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Wyalusing in Bradford County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
 

Camptown Races

 
 
Camptown Races Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, October 13, 2015
1. Camptown Races Marker
Inscription. Stephen Foster's title for the well-known song is said to have been taken from nearby Camptown. Foster's residence at Towanda and Athens may have created the association.
 
Erected 1947 by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Arts, Letters, Music. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) series list.
 
Location. 41° 43.622′ N, 76° 17.719′ W. Marker is in Wyalusing, Pennsylvania, in Bradford County. It is at the intersection of Grand Army of the Republic Hwy (US 6) and Pennsylvania Route 409 on Grand Army of the Republic Hwy (US 6). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Wyalusing PA 18853, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Azilum (approx. Ό mile away); Asylum (approx. 0.3 miles away); Lime Hill (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Battle of Lime Hill (approx. 0.3 miles away); Limehill Battlefield / Joseph Elliott (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Asylum (approx. 0.9 miles away); Wagon House (approx. 1.1 miles away); Ferry Bell (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Wyalusing.
 
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Camptown Races Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Don Morfe, October 13, 2015
2. Camptown Races Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 7, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,186 times since then and 71 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 7, 2015, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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