Labyrinth Design by:
Robert Possehl
Representing Pennsylvania in the
National Millennium Project:
"Artists and Communities:
America Creates for the Millenium"
Thanks:
To all the volunteers and donors who made
this . . . — — Map (db m263418) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m78907) HM
This monument is erected
to commemorate and perpetuate
the memory and deeds of
the French Royalist refugees
who escaping from France
and the horrors of its Revolution
and from the Revolution in San Domingo
settled here in 1793
and . . . — — Map (db m263818) HM
The Blacksmith Shop was originally the Carriage House. The building dates back to the late 1830s. Inside you will find antique farm equipment including a wheelbarrow and several tools used by the blacksmith. — — Map (db m263421) HM
As you enter the parking lot, look to your left. The tall white cemetery marker is where members of the La[P]orte family are buried, including John and Bartholomew. — — Map (db m263405) HM
Please enter the LaPorte house from the front portico for tours. The house tour is included with a general admission ticket.
Please purchase tickets at the Gate House.
This house was built as a summer house by Mr. LaPorte so his . . . — — Map (db m263422) HM
The Gazebo was built in 1992 in memory of Martha Hermann, curator of French Azilum from 1966 to 1985. Many of the displays and programs are her accomplishments.
In loving memory of
Martha Hermann
French . . . — — Map (db m263419) HM
An authentic hand-hewn cabin, dating back to the 1780s, was originally built on the Welles
farm about 9 miles south of this site. It was donated and moved to the French Azilum in 1962 by the Welles family of Wyalusing. The roof and floor have . . . — — Map (db m263413) HM
A scale house, more commonly known as a weigh house, was used by the public to weigh goods and have them approved by local authorities. It was also the way communities levied taxes on the goods transported through, or sold within, the city. . . . — — Map (db m263430) HM
Smoke houses were used to smoke and cure ham and other pork products. The farm buildings on
site, including the Smoke House, were built after 1847.
Slow cooking with smoke adds flavor and preserves the food for better storage. — — Map (db m263428) HM
Built mid-1800s, the Wagon House was used to house farm equipment and hay. Many of the
construction beams in this building are believed to have been from The Queen's House or "la Grande Maison." It now contains spinning and weaving . . . — — Map (db m263433) HM
This stone-walled wine/root-cellar is from the original French Azilum village. Several items, including bottles, glassware and ironware were found during the 1956-1957 winter excavation.
These items can be viewed in the Museum Cabin. . . . — — Map (db m263416) HM
Known also as Tioga Point. Connecticut settlers laid out the village in 1786. Site of ancient Indian village of Teaoga. Base for the Sullivan Campaign into central N.Y. Gateway from Southern N.Y. into Pennsylvania for centuries. — — Map (db m90294) HM
(Front):Pro Patria Et Gloria Erected to the memory of our soldiers who fought in defense of the flag (Back):Presented to the township of Athens, Bradford County by Joseph Whipple and Charlotte Snell Stickles of Orange, New Jersey . . . — — Map (db m33073) HM
Augustus Simeon Perkins
(son of Edward Henry & Susan
Welles Perkins) was born
at Athens, Pa. July 13, 1838.
He entered the Army at the
commencement of the war
in 1861, and while serving
as captain of Company I 50th . . . — — Map (db m154056) HM
Here the Indian voyager down the Chemung lifted his canoe and carried it a hundred and ninety yards across the neck to ascend the Susquehanna. — — Map (db m33158) HM
Leader of Connecticut land claimants. Served in Sullivan Campaign, 1779. Imprisoned in 1787-89 for leading new state movement. Later served in Pa. legislature. Moved here in 1789; died in 1831. Homesite and grave are east of road. — — Map (db m90297) HM
In Sullivan's Expedition, the march that destroyed savagery and opened the Keystone and Empire States to civilization, four brigades furnished by the states of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and New Hampshire, with Proctor's Artillery and Parr's . . . — — Map (db m33146) HM
Here within the confines of Fort Sullivan were buried August 14 1779 several soldiers killed the previous day in a skirmish at Chemung as attested by Solomon Talada soldier in the ranks who returned to live in Athens the rest of his life This . . . — — Map (db m33148) HM
Here, between the Chemung and Susquehanna commanding both rivers, Gen. John Sullivan built a fort Aug. 18, 1779. With a camp on the flats, it was base for the central N.Y. campaign and defeat of the Tory-Indian alliance. — — Map (db m33156) HM
Henry Welles Perkins, eldest son of Edward Henry and Susan Welles Perkins, was born at Athens, Pennsylvania, August 28th, 1834.
