Early Bible

Early Bible is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Somerset County, dedicated 1954.

Somerset County · dedicated 1954 · 151 W Main St.

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In a log cabin located on this site, Charles Frederick Goeb printed a Bible in 1813. It was the first Bible printed west of the Allegheny Mountains.

under a mile from where Margaret Saylor lived in the 1710s

From one family's 77-marker roster

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

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