Welcome to Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. This unit of the National Park system stretches along both sides of the middle Delaware River for 40 miles from Milford in the north to the scenic Water Gap in the south. The park has places to . . . — — Map (db m87113) HM
Welcome to Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. This unit of the National Park system stretches along both sides of the middle Delaware River for 40 miles from Milford in the north to the scenic Water Gap in the south.
The park has places . . . — — Map (db m87106) HM
Welcome to Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. This unit of the National Park system stretches along both sides of the middle Delaware River for 40 miles from Milford in the north to the scenic Water Gap in the south. The park has places to . . . — — Map (db m87108) HM
Clean, free flowing rivers create unique and valuable ecosystems. Riffles, runs, and pools in the main channel of the Delaware River provide a variety of aquatic habitats. Dense underwater plant beds shelter game fish, minnows, and darters. Buried . . . — — Map (db m87131) HM
The first recorded European settler in this area was a Spaniard named Manuel Gonzales, who reached here around 1750. Subsequent settlers built a tavern, a gristmill, and other facilities, so that by 1820, Bushkill could be called a village. It had . . . — — Map (db m87111) HM
The Delaware River is the longest undammed river east of the Mississippi. Three segments-Upper, Middle, and Lower---flow unimpeded 330 miles from Hancock, New York, to the Delaware Bay.
Congress designated the Middle Delaware National Scenic and . . . — — Map (db m87134) HM
Here was located one of the earliest ferries across the Delaware. Andrew Dingman in 1750 built the flatboat he used as a ferry with his own hand axe. Dingman was one of the pioneer settlers. — — Map (db m76379) HM
Attracted by its natural beauty and wildlife, philanthropist George W. Childs purchased this land in 1892. He developed a public park because he believed everyone, not just wealthy landowners, should be able to experience and appreciate being . . . — — Map (db m194290) HM
Before steam or gas engines, people relied on water to generate power. Falling water spun turbines to provide power to all sorts of machines. Water-powered mills could grind flour, saw wood, or even pulp paper. Dingmans Creek boasted a dozen mills . . . — — Map (db m194289) HM
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) employed young men in the 1930s during the Great Depression. Across the country, CCC crews built park buildings, planted billions of trees, constructed roads, and fought wildfires. The program provided economic . . . — — Map (db m194292) HM
George W. Childs designed his park according to contemporary ideals, especially the belief that nature and natural scenery are restorative. At a time when cities were crowded, dirty, and dominated by industry, public parks were places where everyone . . . — — Map (db m194288) HM
Andrew Dingman established a ferry service for travelers wanting to cross the Delaware River here in 1735. The Dingman family operated the ferry on and off for 165 years. In 1900, with the construction of the bridge you see before you, the ferry . . . — — Map (db m231640) HM
The site of Horace Greeleys Utopian colony modeled on Brook Farm and the ideas of Fourier, French Socialist, was located here. Based on common property holding and equal labor, it failed in 1845 after July frosts had killed all crops. — — Map (db m23684) HM
Thousands of park patrons once walked down this path to the Promised Land Ranger Station. The building originally served as both the park office and residence for the Forest Ranger assigned to Promised Land. This area became the heart of park . . . — — Map (db m188884) HM
Our community mourns the loss of those
who perished during the terrorist attacks
carried out on U. S. soil on
September 11, 2001.
We remember their sacrifice as well as
that of their families and friends—
from all walks of life . . . — — Map (db m121659) HM
Much had been written about the Delaware & Hudson Canal but unfortunately, that is not the case for this building, especially its early years.
According to Phineas Goodrich in his 1880 book, History of Wayne County, Pennsylvania, . . . — — Map (db m122239) HM
This historic building dates to the early 1800s and was built using post and beam construction. In 1821 it was owned by Russell Daniels and was called the Daniels Farm. The Delaware & Hudson Canal was built directly behind the house; Lock 31 was . . . — — Map (db m122297) HM
The wooden stakes with white rope in front of you, show the size of a D & H Canal Co. boat after 1850, when they were eighty-nine feet long and fourteen and a half feet wide.