He entered the Army as First Lieutenant, Company A, 50th Regiment New York Engineers, September 11th, 1861; was . . . — — Map (db m154061) HM
[Front]
Dedicated to the memory
of the McKinney Family
buried in the family plot
on the McKinney Farm
east of Athens.
[Back]
1769 Henry McKinney 1806
His wife . . . — — Map (db m154052) HM
This Italianate-style building was constructed
in 1853 by Col. C. F. Welles as the administrative
building for North Branch Canal works. Built
with Baltimore brick that was shipped to Athens
on the Susquehanna River, the . . . — — Map (db m256762) HM
A tribute to the men of Athens Borough and Athens Township who made the supreme sacrifice in the wars of our country World War IArnold Floyd E. Hatch, Archie T. Campbell, Leon E. Pond, Roy
Delaney, Howard Santee, Clyde H. Hadlock, Frederick . . . — — Map (db m33109) WM
America's beloved writer of folk tunes and ballads attended, 1840-41, Athens Academy which stood here. The Tioga Waltz, Foster's first music, was composed at that time. — — Map (db m32958) HM
This strategic locality between the Chemung and the Susquehanna shows signs of age-old residence by various Indian groups. Graves of an Andaste chief and his followers were unearthed here in 1883-95. — — Map (db m33159) HM
Indian village 3 miles distant from Sheshecunnuck Site of Sullivan's Army Encampment August 11-26, 1779 Lay one and one fourth miles south of this point — — Map (db m32912) HM
Dedicated in memory of
SPC Oliver J. Brown
"First Fallen Soldier of this Valley and Bradford County"
(since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom March 2003)
who served with honor, pride and
loyalty with the . . . — — Map (db m154038) WM
In May, 1790, Abraham DeWitt and his brother Isaac, with James McKean, came from "Johnny Cake Hollow," Chemung County, N.Y. to the mouth of Sugar Creek (Oscalui). They made their way up the creek to the present borough of Burlington. Here they . . . — — Map (db m222685) HM
Near this spot September 26, 1778 Colonel Thomas Hartley and two hundred men of the Pennsylvania Line met and defeated a war party of the six nations. — — Map (db m90024) WM
This park was originally dedicated in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice during World War I. Sidney Rankin Drew Max M. Jenkins Olie Johns Gordon Beacher King William Mandeville James Harry Mason Howard Russell Soper John . . . — — Map (db m90023) WM
A memorial service was held at this spot for Lt. Eugene Bernard, of Kansas City, Kansas on the 65th anniversary of his tragic death, (6 PM Oct. 31, 1952) when his Navy Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat Fighter crashed a quarter mile south of this village. He . . . — — Map (db m198147) HM WM
In memory of Major Jared Phelps a Revolutionary Soldier, who settled in East Smithfield Township in 1811. The ground where this stone rests was given by him to the Congregational Church. — — Map (db m90160) HM WM
This monument is erected by citizens of this township, to perpetuate the memories of fifty four of its soldiers whose names are hereon inscribed, and who with patriot zeal, left their homes at the call of their country, and lost their lives in its . . . — — Map (db m90159) WM
The hill just southeast was the scene, Sept. 29, 1778, of a battle between Col. Thos. Hartley's men from Fort Muncy, and the Indians. Two days before, Hartley had burned Queen Esther's town near present Athens. — — Map (db m312981) HM
A portion of the nearby stone wall was laid by the Works Progress Administration in 1938-39. Begun during the Great Depression as the Civil Works Administration, the WPA was a nationwide unemployment relief program that provided much needed work and . . . — — Map (db m90231) HM
Gen. John Sullivan's army camped on the Sheshequin Flats below, Aug. 9-10, 1779. The seventh and last over-night stop on the way to Tioga Point. — — Map (db m33161) HM
The south door of Iroquois Long House was situated on the point at the meeting of the rivers 200 rods to the northeast Queen Esther's Town of the Delaware Indians was 100 rods to the east along the Chemung River Bank Both towns were destroyed . . . — — Map (db m33160) HM
