INSTRUCTIONS — — — — — — — — — — — AMEDEO OBICI — — — — — — — — — — — 1 Italian Immigrant Obici Was a Self-Made Man
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Search for replicas of the actual markers throughout the Farm MARKERS TO FIND Show Complex to answer the questions in the brochure. THE BEGINNING OF FIRST PINCHOT ROAD 1. Amedeo Obici 13. Linton Park 3 8 14. Lorenzo L. Langstroth AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION In Gifford Pinchot’s 1930 campaign for Governor 2. Arnold N. Nawrocki of Pa., he pledged “to get the farmer out of PENNSYLVANIA FARM SHOW MARKER TRAIL MAP 3. The Beginning of Agricultural 15. Miracles on Maple Hill EXTENSION SERVICE Cooperative Extension Service 16. Neshannock Potato the mud.” True to his word, he set into motion Now known as Penn State Extension, this 4. Corry State Fish Hatchery 17. Pennsylvania School of a rural road paving project in 1931. The project 5. Daniel H. Hastings Horticulture for Women program provides valuable assistance to was undertaken by PennDOT’s predecessor, the 6. Dr. Alice Evans 18. Philadelphia Flower Show individuals, families, businesses, and the Department of 7. Eagle Grange No. 1 19. Ralston Thresher community. It initially sought to educate 1 20. Rural Electrification 4 WEST NORTHWEST 8. First Pinchot Road farmers to increase their HALL HALL 9. Flora Black 21. W. Atlee Burpee 10. Henry J. Heinz 22. William Chester Ruth 11. Honey Hollow Watershed 23. York Imperial Apple — — — — — — — — MAIN HALL 12. Johnny Appleseed 24. York Inter-State Fair — — — — — — — — — — — — SOUTH ENTRANCE 3 13 6 11 CORRY STATE FISH HATCHERY FLORA BLACK EQUINE 9 NORTH NORTH 4 For many years this facility was considered 5 BARN HALL HALL among the most productive in the nation. Mrs. Black was a civic leader who formed a EQUINE BROCHURE PICK UP AND ENTRANCE The hatchery was important for restoring group in 1914, originally called “Die Hausfrauen” 23 ARENA DROP OFF LOCATION 16 14 many fish species to their native waters. because most members were Pa. German What was the original name of the Corry women. The group provided community 15 12 State Fish Hatchery? networks to help women on farms in Somerset 2 County and across the state. One of their aims 9 MACLAY STREET ENTRANCE STREET MACLAY was to improve conditions in EAST 7 FOOD 19 24 10 HALL NORTH COURT EAST LARGE EXPO — — — — — — — HALL 20 18 ARENA HALL 17 FAMILY 21 — — — — — — — — — LIVING CAMERON STREET 22 ENTRANCE 8 PHMC'S HISTORICAL MARKER 5 DANIEL H. HASTINGS HEADQUARTERS BOOTH This governor of Pennsylvania grew up on a HENRY J. HEINZ AND PICK UP AND DROP OFF LOCATION 10 family farm in Clinton County and remained Mr. Heinz’s Pittsburgh company became one a strong supporter of Pa. farmers even after of the biggest food processors in the U.S. In becoming a teacher and lawyer. During his term 1860, Henry Heinz was only 16 when he started as governor, he created what state agency in his own business selling a product to neighbors 1895? The Department of made in his family’s kitchen. What was it? Careful—it isn’t what you think! LINSTRUCTIONS — — — — — — — — — — — AMEDEO OBICI — — — — — — — — — — — 1 Italian immigrant Obici was a self-made man. • Have Fun! His process of roasting, blanching, and salting peanuts became very popular with customers. HONEY HOLLOW WATERSHED As demand grew, he contracted out the DR. ALICE EVANS 11 • Follow Marker Trail Map to find markers. 6 Originally deeded by William Penn in 1682, processing and delivered peanuts himself Born and raised in Bradford County, Evans was this National Historic Landmark was settled throughout the region by horse and wagon. He a pioneering woman bacteriologist. During her • Find the related marker question in the brochure. in 1705 and still retains protective terraces, got his start at a young age in a local store that research on undulant fever, a disease caused by contour-plowed fields, diversion ditches, sold what? drinking raw milk, Evans contracted the disease • Read the marker to answer question and write your wildlife hedges, ponds and treelands. What herself, and suffered from outbreaks for years. type of assistance did the federal government answer in the brochure. What process did she promote to make milk safe? provide to six farms on Honey Hollow Creek to • Continue to another marker to answer the next — — — — — effectively shape land use? question. