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Historical Markers
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Historical Markers in Cranberry Township
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Venango Path
Dedicated: February 18, 1995Type: RoadsideLocation: Franklin Road at Route 228, Cranberry TownshipMarker Text: A major Indian path between the Forks of the Ohio (now Pittsburgh) and the Seneca town of Venango (now Franklin) passed through here. On Dec. 27, 1753, George Washington came this way with frontier scout Christopher Gist as they returned from Fort LeBoeuf on a mission for Virginia's Gov. Robert Dinwiddie. The Franklin Road, the first wagon road northward from Pittsburgh, was opened over this route in 1796.
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Crider's Corners
Dedicated:October 25, 1997Type: RoadsideLocation: Dutilh Road at Mars-Freedom RoadMarker Text: Crider's Corners. Cranberry Township's main intersection and business district, was located here at old Perry Highway (now Dutilh Road) and old Mars/Freedom Road. Site of Meeder's Market and Crider's Garage. From 1908 to 1931 Crider's Corners was a station on the Harmony Line electric railway. Named for landowner Jacob Crider (1823-1902).
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Ogle
Dedicated:July 14, 2001Type: RoadsideLocation: East side of Route 19 at Unionville RoadMarker Text: Cranberry Township's first post office, Ogle, opened 1850 in the home of Thomas Robinson on old Perry Highway (now Dutihl Road) .09 mile south of here. The post office and Ogle placename later moved to this location where postal services alternated between stores operated by James Garvin (here) and John Frantz diagonally opposite on Unionville Road, until 1902. Origin of the Ogle placename is unknown.
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Plains Church
Dedicated:July 23, 2006Type: RoadsideLocation: Notheast corner of Franklin and Plains Church RoadsMarker Text: Organized in 1806, Plains Presbyterian Church was the first church to form in Cranberry Township. The first services were held in groves and a tent. A log church was built in 1820 replaced by a brick church in 1839 with the present frame structure built in 1878. Plains Church is recognized as a "mother" church to Evans City and Crestview Presbyterian Churches. Membership was released in 1883 and 1890, respectively, to form these area churches. The Plains congregation has been and continues to be a faithful witness to the gospel in the community.
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