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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Tioga County, New York
Adjacent to Tioga County, New York
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On New York State Route 434 0.2 miles north of Valley View Drive (New York State Route 962J), on the left when traveling north. |
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A portion of the Chenango
Canal Extension was located
near this spot in Apalachin
Abandoned in 1872 — — Map (db m154305) HM |
| On New York State Route 38 0.1 miles south of Jewett Hill Road. |
| | This part of Boston Purchase
deeds of partition 1789
settled mostly by pioneers
from Berkshire, Co. Mass.
1790-1791 — — Map (db m77927) HM |
| On Owego Street (New York State Route 96) 0.1 miles north of Mountain Ave., on the left when traveling north. |
| | Hollister House
Built 1795 by Thomas Hollister.
The first framed house &
first public house in Candor. — — Map (db m141731) HM |
| On Honeypot Road (County Route 305) at Royal Street, on the left when traveling north on Honeypot Road. |
| | Pioneer, Revolutionary soldier
to whom was granted title
"McMaster's half township"
1788
lies buried near here. — — Map (db m141741) HM |
| On Fairfield Road at Lower Fairfield Road, on the right when traveling south on Fairfield Road. |
| | Incorporated as Methodist Episcopal Church of Lower Fairfield, 1900
Land deeded by Alfred & Mary Dennis
Building dedicated, 1901
Ladies Aid Society formed, 1900. — — Map (db m141737) HM |
| On South Main Street (New York State Route 38) north of Silk Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Maple Tree
By tradition on this
site was a blazed
maple tree in 1786
spared when an indian trail
was widened into wagon road.
Town of Newark Valley — — Map (db m141713) HM |
| On New York State Route 38 0.2 miles north of Wilson Creek road (County Route 401), on the left when traveling north. |
| | First school in Tioga County
1796
conducted in bark shanty
just west of this site. — — Map (db m141712) HM |
| On New York State Route 38 0.5 miles from Wade Hollow Rd, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Wade Farm
Purchased 1833 by Lewis Wade,
1791-1862, musician War of 1812.
Owned and worked successively
By Lewis Wade, William Wade
Edgar O. Wade, Floyd E. Wade.
State Education
Department 1938 — — Map (db m141742) HM |
| On Front Street (New York State Route 17C) at Court Street (New York State Route 96), on the right when traveling east on Front Street. |
| | 1849 Great Fire
Site of Hall of Sons of
Temperance where fire began.
Three stores left standing
104 buildings were burned
exclusive of barns — — Map (db m141773) HM |
| On Front Street at Academy Street, on the left when traveling west on Front Street. |
| | First permanent building
in this part of valley
built 1785 near here by
James McMaster & party. — — Map (db m141738) HM |
| On Front Street (New York State Route 17C) at Church Street, on the right when traveling west on Front Street. |
| | Built 1852, torn down 1959
Site where Thomas "Boss"
Platt conducted state and
National Republican affairs
late 19th to 20th century — — Map (db m141764) HM |
| On Main Street at Court Street, on the right when traveling east on Main Street. |
| | Erected August 26, 1914
This fountain honors past
Fire Chief George H. Baker,
Killed in a 1913 accident
and all Owego Firefighters. — — Map (db m152781) HM |
| On Front Street (New York State Route 17C) at John Street, on the right when traveling west on Front Street. |
| | Listed On The National Register Of Historic Places By The United States Department Of The Interior. — — Map (db m141846) HM |
| On Front Street near Court Street (New York State Route 96), on the left when traveling west. |
| | One of the most sought after fish in the early 1800s was the shad. The river had plenty of them. They swam up from the Chesapeake Bay all the way to Owego and beyond. As the river changed, and dams were put in and removed, and river craft and . . . — — Map (db m141837) HM |
| On Front Street (New York State Route 17C) at John Street, on the left when traveling west on Front Street. |
| | John J. Taylor 1808-1892
Judge, Lawyer
27th Congress 1852-1854
D.A. Tioga Co. 1841-1843
1846 Constitutional Conv. — — Map (db m141758) HM |
| On Front Street (New York State Route 17C) west of Ross Streer, on the right when traveling west. |
