Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Black, William, Homestead
Blythe, Benjamin, Homestead
Boiling Springs Historic District
Carlisle Armory
Carlisle Historic District
Carlisle Indian School
Cumberland Valley Railroad Station and Station Master's House
Cumberland Valley State Normal School Historic District
Dykeman's Spring
Eberly, Johannes, House
Etters Bridge
Gilbert Bridge
Given, James, Tavern
Givin, Amelia S., Free Library
Hessian Powder Magazine
Irving Female College
Market Street Bridge
Mechanicsburg Commercial Historic District
Melester Barn
Mount Tabor AME Zion Church and Cemetery
Newville Historic District
Old West, Dickinson College
Orris, Adam, House
Peace Church
Pine Grove Furnace
Ramp Covered Bridge
Shippen House
Shippensburg Historic District
Simpson Street School
Trimble, George, House
Union Hotel
Widow Piper's Tavern
Williams, John, House
Wormley, John, House
1753 Carlisle Indian Conference
2003 - 2004 War on Terrorism Deceased
2005 War on Terrorism Deceased
2006 War on Terrorism Deceased
2006-2007 War on Terrorism Deceased
2007-2009 War on Terrorism Deceased
2010-2012 War on Terrorism Deceased
360 Degrees of Fire
44th Bomb Group (Heavy)
500 U.S. Soldiers of the Civil War are Here Interred
54th & 55th Massachusetts Infantry
58th Annual State Legionnaires Convention
80th Infantry
88th Infantry
9/11 Memorial
A Century of Protection
A New German Offender:
A Soldier Story
A Toll Paid in Blood
A Tough Nut To Crack
Aid Station
Andre & Despard House
Army Aviation in Vietnam
Army Medical Department Memorial
Ashland Soldiers' Lot
Beta Pi Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Bethel A.M.E. Church
Big Spring Hotel
Big Spring Presbyterian Church
Bill Beck and Russell Adams
Blaine House
Braddock Expedition
Brigadier General William Thompson
Bugler John Cook
Camp Hill
Camp Hill Church of God
Camp Michaux
Carlisle
Carlisle
Carlisle
Carlisle
Carlisle Barracks
Carlisle Court House
Carlisle First World War Memorial
Carlisle Fort
Carlisle Iron Works
Carlisle Jail
Carlisle Old Graveyard Revolutionary War Soldiers
Carlisle Public Square
Carlisle's 250th Anniversary Mural
Centenary Building
Charles Albert "Chief" Bender
Chief Warrant Officer 4 William F. Hale (Retired)
China Burma India Veteran's Memorial
Churchtown Church of God Founding Members
Civil War Cabins
Civil War Winter Cabins
COL. Joseph D. Newsome
Col. Robert Magaw
Cold War
Colonel Robert W. Black
Confederate Artillery in Carlisle
Coren Apartments
Corporal Eugene C. Rivera
Corporal John D. LaWall
Cpl. Erik D. Kirkland
Cumberland County
Cumberland County Civil War Memorial
Cumberland County Historical Society & Hamilton Library Association
Cumberland Riflemen
Daniel Drawbaugh
Defender of Pusan
Dickinson College
Dickinson College during the Gettysburg Campaign
Dickinson School of Law
Dickinson Students Part Ways
DickinsonÂ’s Historic Triangle
Dr. Benjamin Rush
Dr. Benjamin Rush
Dragoon Circle
Drummer Jarvis Hanks
Duncan-Stiles House
Duty
Ege Burial Plot
Episcopal Square