At the stern (back end) was a small cabin which was about twelve by . . . — — Map (db m122225) HM
It took nearly three years (spring of 1826 to fall of 1828) to build the Delaware & Hudson Canal primarily with German, Scotch, and Irish immigrant labor with the help of horses, hand tools and unpredictable black powder. Dynamite and matches . . . — — Map (db m122221) HM
Locks raise and lower canal boats where the elevation of the land changes. The 972 feet elevation difference between Honesdale, PA on the left side of the blue diagram below, and Kingston, NY on the right side, is drawn using 108 steps. Each . . . — — Map (db m122270) HM
July 22, 1779, 300 Tories and Indians led by Joseph Brant, Mohawk chief, were attacked near Lackawaxen by some 175 settlers. Brant was returning from raiding New York settlements. All but 25 of the patriots were killed. Brant escaped. — — Map (db m23632) HM
Look down at the massive icebreakers protecting the aqueduct's piers. John Roebling designed these plow-like structures to break up ice and deflect debris that flows down the Delaware. In some winters, ice may build up to six feet thick.
This . . . — — Map (db m121411) HM
Lackawaxen was an isolated area before the Delaware & Hudson Canal was completed in 1828. Within 20 years the canal company had enlarged the canal and built two new aqueducts in Lackawaxen to improve the efficiency and capacity of its operation. . . . — — Map (db m193658) HM
Remains of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company's 16-foot-high slackwater dam are visible upstream (before you). It was built in 1828 to form a pool of deep, slow-moving water, which allowed canal boats to safely cross the river. Conflicts . . . — — Map (db m193660) HM
Imagine boats traveling above the river here. After 1848, 50-ton canal boats crossed over the Delaware River at this site. Chief canal engineer Russel F. Lord and civil engineer John A. Roebling designed and built this suspension aqueduct . . . — — Map (db m121303) HM
The site of Horace Greeleys Utopian colony modeled on Brook Farm and the ideas of Fourier, French Socialist, was located here. Based on common property holding and equal labor, it failed in 1845 after July frosts had killed all crops. — — Map (db m23682) HM
Humbly and Gratefully
Dedicated
to
The United States of America's
Armed Forces
We honor all who have served
our great nation and ask you,
remember mothers, fathers, wives
husbands, children, family and friends,
they too pay the . . . — — Map (db m121563) WM
The prolific author of western novels lived on this property, 1905-1918. Among his books written here was the famed Riders of the Purple Sage (1912). He had a lifelong love for this area, and his remains now rest within view of the house. — — Map (db m23642) HM
The highway here follows closely the route of the Delaware Indian trail from Minisink Island to Wyoming. Refugees from the Massacre of Wyoming, 1778, camped by the “boiling” spring, which may be seen in the woods a few yards SW of here. — — Map (db m23643) HM
Richard V. Gassmann
"Dyke"
· Educator · Politician · Community Leader ·
· Patriot · Visionary · Trail Blazer · Organizer ·
This park exists because of his pledge to community,
love of his country and his untiring quest
to move . . . — — Map (db m215262) HM
Sometimes referred to as Fort Matamoras, this stone structure was built about 1740 by Simon Westfael, one of the earliest Dutch settlers in the region. It was a refuge from Indians in days of frontier warfare. — — Map (db m193388) HM
The bloodiest war in all of American history.
A war that pitted brother against brother
and father against son.
Total casualties - 624,515
Union - 364,511 Confederate - 260,004
Merrimac [illustration]
"A house divided against . . . — — Map (db m215263) HM WM
"The Trace"
A line from the Baltic Sea to the Austrian Border,
200 miles long, splitting Germany and the World
ideologically and militarily for 46 years
[Map of West and East Germany, highlighting]
Hamburg Corridor North German . . . — — Map (db m216690) WM
The ordeals of war:
bloody and miserable
The pain, the glory:
beyond measure
[Map of Korean Peninsula
highlighting major events] — — Map (db m216691) WM
"The world must be made safe for democracy"
President Woodrow Wilson
War message to Congress · April 2, 1917
World War I
significantly changed the European map
June 28, 1914 Assassination of Archduke Franz . . . — — Map (db m215268) HM WM
This monument, honoring our Greatest Generation,
is made of the same granite used in the construction
of the National WW II Memorial
[balance is inscribed on ground-level foundation]
Kershaw granite was quarried for . . . — — Map (db m215271) HM WM
A proclamation by the people of the
British Colonies stating their independence
[Map showing] Some of the significance battles
"No taxation without representation" - Stamp Act Congress
Betsy Ross Flag · Bennington Flag · Join, or Die . . . — — Map (db m215261) HM WM
The price of a
Silver Rose Medal
is not free
"They gave their tomorrows
for your todays"
In memory of the men and women
who served in the Vietnam War
and later died as a result of
Agent Orange dioxins
We honor and . . . — — Map (db m216825) WM
In honor of all angry hearts and wounded souls
who came together to honor the dead
and fight for our freedom
The three columns symbolize the three locations of 9-11-2001.