Sayre's lengthy history has progressed a long way from the early days when horse-drawn wagons with drivers making home deliveries were common. The iceman, (Image No. 1) coalman, milkman, and breadman made home deliveries on a regular schedule by . . . — — Map (db m216298) HM
Named to honor Dr. Donald Guthrie who for many years has been surgeon-in-chief of the Robert Packer Hospital-Guthrie Clinic which from a small country hospital he has made internationally known. His services and his kindness to countless thousands . . . — — Map (db m90233) HM
Left Panel 1889 1870 Development of Sayre as a railroad town began with the naming of the junction for Robert H. Sayre, Chief Engineer of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. 1889 Cornerstone for the Packer Avenue Bridge. 1896 . . . — — Map (db m90240) HM
Prince Bryants gristmill became Shepards mill in 1788. The only mill between Binghamton, NY and Wilkes-Barre, PA. Shipping point for oil, lumber and plaster by raft to settlements on the Susquehanna. Later, there were nine mills operating at . . . — — Map (db m90293) HM
Early in the life of Sayre, Mr. Howard Elmer, Sayre's founder, in developing a planned community, arranged for two public parks. The Desmond Street Park (Image No. 1) was graded and set with trees in 1882. Over the years, the trees matured as the . . . — — Map (db m216297) HM
Sayre's Lehigh Valley Railroad Passenger Station (Image No. 1) was built in 1881 in the heart of early Sayre. Sayre was on the Lehigh's 448-mile mainline route between New York City and Buffalo. Both the passenger station and the railroad yards . . . — — Map (db m216296) HM
This area was known by pioneers as the "Pine Plains." In 1790 near this spot Timothy Pickering met Red Jacket and his Senecas. They were on the way to the peace council at Tioga Point. — — Map (db m90242) HM
In loving memory of Pvt. Lawrence L. Cabucci Co. F, 329th Infantry 83rd Div. U. S. Army Enlisted March 3, 1942 Killed in action July 26, 1944 in France Erected by Roma Madre Lodge 1342, Order Sons of Italy in America Greater . . . — — Map (db m198151) HM WM
Sustained major fire damage Sept. 7, 1987 Restored and reoccupied May 23, 1988 Mayor Nicholas Chacona Council President Gene Palluzzi Council Members Francis Altieri William Baird Sidney Freedman Dr. Pat Musto Henry Peterpaul Michael . . . — — Map (db m198156) HM
The hamlet of Sayre began in Athens Township in 1870 near the Susquehanna River and at the junction of three small railroads in back of where you are now standing. Activity at and near the junction, called Southern Central Junction, led to the . . . — — Map (db m216289) HM
One of the highlights of 2013 was the return of Sayre-built Lehigh Valley Railroad Caboose No. 95011 to the museum. A brief history of the well-traveled caboose was prepared for the July 29, 2013 dedication. Built in 1941, it was one of 140 . . . — — Map (db m216300) HM
Construction started in August 1885 under the direction of builder Edward Yost. A local newspaper stated that the patients in the Robert Packer Hospital watched workmen build the bandstand across the street. It was built through a public fund drive . . . — — Map (db m306343) HM
The Victorian-era, Queen Ann architectural style Sayre Passenger Station, built in 1881 for the Lehigh Valley Railroad, was adjacent to the very ornate three-story brick Seneca Division Office Building, constructed in 1876. Image No. 1 shows the . . . — — Map (db m216406) HM
The Lehigh Valley Railroad reached Sayre, Pennsylvania, in the 1870s growing its huge complex (Image No. 1) to include eventually 250 acres of land with 21 major buildings and 80 miles of tracks between Sayre's southern border with Athens, . . . — — Map (db m216299) HM
What do we know about the Native Americans who lived here from what they left behind? Archaeological excavations have uncovered evidence of people camping, hunting, gathering and fishing along the banks of the Chemung and Susquehanna Rivers for . . . — — Map (db m216495) HM
Sayre Penna. Our honored dead in 1914-The World War-1918Archie T. Hatch Orlando M. Loomis Eugene F. Murphy Leo A. Murphy Arthur V. Drake Fred D. Skiff Clarence B. Utter Elmer D. Jackson William H. Decatur Wayne R. Horton . . . — — Map (db m90291) WM
[Armed Forces emblems]
This memorial is dedicated to
the men and women who have served
our country during all our nations conflicts.
