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McConnellsburg
McConnellsburg is a borough in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,150 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Fulton County. History The McConnellsburg Historic District was recognized by the United States Department of the Interior in 1993 when it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The district consists of 144 structures that contribute to its historic character. Of notable meaning are the numerous taverns, inns, automotive garages and other travel-related structures still in existence today, which includes the Fulton House, the Fulton County Courthouse, and the log cabin of Daniel McConnell, who laid out the borough on April 20, 1786. It was further incorporated on March 26, 1814. Economy Currently McConnellsburg's largest economic driver is Oshkosh Corporation-owned JLG Industries, a major manufacturer of construction and maintenance access-related lifting equipment such as boomlifts, etc. Geography McConnellsburg is l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Route 16
Pennsylvania Route 16 (PA 16) is a east–west state route located in southern Pennsylvania, United States. The western terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 522 (US 522) in McConnellsburg. The eastern terminus is at the Mason–Dixon line in Liberty Township, where the road continues into Maryland as Maryland Route 140 (MD 140). PA 16 is a two-lane road that runs through rural areas in Fulton, Franklin, and Adams counties. The route heads east from McConnellsburg and crosses Tuscarora Mountain into Franklin County, where it continues east into the agricultural Cumberland Valley. Here, the passes through Mercersburg, Greencastle, and Waynesboro. PA 16 heads east through the South Mountain range, where it heads into Adams County and passes through Carroll Valley before coming to the Maryland border. PA 16 intersects several roads including PA 456 in Cove Gap, PA 75 and PA 416 in Mercersburg, PA 995 in Upton, US 11 and Interstate 81 (I-81) in Greencastle, PA 316 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulton County, Pennsylvania
Fulton County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,556, making it the fourth-least populous county in Pennsylvania. Its county seat is McConnellsburg. The county was created on April 19, 1850, from part of Bedford County and named for inventor Robert Fulton. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.1%) is water. It is in the watershed of the Chesapeake Bay and, although most of the county is drained by the Potomac River, some northern and northeastern areas are drained by the Juniata River into the Susquehanna River. It has a humid continental climate (''Dfa''/''Dfb'') and average monthly temperatures in McConnellsburg range from 29.2 °F in January to 73.0 °F in July Adjacent counties * Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, Huntingdon County (north) * Franklin County (east) *Washington County, Maryland (south) *Allegany County, Maryland (southwest) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McConnellsburg Historic District
McConnellsburg Historic District is a national historic district located at McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 142 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of McConnellsburg. The district includes buildings reflective of the Greek Revival, Georgian, and Federal styles. The buildings date between about 1762 and 1940, and include commercial buildings, institutional buildings, and residential buildings. Notable non-residential buildings include the Fulton County Courthouse (1852), Old Fulton County Jail, former Washington Hotel (1852), and former Albert Stoner Store (1893). The contributing site is the cemetery associated with the Methodist Episcopal Church. Located in the district and separately listed are the Fulton House and the log cabin of Daniel McConnell. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McConnell House (McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania)
The McConnell House is a historic home located in McConnellsburg Fulton County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1760, and is a -story, "L"-shaped, four bay, yellow pine log structure on a stone foundation. The original rectangular section measures 27 feet by 24 feet, 6 inches. It has a rear wing in two sections, with the newer section dated to 1834. Its original occupant was Daniel McConnell, founder of McConnellsburg. ''Note:'' This includes The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. It is located in the McConnellsburg Historic District McConnellsburg Historic District is a national historic district located at McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 142 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the central business district and surrounding .... References Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Houses completed in 1760 Houses in Fulton County, Pennsylvania Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
JLG Industries
JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company, is an American designer, manufacturer and marketer of access equipment ( aerial work platforms and telehandlers). The company's products are used in construction, fit-outs, industrial maintenance, material handling and facilities maintenance. Founded in 1969, JLG operated independently until 2006 when it was acquired by Oshkosh Corporation. JLG operates globally and is headquartered in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. The company celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2019. History Founded in 1969, John Landis Grove formed a partnership with two close friends and bought a small metal fabrication business in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania. With a crew of 20 workers, they built and sold the first JLG aerial work platform in 1970. Many of the basic design elements of that original lift are still being incorporated into products today. Since becoming part of the Oshkosh Corporation Company in late 2006, JLG has see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fulton House (McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania)
The Fulton House is a prominent Georgian-influenced stone tavern built c. 1793 and located on Lincoln Way East in McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, this inn once boarded governors and four presidents and was originally known as The Union Hotel. The building is now restored following a devastating 1944 fire that destroyed much of the 18th century interior of the original structure. The 1820 east end addition was not affected by the fire. ''Note:'' This includes The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It is located in the McConnellsburg Historic District McConnellsburg Historic District is a national historic district located at McConnellsburg, Fulton County, Pennsylvania. The district includes 142 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the central business district and surrounding .... The east end portion of the building houses the Fulton County Historical Society Museum, which is open to the public on special occasions. Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercersburg, Pennsylvania
