A settlement of French Royalists, who fled the French Revolution in 1793, was established in this valley directly opposite this marker. It was laid out and settled under the direction of Viscount de Noailles and Marquis Antoine Omer Talon.
It was . . . — — Map (db m90368) HM
The broad plain which can be seen from this point was the site, 1793-1803, of the French refugee colony. The Great House, built for Marie Antoinette and her son, was there and an entire village founded. — — Map (db m90367) HM
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. — — Map (db m90370) HM
Protecting the Upper Susquehanna Basin will also protect the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Upper Susquehanna Coalition & Chesapeake Bay Program Projects *Wetlands constructed for flood control and wildlife habitat *Farm nutrient . . . — — Map (db m90528)
Moravian mission founded at Wyalusing Indian town by David Zeisberger in 1763. It served as a model for subsequent Indian missions. It was abandoned in 1772, when pastors Ettwein and Roth led some 200 Indians to the mission of Friedenstadt on the . . . — — Map (db m109636) HM
As you drive through Bradford County you will see the patch-quilt of beauty of agriculture’s landscape. Agriculture in Bradford County has a long history of managing land and water resources to ensure both a profitable crop and a healthy . . . — — Map (db m90517)
Here Apr. 14, 1782, a party led by Sgt. Thos. Baldwin tried to rescue a woman and her children held as Indian captives. In a four-hour battle, three children were saved but the mother was killed. — — Map (db m90485) WM
Limehill Battlefield In attempting to rescue Mrs. Roswell Franklin and her four children who had been captured by Indians Sergeant Thomas Baldwin and his party met the enemy near this spot after four hours of fighting. Three of the children . . . — — Map (db m90498) HM
Wyalusing
10 1/2 miles from Vanderlip's farm. Fifth encampment of Sullivan's Army on the march from Wyoming to Teaoga, August 6-7, 1779, was on site just west of this road marked by the Moravian Indian Town Monument — — Map (db m90560) WM
Gen. John Sullivan's army camped just west Aug. 5-7, 1779, en route to attack the New York Iroquois. A major campaign, destroying 40 villages and ending the Indian-Tory frontier menace. — — Map (db m90562) WM
The Lime Hill Battlefield, April 14th, 1782. Several hundred yards south west and in front of this marker, a rescue party of eight Patriot men ambushed a war party of thirteen Iroquois Indians who were marching five captives, Mrs. Roswell Franklin . . . — — Map (db m90496) WM
A great Indian highway from Six Nations country, New York, to the Catawba country in the Carolinas. It made its way through the Allegheny Mountains by following the Susquehanna and Juniata valleys. — — Map (db m90515) WM
Named for an early town of the Munsee Delawares, which occupied the flats south of the present town. In 1760 Munsees under Papoonhank welcomed Post here, on his way toward a great Indian council beyond Allegheny River. — — Map (db m90559) HM
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Listed
September 15, 2003 — — Map (db m109607) HM
This edifice was known for much of its existence as the Odd Fellows Hall because it belonged for decades to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF). In more recent years it was known simply as the Lodge Hall because occupants have included . . . — — Map (db m201035) HM