May their bravery and sacrifice
be remembered for all time.
The residents of
Athens Township . . . — — Map (db m154022) WM
The first Universalist Society in Bradford County was
organized in Sheshequin in 1808 and became a church organization in 1880.
This building was erected in 1827 by the united efforts of the members
who made "bees" to haul the stone, fell . . . — — Map (db m154019) HM
In 1922, the Susquehanna and New York (S & NY) constructed this building, smaller than the freight depot, (20' by 84'). This one-story building of steel lath covered with stucco has an asbestos roof. The station had three rooms: ticket office, . . . — — Map (db m109653) HM
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his . . . — — Map (db m153873) HM WM
The American Hotel is the oldest remaining hotel site in Towanda. This imposing 20- room hotel was built in the early 1800's by General William Patton, a leading Democrat, lawyer, author and biographer. The Greek Revival three-story structure is . . . — — Map (db m109675) HM
Formed on February 21, 1810 from Lycoming and Luzerne counties. Named Ontario County until 1812; renamed for the second U.S. Attorney General, William Bradford.
County seat of Towanda was incorporated 1828. Famous for Sullivan's March and David . . . — — Map (db m312870) HM
Among the most prominent historic buildings in Towanda and a good example of beaux arts classical style architecture is the third Bradford County Courthouse. Ground was broken in April 1896 and the cornerstone was laid with appropriate ceremonies . . . — — Map (db m90323) HM
This imposing 18-room structure is a cross between Italianate and Greek Revival architecture. It is sometimes referred to as Foster Hall because of its association with Stephen Fosters family. Ephriam Baird, a Philadelphia lawyer who is buried . . . — — Map (db m129815) HM
Prominent Towanda attorney David Cash served as Bradford County District Attorney and Prothonotary. He was interested in the construction of the North Branch Canal and Barclay Railroad. He lived at this home with his wife, the former Mary Ann . . . — — Map (db m201086) HM
In 1949, the Bradford County Historical
Society, then located in the courthouse
annex, initiated the first Century Farm
program in Pa. Based on NY's Order of
Century Farmers, the program recognized
farms that had been owned and operated . . . — — Map (db m201059) HM
This Tablet
was here placed on the
Thirtieth day of May
1868
by the members of
Post No. 68, Dept. of Pennsylvania
Grand Army of the Republic,
to show their appreciation of, and to keep alive in the memory
of their . . . — — Map (db m201080) WM
The second Bradford County Courthouse, located directly behind the present Courthouse, was constructed in 1847 and occupied in 1850. It was not long before the growing business of the county caused the Courthouse to become overcrowded. An annex was . . . — — Map (db m90320) HM
The great Free-Soiler, who began the fight on slavery extension with the Wilmot Proviso in 1846, lived in this house. Republican Party founder; its first candidate for Governor. He died here in 1868. — — Map (db m90310) HM
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude
shall ever exist in any part of said territory,
except for crime whereof the party shall
first be duly convicted." — — Map (db m263362) HM
Bacteriologist for the US Department of Agriculture who discovered that brucellosis bacteria found in raw milk caused undulant fever in humans. Despite gender discrimination in her field, she published a report in 1918 and promoted milk . . . — — Map (db m122322) HM
Dr. Samuel Huston (also spelled Houston) came to Towanda with David F. Barstow and John C. Adams in 1827 from Essex County, Massachusetts. Dr. Huston married Emeline Mix, oldest daughter of Col. Hiram Mix of a prominent Towanda family. Huston . . . — — Map (db m153951) HM
