Malcolm Cowley Historical Marker in Cambria County

Over the past 12 years we've been following the Pennsylvania Historical Marker Trail all through our great state and documenting them here on the blog. Millions of people walk or drive by these markers every year and never give them a second thought. They're a great source of historic information and we're trying to bring some much needed attention to them.

While following the historical marker trail through Cambria County we came upon the Malcom Cowley historical marker. Here's what it says. 

Malcolm Cowley

Born here in 1898, Cowley became an influential literary critic, editor, poet, and historian after World War I. He chronicles the "Lost Generation" in Exile's Return, his most famous work. Blue Juanita, a book of verse, celebrates this region. He was Chancellor of the American Academy of Arts & Letters, 1966-1976. He died in Sherman, Conn. in 1989.

Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

You'll find it located on Benjamin Franklin Highway US Route 422 on the right when traveling west. It's near Belsano in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. You can pull off on the side of the road to photograph it for your waymarking records. You can find hundreds of Pennsylvania Historical Markers documented on our travel blog.