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Robert E. Peary

Cambria County · dedicated 1947 · Adm. Peary Hwy. (SR 2014 / old US 22) just W of Cresson (across from Mt. Aloysius College)

This monument was placed in honor of the Arctic explorer, discoverer of the North Pole April 6, 1909. Peary was born in Cresson, May 6, 1856, the family moving to Maine in 1859.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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