First Pinchot Road
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deano1943
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This Historical Marker is located along PA 177, near Lewisberry.
Waymark Code: WMR7A
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 09/23/2006
Views: 12
To "get the farmer out of the mud" was the road from here to Rossville. Gov. Gifford Pinchot broke ground here, July 23, 1931, to inaugurate the rural road improvement program of the Pennsylvania Department of Highways under the Act of June 22, 1931.
Marker Name: First Pinchot Road
County: York
Date Dedicated: 05/25/1963
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: PA 177, 1.5 miles S of Lewisberry
Category: Transportation, Roads
Website: [Web Link]
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