SHOHOLA, PA — A plaque commemorating the July 15, 1864 Erie Railroad crash was removed, presumably stolen, shortly before mid-December, according to a press release from the Shohola Railroad and Historical Society (SHRS). The plaque had a place on a boulder at the crash site, the King and Fuller Cut.

The accident involved a train coming from the north holding coal and a prison train from the south holding upward of 963 souls. The plaque honored the 61 Civil War soldiers, from the north and south, and four railroad employees. All were killed about a mile north of the township of Shohola. Many of the wounded and dying were cared for by selfless individuals from both sides of the river, in their own homes and at the Shohola Hotel, now known as Rohman’s.

Anyone with information about the plaque’s disappearance is asked to contact the PA State Police or the president of the SHRS, Pastor Rolf Buchmann, at 570/559-7608. The SRHS is offering a $100 reward, no questions asked, for information leading to its safe return.