Mercersburg is a borough in Franklin County, located near the southern border of Pennsylvania, United States. The borough is southwest of Harrisburg, the state capital. Due to its location in a rural area, it had a relatively large percentage of African-American workers who had been enslaved from the Revolution. It was called "Black Town" in the early nineteenth century before incorporation under its current name. Refugee African Americans escaping from slavery in the South also settled here, and the area was known as "Little Africa". History Mercersburg was platted in 1780. The borough was named after Hugh Mercer, a general and hero in the American Revolutionary War. A post office has been in operation at Mercersburg since 1812. Located near the southern border of Pennsylvania, the rural community became a place of refuge during the antebellum years for escaped African Americans who had been enslaved in the South. Some came to the area via the Underground Railroad. After th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Chambersburg is a borough in and the county seat of Franklin County, in the South Central region of Pennsylvania, United States. It is in the Cumberland Valley, which is part of the Great Appalachian Valley, and north of Maryland and the Mason-Dixon line and southwest of Harrisburg, the state capital. According to the United States Census Bureau, Chambersburg's 2020 population was 21,903. When combined with the surrounding Greene, Hamilton, and Guilford Townships, the population of Greater Chambersburg is 52,273 people. The Chambersburg, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area includes surrounding Franklin County, and in 2010 included 149,618 people. According to thPennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development Chambersburg Borough is the thirteenth-largest municipality in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the largest Borough, as measured by fiscal size (2016). Chambersburg Borough is organized under thPennsylvania Borough Codeand is not a home-rule munic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oshkosh Corporation
Oshkosh Corporation, formerly Oshkosh Truck, is an American industrial company that designs and builds specialty trucks, military vehicles, truck bodies, airport fire apparatus, and access equipment. The corporation also owns Pierce Manufacturing, a fire apparatus manufacturer in Appleton, Wisconsin, and JLG Industries, a leading manufacturer of lift equipment, including aerial lifts, boom lifts, scissor lifts, telehandlers and low-level access lifts. Based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the company employs approximately 15,000 people around the world at 130 facilities in 24 countries. It is organized in four primary business groups: access equipment, defense, fire and emergency, and commercial. History Founded in 1917 as the Wisconsin Duplex Auto Company, the company was created to build a severe-duty four-wheel-drive truck. After the first prototype was built, the company began to develop rapidly. This first four-wheel-drive truck, known today as "Old Betsy", is still owned b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Turnpike
The Pennsylvania Turnpike (Penna Turnpike or PA Turnpike) is a toll highway operated by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. A controlled-access highway, it runs for across the state. The turnpike's western terminus is at the Ohio state line in Lawrence County, where the road continues west as the Ohio Turnpike. The eastern terminus is at the New Jersey state line at the Delaware River–Turnpike Toll Bridge over the Delaware River in Bucks County, where the road continues east as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Extension of the New Jersey Turnpike. The highway runs east–west through the southern part of the state, connecting the Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, and Philadelphia areas. It crosses the Appalachian Mountains in central Pennsylvania, passing through four tunnels. The turnpike is part of the Interstate Highway System; it is designated as part of Interstate 76 (I-76) between the Ohio state line and Valley Forge, I-70 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
The Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, also called the Ridge and Valley Province or the Valley and Ridge Appalachians, are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian division and are also a belt within the Appalachian Mountains extending from southeastern New York in the north through northwestern New Jersey, westward into Pennsylvania through the Lehigh Valley, and southward into Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. They form a broad arc between the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Appalachian Plateau physiographic province (the Allegheny and Cumberland plateaus). They are characterized by long, even ridges, with long, continuous valleys in between. The river valleys were areas of indigenous settlements for thousands of years. In the historic period, the Cherokee people had towns along many of the rivers in western South Carolina and North Carolina, as well as on the western side of the Appalachian Mountains in present- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Highway
The Lincoln Highway is the first transcontinental highway in the United States and one of the first highways designed expressly for automobiles. Conceived in 1912 by Indiana entrepreneur Carl G. Fisher, and formally dedicated October 31, 1913, the Lincoln Highway runs coast-to-coast from Times Square in New York City west to Lincoln Park in San Francisco, originally through 13 states: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and California. In 1915, the "Colorado Loop" was removed, and in 1928, a realignment relocated the Lincoln Highway through the northern tip of West Virginia. Thus, there are a total of 14 states, 128 counties, and more than 700 cities, towns and villages through which the highway passed at some time in its history. The first officially recorded length of the entire Lincoln Highway in 1913 was . Over the years, the road was improved and numerous realignments were made, See throughout, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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