In 1820 a lawyer named Edward Overton came to Towanda from Athens. His father, Thomas Overton, was one of the principal owners of the land in the new town of Towanda. Edward also became interested in land and owned the coal deposits, which Barclay . . . — — Map (db m109744) HM
Mustered Feb. 25, 1864; Oct. 1864, he was captured
at Carter's Creek, TN, and was a Prisoner of War
in Alabama. He was paroled toward the end
of the war, on March 15, 1865. — — Map (db m263334) WM
On Oct. 25, 1825, the First Congregation of the Presbyterian Church met in Towanda. Church services were held at the countys first courthouse, which had only been completed for nine years at the time.
In 1834 the congregation built their first . . . — — Map (db m90321) HM
On land once owned by William Means, Frank Overton had this handsome residence designed by architect W. B. Camp of Athens. The contractor was William Welch of Towanda. Frank Overton was married to Elizabeth Means who inherited the land from her . . . — — Map (db m153935) HM
J.O. Frost's Sons Furniture establishment first operated on Charles Street. Later their block-long factory located on River Street between Pine and Bridge Streets was the hub of Towanda economy until 1933. Chairs, tables, bedsteads and bureaus . . . — — Map (db m109676) HM
The architecture of this structure is often referred to as "Gingerbread Victorian." It features a series of sharply peaked escalloped gables: four on the east side, three on the south side and one at the north. The narrow, high windows have . . . — — Map (db m201096) HM
This lawyer from Towanda was instrumental in enrolling Bradford County men. Severely wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville, he recovered and returned to service only to be killed in Petersburg, VA, at a location known as Hare House, shot . . . — — Map (db m263342) WM
The First National Bank of Towanda opened on this site July 28, 1863. For over 100 years this was the sole place of business for the bank. The original building was demolished in 1874 to make way for construction of the current Classical Revival . . . — — Map (db m109679) HM
Pearl Harbor
"Yesterday, December 7, 1941,
a date which will live in infamy,
the United States of America was
suddenly and deliberately attacked
by naval and air forces of the
Empire of Japan."
-Franklin Delano Roosevelt, . . . — — Map (db m154418) HM WM
[Photo of Flag Raising]
Raising the US Flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jim, 25 February 1945 during WWII in action against the Empire of Japan; photo by Joe Rosenthal.
There are six Flag Raisers on the famous Iwo Jima photo; four in the front . . . — — Map (db m153932) HM WM
Built in 1897 by J. A. Decker, a wealthy lumberman and banker, this home is a frame free classic variant of Queen Anne Victorian style. It has a wrap-around porch with pedestaled columns and spindled balustrade; arched pedestaled columns at the . . . — — Map (db m153948) HM
Mustered June 21, 1861, his regiment was among
those who accompanied Major General Warren's
raid along the Weldon Railroad. Harris was killed
by guerrillas during that raid in December 1864. — — Map (db m263327) HM WM
In the late 1800s James H. Hawes built this magnificent Queen Anne home displaying twin gables and very elaborate spindled porches, including a porte-cochere. Born in London, England, James came to this country with his father, a toy manufacturer. . . . — — Map (db m129819) HM
Enlisted Aug. 24, 1861; Killed in Action May 31, 1862,
at Fair Oaks, VA
1st officer of the county to lose his life in battle;
just before crossing Seven Mile Road, he turned to
his captain and said, "My dear Proctor, if anything . . . — — Map (db m263357) HM WM
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