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • Submit your answers for a prize. — — — — — — — — — ARNOLD N. NAWROCKI If you complete the answers at the Farm Show, return EAGLE GRANGE NO. 1 2 An engineer, Mr. Nawrocki began his career with In 1871, Lycoming farmer Luke Eger started the the brochure to the PHMC Marker Booth or at the station in Swift and Co. in Chicago. He soon took a job 7 first Pa. chapter of the National Grange, formed JOHNNY APPLESEED Expo Hall. Don't forget to register for a drawing to win a Fun with the Clearfield Company because it showed 12 to promote the interests of farmers. By 1875, Pa. Beginning in 1792, John established apple Family Prize Pack. interest in his revolutionary food processing had 440 Granges with over 18,000 members. nurseries where he grew trees from seed for If you don't answer all the questions at the Farm Show, idea. For what dairy product did Nawrocki The Grange was the first organization to give local settlers in various locations. Apples were you can e-mail your answers to [email protected] by invent the process of individually wrapping? full membership to what group of people, whose important to early farmers for a food source and January 31 to register for the drawing to win a Fun Family equality they promoted? making cider. John wandered from Pennsylvania Prize Pack. Provide your name, address, e-mail address and to Ohio and Indiana, growing trees as he went. phone number to enter the prize drawing. What was John's real last name? To find historical marker information at home, go to — — — — — — www.PaHistoricalMarkers.com. — — — — — — — — — — — — LINTON PARK PHILADELPHIA FLOWER SHOW YORK IMPERIAL APPLE 13 18 23 In the 1820s, Jonathan Jessup developed a new Now recognized as one of America's most Throughout its history the flower show has apple at his York County nursery. The York Imperial significant primitive artists, Park lived most introduced visitors – 250,000 per year – to new became popular partly because it stored well before of his life in obscurity and poverty. He made plants, the latest trends in gardening, and the refrigeration. This old-fashioned apple is still being keen observations of rural life in Pennsylvania. newest horticultural innovations. It has been Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission grown in Pa. and across the U.S. What was the name Some of his most important illustrations gave named best event in the world many times by of Mr. Jessup’s nursery? historians an understanding of what industry? the International Festivals and Events Assoc. What popular plant, seen primarily around 2019 Christmastime, was first introduced to the American public here? Farms Historical Marker — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Scavenger Hunt — — — — — — — — — — YORK INTER-STATE FAIR 24 Search for Pennsylvania Historical Markers 14 LORENZO L. LANGSTROTH The first York Fair was held in 1765. By the 1880s, When honey was the primary sweetener in RALSTON THRESHER it had grown so large that the York County throughout the Farm Show and learn more about American diets, Rev. Langstroth developed 19 After grain was harvested, a labor-intensive Agricultural Society purchased a 73-acre farm to Pennsylvania’s rich agricultural heritage. a revolutionary hive by discovering the “bee process separated kernels from the stalks create a bigger space for the fair, where it is still space,” which allowed beekeeping to be done on (threshing), and cleaned them before flour or held today. America’s oldest fair was issued a a large scale at a lower cost. What was the title other products were made. In 1842, Andrew charter by what famous Pennsylvania family? of Rev. Langstroth's pioneering manual? The Hive Ralston designed a horse-driven machine that and the threshed and cleaned grain at the same time. It was manufactured at a factory owned by whom? The Robert — — — — — — — — — — — — — FUN FAMILY PRIZE PACKS — — — — — — — MIRACLES ON MAPLE HILL If your entry is chosen, your family will win a selection of PHMC 15 publications and a Pennsylvania Heritage Foundation® membership, While living in Edinboro, PA, the author, Virginia which includes a one-year subscription to Pennsylvania Heritage® Sorensen, immersed herself in the local culture by RURAL ELECTRIFICATION magazine, free general admission for two adults and all children to collecting sap from maple trees and boiling it over 20 Prior to the 1930s, private utilities were reluctant to the PHMC’s historic sites and museums on the Pennsylvania Trails of an open fire. The book highlights the importance of serve rural customers because of the high cost of History, a 10% discount at shoppaheritage.com, and Time Travelers the maple syrup industry in rural northwestern PA. building and maintaining electrical lines. What type privileges at participating historic sites and museums nationwide. What children’s literature award did her novel win? of consumer-owned groups were formed with federal Just for participating, you will receive a Farm Show marker government support to electrify Pennsylvania farms? refrigerator magnet, a Marker Program car magnet, and a complimentary copy of Pennsylvania Heritage® magazine! - — — — — — — — — — — — — The Scavenger Hunt uses historical markers — — — — — — — — — — — — SHARE YOUR STORIES WITH US! relating to agriculture found throughout the commonwealth. This fun challenge is an educational #PreservAtionHappensHere, the name of PA’s new tool to introduce children and their families to the NESHANNOCK POTATO W. ATLEE BURPEE statewide historic preservation plan, is the idea that there 16 John Gilkey was an Irish immigrant who came to diversity of Pennsylvania’s agricultural and rural 21 In 1876, at 18, Mr. Burpee began a business selling are great preservation activities happening every day across Pa.