On York Avenue (U.S. 6) at Mix Avenue, on the right when traveling south on York Avenue.
Col. Harry Spalding built one of the town’s few structures of federal style architecture in 1812. He erected a combination tavern and dwelling at 1 York Ave. It is the oldest house in this borough and third oldest in the county. The building was . . . — — Map (db m129817) HM
On Main Street at U.S. 6, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
1909
1909 — US Army Signal Corps accepted its
first airplane from the Wright Brothers.
Named the 1st Aero Squadron a small group
of Army Airmen became the genesis of our
modern day Air Force. . . . — — Map (db m117334) HM WM
On Main Street south of U.S. 6, on the right when traveling south.
1773 - 1917
16 December 1773 - "The Boston Tea Party"
19 April 1775 - "Shot heard round the world"
Lexington & Concord, MA
15 June 1775 - The first Continental Congress
elects George Washington as the first military
Commander in . . . — — Map (db m110397) HM WM
On Main Street at U.S. 6, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
1775 - 1917
"In 1790 a predecessor of the U.S. Coast Guard was established by the First Congress of the United States. This newly formed maritime force did not have an official name. Rather, it was referred to simply as "the cutters" or "the . . . — — Map (db m154404) HM WM
On Main Street at U.S. 6, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
1775 - 1917
New Providence, Bahamas Tripoli
War of 1812
Battle of Chapultepec, Mexico - Spain
China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)
Battle of Peking - Nicaragua
Vera Cruz - Haiti . . . — — Map (db m117235) HM WM
On Main Street at U.S. 6, on the left when traveling south on Main Street.
1775 - 1917
John Paul Jones captures the HMS Drake.
Battles of Lake Champlain & Lake Erie —
Francis Scott Key writes our National
Anthem during the bombing of Fort
McHenry 09/13/1834 [sic - 1814]
War of 1812 — . . . — — Map (db m117293) HM WM
On York Avenue (U.S. 6) south of Packer Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
The major new industry begun in Towanda in the 1880’s was James H. Hawes’ Toy Factory, located just north of the Historic District in a neighborhood still called Toytown. The Hawes firm became one of the Country’s largest. About 1894, James’ son and . . . — — Map (db m129818) HM
In honor of the men and women of Bradford County who strove as soldiers, sailors, marines and nurses in the World War at home and overseas for the perpetuation of American ideals. — — Map (db m90325) WM
On Elmira Street (Pennsylvania Route 6) at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Elmira Street.
This Bell
cast in 1874
hung in the Old Firehouse
of the
Oscoluwa Engine & Hose Company
and for over half a century
sounded the alarm
when fire threatened this community
Erected on this site
in honor of
Troy . . . — — Map (db m120287) HM
On Elmira Street (U.S. 6) at Main Street, on the right when traveling east on Elmira Street.
Presented
to
Troy Borough School
District
December 7, 1916
by
E. Everitt Van Dyne
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The Town Clock
presented
to Troy Borough
November 25, 1914
by
Stephen H. Heywood
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This property has been
placed . . . — — Map (db m120297) HM
In memory of Ulster and Sheshequin Township men and women who served in our Armed Forces and for those who paid the ultimate price, we thank you. — — Map (db m90305) WM
All honor due
our nations defenders
1861 ——— 1865
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Erected
by the Soldiers and Citizens
of Ulster Township
through the efforts . . . — — Map (db m154015) WM
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
On Grand Army of the Republic Hwy (US 6) at Pennsylvania Route 409 on Grand Army of the Republic Hwy (US 6).
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)
On U.S. 6 at Moravian Road, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 6.
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
On Grand Army of the Republic Hwy (US 6) at Moravian Road on Grand Army of the Republic Hwy (US 6).
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
On Grand Army of the Republic Hwy (U.S. 6) at Moravian Road, on the right when traveling east on Grand Army of the Republic Hwy.
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
On Marsh Street north of Church Street/Taylor Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 706), on the right when traveling north.
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
On Church Street (Pennsylvania Route 706) 0.1 miles north of State Street (U.S. 6), on the right when traveling north.
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
On Grand Army of the Republic Hwy (US 6) at Rome Road (PA 187) on Grand Army of the Republic Hwy (US 6).
Site of the famed French refugee colony is a few miles south. Here exiles laid out a town and built La Grande Maison for the Queen and her son, the heir to the throne of France. — — Map (db m90331) HM
Born Mar. 30, 1828. Died June 29, 1899.
Major 6th Reserve Pa. Vols. • Colonel 141st Regiment Pa. Vols. • Brigadier General Commanding 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps. • Brevet Major General of Volunteers. — — Map (db m90350) WM
On Pennsylvania Route 187 at Claverack Road, on the left when traveling south on State Route 187.
"Father of American Sociology," geologist, and Civil War veteran, L.F. Ward (1841-1913), spent his youth in Myersburg working with his brother, Cyrenus Osborne Ward, labor historian, in their hub factory. He has been called "the American Aristotle." — — Map (db m90388) HM
This stone commemorates the passing through Wesauking on August 9, and October 4, 1779 of Major General John Sullivan and his troops in the military expedition against the Six Nations.
“The glorious achievements we have exhibited in . . . — — Map (db m90344) WM
On Grand Army of the Republic Hwy (US 6) at Goff Road on Grand Army of the Republic Hwy (US 6).
In 1936 seventy-five percent of Pennsylvania farms had no electric service. During the next five years, with Federal support, 14 consumer-owned cooperatives were formed in the State. Claverack Rural Electric Cooperative, serving parts of eight . . . — — Map (db m90354) HM
Standing Stone-9 ½ miles from Wyalusing. Sixth encampment of Sullivan’s Army on the march from Wyoming to Teaoga August 8-9 1779 was on river lowlands opposite the Standing Stone. — — Map (db m90362) WM
Gen. John Sullivan's army camped on the nearby river lowlands Aug. 8-9, 1779 en route to attack the Six Nations Iroquois. Sixth camp between Wyoming and Fort Sullivan. — — Map (db m90364) WM
This church was organized October 3, 1791 as Congregational by the Reverend Jabez Culver, a Connecticut missionary.
This was the first church of white people in Pennsylvania north of Wilkes-Barre and the mother of the Towanda Presbyterian Church. . . . — — Map (db m90348) HM
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