| | General Henry Martyn Robert,
Parliamentarian
Resided here while writing
Robert's Rules of Order
revised, published 1915 — — Map (db m141762) HM |
| On Front Street at Parkers Lane, on the right when traveling west on Front Street. |
| |
Father and son
John M. Parker 1805-1873
Justice Supreme Court 1859-1873
Charles E. Parker 1836-1909
Justice Supreme Court 1887-1907 — — Map (db m141808) HM |
| On Front Street (New York State Route 17C) 0.1 miles west of Paige Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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Female seminary 1843 -1865
Belva A. Lockwood principal
1863-1865, National Equal
Rights Party candidate for
U S President 1884 and 1888 — — Map (db m141767) HM |
| On NYS 17 Access Road 0.3 miles east of Southside Drive (New York State Route 434), on the left when traveling east. |
| | Erected 1968
Named in commemoration of the Indian Sachem Hiawatha of the Iroquois Nation — — Map (db m41580) HM |
| On New York State Route 17C 0.2 miles east of Hiawatha Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
1839-1937
lived here c. 1850-1854
on the Marcus Lamont farm
Visited here 1892 thru 1928 — — Map (db m141685) HM |
| | Home of Elizabeth Brown Chatfield,
suffragist and secretary to
Susan B. Anthony, who stayed
here March 28 1894
while on speaking tour. — — Map (db m132759) HM |
| On Park Street (New York State Route 96) at Front Street (New York State Route 17C), on the left when traveling south on Park Street. |
| | Second chartered in state.
Inc. June 28, 1828
crossed the village park
to terminus on site of
Ahwaga Park — — Map (db m141753) HM |
| On McMaster Road at Main Street, on the left when traveling north on McMaster Road. |
| | James Mc Master
was granted title to the
west half township
Site of present
village of Owego
1788 — — Map (db m141769) HM |
| On Front Street (New York State Route 17C) at Church Street, on the left when traveling west on Front Street. |
| | Jesse McQuigg made the following statement in 1851 when he witnessed Native Americans passing from the headwaters of the Susquehanna River at Otsego Lake on their way to Tioga Point, Chenango Point or Cayuga Lake around 1790 when he was just a boy. . . . — — Map (db m141839) HM |
| On Front Street (New York State Route 17C) at Church Street, on the left on Front Street. |
| | On the Site of Owego
Aug. 19-20, 1779 encamped 3000
Continental soldiers the union of
General Clinton's army
which had advanced from Otsego Lake
with a convoy of 208 Bateaux
and a detachment under
General Poor
from
General . . . — — Map (db m141830) HM |
| On North Avenue (New York State Route 96) 0.1 miles south of Dean Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Incorporated 1807
Giving northern settlement
access to markets of
Pennsylvania & Maryland. — — Map (db m141725) HM |
| On Front Street (New York State Route 17C) at Church Street, on the left when traveling west on Front Street. |
| | Welcome to Owego and the Susquehanna River. The Susquehanna is a long name for a long river. From
its start at Otsego Lake, near Cooperstown, New York, it meanders 444 miles from New York through Pennsylvania, arriving at Havre de Grace, Maryland, . . . — — Map (db m141831) HM |
| On Front Street (New York State Route 17C) at Church Street, on the left when traveling west on Front Street. |
| | Owego was the site of the Iroquois Indian village "Owagea" destroyed by American forces under Generals James Clinton and John Sullivan in 1779, during the Revolutionary War. The Susquehanna River played an important part in the history of Owego. The . . . — — Map (db m141832) HM |
| On Front Street at Court Street (New York State Route 96), on the left when traveling west on Front Street. |
| | An expedition against the hostile Indian nations which checked the aggressions of English and Indians on the frontiers of New York and Pennsylvania, extending westward the dominion of the United States.
Rear Face:
Through the . . . — — Map (db m141825) HM |
| On Front Street at Court Street (New York State Route 96), on the left when traveling west on Front Street. |
| | Steamboats were a common sight in this part of the Susquehanna in the
19th century. The first one to ply the Owego section in the spring of 1826 for several weeks was the "Cadorus,” built in 1825 at York Haven, Pennsylvania.
