838; and iron rails, 1853. The terminal was nearby; here anthracite was loaded on canal boats for shipment to Philadelphia, Baltimore. |[https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8595803,-76.7984698,3a,90y,337.74h,85.25t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sIg6gU8JhbUi5iaOWTR6KEg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu S Front St. (PA 147), near Church St., Sunbury] |1947HM00288 |- |First Electric Light |First successful use of a three-wire electric lighting system was made July 4, 1883, in the City Hotel building in Sunbury. Thomas A. Edison directed the work. The Edison Electric Illuminating Co. plant was at 4th and Vine Street. |[https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8618752,-76.7972641,3a,75y,337.14h,81.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sstnZzWxsFnOy5O9meVo9Zg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu Front St. (PA 147), just N of Chestnut St., Sunbury] |1947HM00289 |- |Fort Augusta |Built in 1756β57 by Cols. Burd and Clapham and the key frontier outpost of the region. Mansion built 1852. |[https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8761765,-76.7919066,3a,28.5y,163.69h,87.94t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYw4l9Ofvkqf4WgIt3iRqOw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu N Front St. (PA 147) just S of John St., at site (and Co. Hist. Soc.), Sunbury] |1948HM00126 |- |Lorenzo Da Ponte (1749β1838) |Mozart's librettist in the 1780s for "The Marriage of Figaro," "Don Giovanni," and "Cosi fan tutte" came to America in 1805 and lived in Sunbury from June 1811 to August 1818. Da Ponte wrote that on visiting Sunbury, the adopted home of his wife's family, "I grew so enamored of the town that I resolved to settle there." A teacher, distiller, and merchant, he lived at the southwest corner of Third and Market Streets. |[https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8616988,-76.7932947,3a,71.8y,343.72h,82.27t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sDRMC4u08s6rAM0w9luxMAg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu Cameron Park (central median of Market St.) at 3rd St., Sunbury] |1994HM00032 |- |Northumberland County |Formed March 21, 1772 from Lancaster, Cumberland, Berks, Bedford and Northampton counties. Some 27 counties today occupy its once vast area. Sunbury, the county seat, was laid out 1772. Site of Fort Augusta, a key post built 1756β57. |[https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8620722,-76.7945305,3a,15y,172.76h,88.72t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sloCuh466avktr8pyrm4MPQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu Courthouse, 2nd & Market Sts., Sunbury] |1982HM00047 |- |Shikellamy |Oneida chief and overseer or vice-regent of the Six Nations asserting Iroquois dominion over conquered Delaware and other tribes. He lived at Shamokin Indian town, Sunbury, from about 1728 until his death, 1748. Said to be buried near here. |[https://www.google.com/maps/@40.876108,-76.7919945,3a,17.8y,265.21h,90.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_6QoY0BY81b0gNNClKCLgQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu Front St. (PA 147) between John & Julia Sts., at Fort Augusta site and Co. hist. soc., Sunbury] |1947HM00293 |- |Shikellamy |Erected as a memorial to Shikellamy, also Swataney, "Our Enlightener," in the province. First sent to Shamokin (Sunbury) in 1728; appointed vice-gerent in 1745. Died Dec. 6, 1758; He was buried near this spot. This diplomat and statesman was a firm friend of the Province of Pennsylvania. |[https://www.google.com/maps/@40.877349,-76.7901873,3a,20.8y,129.97h,74.74t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sk3uK9mFtE1SWpj0-D_yIHQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu Front St. (PA 147) at Adam St., N of site, Sunbury] |1915HM00011 |- |Sunbury |Laid out 1772 as the county seat of Northumberland on the site of Indian Shamokin by surveyor-General Lukens and William Maclay. Borough incorporation Mar. 24, 1797. Here Fort Augusta was built in 1756. Historic center of travel, trade and industry. |[https://www.google.com/maps/@40.847149,-76.8027364,3a,22.2y,55.09h,86.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sQdOqUkBzlBId9tSnUIcucQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu Route 147/61 (Front St.), at Weis Markets HQ, S end of Sunbury] [https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8592258,-76.7750229,3a,24.1y,300.62h,88.51t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1steBsffgAYS3Puk95sZ5rTA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu Highland St. (PA 61) at metal truss bridge, E end of Sunbury] |1947HM00295 1947HM00296 |- |The Sullivan Expedition Against the Iroquois Indians - Fort Augusta |First selected as rendezvous for Sullivan Expedition Lt. Col. Adam Hubley's Command. The only regiment quartered here to march against the Six Nations. |[https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8758785,-76.7922286,3a,28.3y,151.46h,81.4t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sZtS1ufzv1Bsnh_Ame2i8iA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu N Front St. (PA 147) S of John St., at site (and Co. hist. soc.), Sunbury] |1929HM00020 |- |Thompson's Rifle Battalion: Capt. John Lowdon's Company |Recruited from nearby points in June 1775, Lowdon's Company was a part of the first battalion in the colonies authorized by Congress. Among those who entered Continental service in this company was Timothy Murphy, whose many feats of marksmanship were to make him a hero of the Revolution. |[https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8759622,-76.7920154,3a,75y,32.41h,90.13t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sarUB76OXqrIf5wXJy7qiJw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu Front St. (PA 147) between John & Julia Sts., at Hunter Home, Fort Augusta (and Co. hist. soc.), Sunbury] |1987HM00007 |- |William Maclay |Lived in the house opposite, 1773β86, and then moved to Harrisburg. Member of first U.S. Senate; wrote a famous Journal of its debates. A critic of Washington and Hamilton; pioneer leader of Jeffersonian democracy. He helped survey Sunbury, 1772. |[https://www.google.com/maps/@40.864548,-76.7957654,3a,23.9y,237.61h,86.22t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sUK15mvFBvW593QV6ZU4-tQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu Front St. (PA 147) betw. Arch St. and Pennsylvania Ave., Sunbury] |1947HM00298 |- |The Bloody Spring |Here, during the French and Indian War (1754β1763), one colonial soldier venturing from the garrison at nearby Fort Augusta, was fatally shot by an Indian foe. His blood is said to have crimsoned its waters. |[https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8754036,-76.7799958,3a,16.1y,58.76h,86.57t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sbcJIxAMrCpHzK0m-qV-D2g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu Memorial Dr. near Shikellamy Ave. across from Memorial Park, just N of Sunbury] |1967HM00026 |}
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