“I remember well the day independence was declared on the plains of Pine Creek...” —Anna Jackson Hamilton, 1858, recalling, at age 90, the gathering under the Tiadaghton Elm on July 4, 1776. In the mid-1700s, much of Pennsylvania was still . . . — — Map (db m304578) HM
Under this huge Elm, July 4, 1776, resolves declaring independence were drawn, prior to news of action by Congress at Philadelphia. This was an expression of the spirit common to the frontier and led by the famous Fair Play men. — — Map (db m65556) HM
Here, on July 4, 1776, the pioneer settlers of the West Branch resolved independence from Britain. This historic tree still stands about two miles from here at the junction of the Susquehanna and Pine Creek. — — Map (db m150087) HM
