Middletown. The oldest town in Dauphin County; laid out in 1755 by George Fisher, Quaker. It was an important port at the junction of Pennsylvania and Union Canals in the 19th century. Site of early flour, lumber, and iron industries.

351 N Union St. at Main (center square), Middletown, PA, United States

Union Canal. This canal was operated from 1828-1884. It connected the Susquehanna at Middletown with the Schuylkill at Reading, following the Swatara and Tulpehocken Creeks. Much coal and iron ore were transported. Course of canal was just west of old mill race.

E Main St. / E Harrisburg Pk. (PA 230) between RR tracks & Swatara Creek, Middletown, PA, United States

Saint Peter's Kierch. Cornerstone laid July 13, 1767, and dedicated in 1769 by Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, patriarch of American Lutheranism. Church erected on ground provided by George Fisher, the founder of Middletown, for annual rental of "one grain of wheat."

At church, Union & High Sts., Middletown, PA, United States

Burd Tombs. Col. James Burd of "Tinian," able and gallant officer in the French and Indian Wars, author of Middletown Resolves for Independence, June 1774, and his wife, Sarah Shippen, lie buried near the entrance of Middletown Cemetery.

Pa. 441, N. Union St. at Park Circle Rd., Middletown, PA, United States