The nest of twisted metal the ability of our country
to use . . . — — Map (db m215257) WM
Dedicated to those who served our country
1959 - 1975
In recognition of
The Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall
July 26 - Aug. 2, 1998
at Matamoras Airport Park
They were as the flowers of the forest
full of love, hope and promise . . . — — Map (db m216824) WM
[Three Servicemen Statue and The Wall image]
Poor is the nation that has no heroes
Poorer still is the one that does and yet forgets
Ours was a just war
[Battlefield Cross]
Vietnam Our Longest War
Fought with honor and valor
in . . . — — Map (db m216820) WM
Dedicated to those from this community
who made the supreme sacrifice while
serving our country
1917 ★ World War I ★ 1918
Benjamin L. Devore Leonard W. Quinn
1941 ★ World War II ★ 1945
Howard E. Adams . . . — — Map (db m216823) WM
"For those who fight for it
life has a flavor
the protected
will never know"
Anonymous
Asiatic Pacific Theater [map]
European African Middle Eastern Theater [map] — — Map (db m216688) WM
Dedicated to the memory of those brave members of the Pennsylvania State Police, the first uniformed state police agency in the nation, who made the ultimate sacrifice by laying down their lives in performance of their duties . . . — — Map (db m231608) HM
Milford National Historic District
Registered 2002 #282
Historic Preservation Trust of Pike County
This cast iron and rod fence, crafter in the mid 19th century, originally enclosed the Italianate home of Dr. Edward Haliday. In the 1890's . . . — — Map (db m244070) HM
Sculpted from blocks of bluestone in 1911 for the Village Improvement Association. This fountain was erected originally at curbside, to provide drinking water to horses in front, pedestrians in back and dogs on either side. — — Map (db m89641) HM
This building was originally located next to the
Hotel Fauchere and moved to this location c.1902.
It served as drug store and physician's office for
Dr. Henry Everett Emerson. — — Map (db m188992) HM
The original inhabitants of the area were the Minisink clan of the Lenape people. The Dutch came in the mid-1600s seeking precious metals. The first English settled here in 1731, attracted by the Vandermark and Sawkill creeks as a source of power . . . — — Map (db m188965) HM
First established in 1852 as a summer hotel, its restaurant received widespread recognition for innovative French cuisine under the management of Louis Fauchθre, master chef at New York Citys famed Delmonicos Restaurant. He introduced fine . . . — — Map (db m231201) HM
In honor of Judge John Biddis founder of Milford, Pennsylvania in 1796. He named Milford after a town in Wales, the home of his ancestors. Judge Biddis was one of the first four circuit judges appointed by the Governor of Pennsylvania.
Assigned to . . . — — Map (db m89640) HM
The Metz Ice Plant is significant for its long history as a water-powered industrial site. Originally built as a gristmill along the Sawkill Creek, successive owners converted the building and related machinery to produce wheels, wheel spokes, . . . — — Map (db m202863) HM
In 1899, E.S. Wolfe used native bluestone to build
Milford Borough a town meeting room, firehouse,
and jail. Today this impressive hall continues to
serve the community. — — Map (db m189072) HM
[bas relief of high school building]
Accredited by
Department of Public Instruction
1892 - 1956
Middle States Association
of Colleges and Secondary Schools
1928 - 1956
Merged with Matamoras High School
1956
to form Delaware . . . — — Map (db m189070) HM
Built 1814-15
Courts of Pike County 1815-1874
First Church service
of
First Presbyterian Church 1823
The Methodist Church 1826
The Episcopal Church 1866
Pike County Jail 1816. — — Map (db m89643) HM
Formed March 26, 1814 from Wayne County and named for Zebulon M. Pike. Its bluestone and lumber, carried by D & H Canal and by Erie R.R., helped build our nation. Famed for its natural beauty. Near Milford, the county seat, is Gov. Pinchot's Grey . . . — — Map (db m32168) HM
This placque [sic] is a sincere and loving tribute to
Father Vincent J. Mahon. It is an acknowledgement of his
dedication as the first resident pastor of St. Patrick's
1946 - 1972
Father Mahon's work in St. Patrick's was magnificent! His . . . — — Map (db m189113) HM
Dedicated
in honor and memory
of the
Soldiers and Sailors from
Pike County, Pennsylvania
who answered our
country's call to arms
in wars of our nation — — Map (db m89642) WM
Erected by A.D. and B.C. Brown. The First National Bank
opened here in July 1900. Brown's Hall on the third floor
hosted many community functions. Having served Milford
as a retail center for over a century, it is now known
as the . . . — — Map (db m188933) HM
