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
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September 15, 2003 — — Map (db m109607) HM
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
"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
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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