Final Act – LZ Albany
First Casualty In Cumberland County
First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian Church
First United Presbyterian Church and Manse
Flexibility, Firepower, and Mobility
For God And Country
Forbes Road
Forbes Trail
Fort Couch
Fort Couch
Fort Morris
Frankenberger Tavern
Frederick Douglass in Carlisle
Frederick the Great
Frederick Watts (1801-1889)
From Chu Lai to the Fulda Gap
Galen J. Karper
Gen. John Armstrong
Gen. William Irvine
General Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion
General Samuel Sturgis: Hero of Antietam's Burnside Bridge
George Washington
Gettysburg Campaign
Gettysburg Campaign
Gettysburg Campaign
Gettysburg Campaign
Gettysburg Campaign
Gettysburg Campaign
Green Tree Inn
Guard Tower
Harrisburg
Henszey's Wrought Iron Arch Bridge
HESCO at Home
Hesco Barriers
HESCO in Afghanistan
HESCO in Iraq
Historic Downtown Carlisle
Historical Directory of Carlisle
Historical Iron Works
Improvised Explosive Devices (IED)
In Memoriam
Indian Cemetery
Induction Centers
Integrity
Irving Female College
James S. Dunlap, Thomas J. MacMullen, Wayne R. Weaver
James Wilson
Jim Thorpe
John Bannister Gibson
John W. Geary
John Wormley
Joseph Ritner
Kady Brownell
Korean War Memorial
Korean War Memorial
Laughlin Mill
Lemoyne
Lemoyne Veterans Memorial
Liberty Tree
Lieutenant Colonel William Orlando Darby
Lifeline of the Valley: The Cumberland Valley Railroad
Lincoln Cemetery
Locust Grove Cemetery
Loyalty
Lt. James F. Bearer, USMC Memorial Trees
Machine Gun Post
Major André
Marcus A. Reno
Marianne Moore
Market House Square
Maurice K. Goddard
Mc Lean House
Meet Private Donald D. Kyler
Michael J. Griffin
Middle Spring Church
Middle Spring Presbyterian Church Commemorative Marker
Model 1857 Light 12 Pound Gun-Howitzer
Molly Pitcher
Molly Pitcher
Monroe Township History
Mt. Victory Church Cemetery
New and Improved but Not Soon Enough:
Newburg and Hopewell Township World War II Memorial
Newville Trolley
Newville War Memorial
No Man's Land
Obstacle Course
Occupation of Shippensburg
Old Court House
Old Graveyard
Old Prison
Old West
On this hill stood Fort Morris
On This Spot Were Found
One-Oh-Five
One-Room Schoolhouse
Our Fallen Patriots
Peace Church
Peace Church
Pennsylvania September 11 Casualties
Personal Courage
Pine Cottage
Pine Grove Furnace POW Interrogation Camp
Post of Command
POW ★ MIA
Pratt Hall
Private First Class Willard Dominick
Quarters 2
Quarters 3
Rebel Headquarters in Shippensburg, June 24-27, 1863
Reception Center
Reforger
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Residence of George H. Stewart, Sr.
Respect
Revolutionary War
Revolutionary War Soldiers Buried in Big Springs Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Richard Henry Pratt
Robert Strong, U.S.N.
Robert Whitehill (1735 - 1813)
Rolling Green Cemetery Veterans' Memorial
Saint Katharine's Hall
Saint Patrick Church & Cemetery
Schools housed at Carlisle Barracks during the period 1776-1976
Selfless Service
Sergeant (SGT) Robert Easley, Jr.
