by OntheRoadwithSusan | Sep 6, 2026 | Pennsylvania Historic Markers
The second marker documented in my Pennsylvania Historical Marker series Pennsylvania’s blue-and-gold historical markers commemorate presidents, inventors, battlefields, industries, and events that changed history. But every once in a while, you find one that tells a...
by OntheRoadwithSusan | Sep 5, 2026 | Pennsylvania Historic Markers
The first marker documented in my Pennsylvania Historical Marker series On a walk through Saxonburg, it is easy to be drawn to the town’s brick sidewalks, historic buildings, and welcoming Main Street. But one blue-and-gold sign tells a story that reaches far beyond...
by OntheRoadwithSusan | Sep 2, 2026 | Pennsylvania Historic Markers
Discovering the Stories Along the Road When I am traveling through Pennsylvania, I am always watching for those familiar blue-and-gold signs along the road. Sometimes a marker stands in the center of a busy city. Others can be found along quiet country roads, in small...
by OntheRoadwithSusan | Aug 30, 2026 | Women in History
The engineer's wife who became the Brooklyn Bridge's true chief engineer She never held the title. For eleven years, she did the job anyway — walking the caissons, running the stress calculations, and answering to a Board of Trustees that never fully realized who was...
by OntheRoadwithSusan | Aug 21, 2026 | Pennsylvania Small Towns, Small towns in America
From a Harmonist Village to a Steel Town and the Community It Is Today. There are places I visit, and there are places that become part of who I am. For me, Ambridge is the second kind of place. I grew up here, surrounded by brick storefronts, church steeples, steep...
