![]() ![]() ![]() In July of 1813, he enlisted into the 147th Pennsylvania Regiment and was thus assigned to Captain George Records' company, which was to guard the Navy Yard at Erie during the War of 1812. Meanwhile, a young Samuel McKinney, the son of a Revolutionary War veteran and Irish immigrant, made his way from his current home in Centre County to the shores of Lake Erie.īorn in Chester County on Halloween 1786, there was nothing remarkable about the 27-year-old from the Pennsylvania countryside. Shipbuilder Noah Brown and Daniel Dobbins (Erie public dock namesake) completed building Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's squadron at Presque Isle Bay by spring of 1813. Preparations for the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812 brought hundreds of young men to the port in the middle of the wilderness at Erie. Their stories are just as captivating and critical to the construction of Western Pennsylvania as Perry's. Who are they? Where did they come from? Did they stay in the area? Are their families still here? The individuals who came to Erie in the 1810s laid the foundation for many families, some of whom remain. Yet, what is rarely told are the stories of the ordinary people who made it all happen. ![]() The Erie Commodores play soccer not far from Perry Square, the *Niagara welcomes visitors to the Erie Maritime Museum, Perry Monument sits on Presque Isle, and Perry's "Don't Give Up the Ship" flag could be seen as the unofficial symbol of the region. Brig *Niagara is virtually without rival in Northwestern Pennsylvania. The legacy of Oliver Hazard Perry and the U.S. ![]()
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