Sergeant First Class Randall D. Shughart
Sergeant Frederick A. Counsel
Sergeant Michael A. Mira
Seven Gables Park
Shelling of Carlisle
Shippensburg
Shippensburg
Shippensburg
Shopp Cemetery
Silver Spring Presbyterian Church
Site of Revolutionary War Forge
Smallpox
Sniper's Nest
South Middleton Township
Specialist (SPC) Charles Posey III
Specialist Fourth Class Robert D. Law
Splinter Proof
Sporting Hill
SSgt Larry R. Barnard
St. Patrick's Church
Staff Sergeant Fred A. Rella
State Police School
Stoll Field
Stony Ridge Convention
sun
Team Spirit
Technical History
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail
The Army's Work Horse
The ArmyÂ’s New 50-Ton Killer
The Battle of the Ia Drang Valley
The Benjamin Rush Campus of Dickinson College
The Byers-Eckels House
The Capture of Redoubt #10
The Carlisle Forge
The Carlisle Indian Industrial School
The Carlisle Theatre
The Charles Nisbet Campus of Dickinson College
The Craighead Family
The Farthest North
The First Court House of Cumberland County
The First National Bank of Newville
The First School of the American Army
The Front
The Hessian Powder Magazine
The High Street Train Stations
The Ia Drang Battlefield
The John Dickinson Campus of Dickinson College
The Jordan Gravestone
The Lake at Boiling Springs
The McClintock Riot
The Ones He Left Behind: The Widow and Children of Jacob Agle
The Original Fire Bell
The Original Site of the German Reformed and Lutheran Congregations
The PresidentÂ’s House
The Return of the Captives
The Salvation Army
The Shelling of Carlisle
The Trenches
The Union Fire Company
The Wormleysburg School
The "Duster"
These Soldiers of the Revolutionary War Who Lie Buried Here
They Called Them “Hellcats”
This tablet is placed
This Tablet Marks the Site of Fort Morris
Thomas Butler
Thorpe Hall
Time On Target
To Commemorate the First Home of the "Mobile Arm"
Traditions Field
Training Center
Trine Memorial Park
Truscott Hall
U S Army War College Alumni Memorial
Union Hotel
Upton Hall
Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial
Veterans Memorial Courtyard
Veterans Memorial Park
Vietnam Fire Support Base
Vietnam War Memorial
Vietnam War Memorial
Vietnam War Memorial
Washington Hall
Welcome to the World War I Trench System Exhibit
West College: A National Historic Landmark
Wheelock Bandstand
White Hall School
White-Washed in the Nick of Time: The Union (Sherman House) Hotel
William C. Ashwell
William Denning
Women of the Armed Forces Memorial
World War I Memorial
World War II Core Area
World War II Memorial
World War II Memorial
World War Memorial
"Old Abe"
"Tigers in Support"
During the American Revolution, Cumberland County played a significant role as a pivotal location. The county was home to several important military installations, including Carlisle Barracks, one of the nation's oldest army posts. Carlisle Barracks served as a training ground for troops and a prison for British soldiers during the war.
In the 19th century, Cumberland County experienced significant economic growth and development. The completion of the Cumberland Valley Railroad in 1837 opened up new opportunities for trade and industry. The county became a prominent center for manufacturing, with industries such as ironworks, textile mills, and paper production thriving.
Cumberland County also played a crucial role in the Civil War. During the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, the county served as a supply base and hospital center for the Union Army. Thousands of wounded soldiers were treated in makeshift hospitals across the county.
Today, Cumberland County is a vibrant and diverse community with a strong agricultural heritage. It boasts a mix of rural landscapes, small towns, and urban centers. The county's history is preserved and celebrated through a variety of historic sites, museums, and festivals, ensuring that the rich heritage of Cumberland County continues to be cherished for generations to come.
Brief timeline of the history of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania:
- 1750s - European settlers begin to arrive in the area that would become Cumberland County
- 1750 - Carlisle, the county seat, is founded by John Armstrong
- 1754-1763 - The French and Indian War brings increased conflict to the region
- 1776 - Cumberland County plays a key role in the American Revolution
- 1784 - The Carlisle Barracks are established as a military post
- 1841 - Dickinson College is founded in Carlisle
- 1863 - The Battle of Gettysburg takes place in neighboring Adams County
- 1902 - The U.S. Army War College is established at Carlisle Barracks
- 1955 - Cumberland County hosts the first Army-Navy football game
- Present - Cumberland County continues to grow and thrive as a prominent area of central Pennsylvania
This timeline provides a glimpse into the major events and milestones that have shaped the history of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.