That seems . . . — — Map (db m141838) HM |
| On Front Street west of Court Street (New York State Route 96), on the left when traveling west. |
| | Prior to the early 19th century, it seems that the easiest and most common way to get across the Susquehanna River was simply to walk through the shallow water. It was easy to find locations where fording was possible with water from bank to bank . . . — — Map (db m141834) HM |
| On Front Street (New York State Route 17C) at Court Street & Park Street (New York State Route 96), on the left when traveling east on Front Street. |
| | Tioga County
To Her Heroes Who Fought
And Her Martyrs Who Fell
That The Union Might Live. — — Map (db m141809) WM |
| On Front Street at Parkers Lane, on the left when traveling west on Front Street. |
| | Welcome to Owego
The Village of Owego affords all the pleasures of small-town life to its visitors and locals alike. Situated on the banks of the picturesque Susquehanna River, Owego has scenic natural views from the Court Street Bridge and . . . — — Map (db m141853) HM |
| | Home of "Shangri-La WAC"
Cpl. Margaret J. Hastings
who survived 47 days in
New Guinea jungle after
May 13, 1945 plane crash — — Map (db m128006) HM |
| On New York State Route 38 at New York State Route 79, on the right when traveling south on State Route 38. |
| | Commission of 1797: -
“To Lay Out the Road Leading
from Cattskill Landing –
to Catherinestown
in the County of Tioga.” — — Map (db m76140) HM |
| On New York State Route 38, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Organized 1821, Built 1823
by Puritan Settlers.
Rebuilt in 1854. Original
Bell Now in Use. — — Map (db m76144) HM |
| On New York State Route 38 at New York State Route 79, on the right when traveling east on State Route 38. |
| | Granted by deed to the
Town of Richford
by the pioneers
Ezek. Rich and Stephen Wells
October 9, 1821 — — Map (db m76142) HM |
| On New York State Route 38 at New York State Route 79 on State Route 38. |
| | Built in 1813 by Samuel Smith
who kept a Tavern here
The Richford Post Office
Established here in 1830 — — Map (db m76143) HM |
| On Moore Street east of Pine Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| |
This War Cannon Memorial
is to honor the former
G.A.R. Post 461--Colonel Walter C. Hull
along with the recognition
and loving memory
of All War Veterans who on
land, air and sea upheld the honor
and integrity of our country and . . . — — Map (db m154081) WM |
| On Moore Street east of Pine Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Glenwood Cemetery and Mausoleum has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016 by the United States Department of [the] Interior — — Map (db m154078) HM |
| On Park Avenue north of Howard Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| |
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m154086) HM |
| On Chemung Street 0.1 miles west of Tracy Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | An expedition against the hostile Indian nations which checked the aggressions of English and Indians on the frontiers of New York and Pennsylvania, extending westward the dominion of the United States. — — Map (db m150085) HM |
| On Broad Street at Loder Street, on the right when traveling east on Broad Street. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m154084) WM |
| On Broad Street east of Loder Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| |
To All Veterans
who served their
country, the
living and dead,
we dedicate this
memorial — — Map (db m154082) WM |
| On Broad Street at Loder Street, on the right when traveling east on Broad Street. |
| |
This memorial
dedicated to all
men women
of the Armed Forces.
Past · Present · Future — — Map (db m154083) WM |
| On Broad Street at Loder Street, on the right when traveling east on Broad Street. |
| |
In honor of
All Veterans
who have served in the United States military
Their bravery and sacrifice will be remembered — — Map (db m154085) WM |
| On Pennsylvania Avenue at Park Place, on the right when traveling south on Pennsylvania Avenue. |
| |
Michael John Chamberlain
"Chambie"
1950 — 1970
W.H.S. Class of 1968
Chambie grew up on Heath Rd
in Ellistown, where he enjoyed
hunting and automobiles.
He was a lineman on the
football team, and was truly . . . — — Map (db m154089) HM WM |
| On Pennsylvania Avenue at Park Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Pennsylvania Avenue. |
| |
This native boulder
is erected to the
memory of the
Soldier and Sailor
dead of our community.
They nobly served
to safeguard
and transmit to
posterity our
country's principles
of justice, freedom
and democracy.
1776 1812 . . . — — Map (db m154087) WM |
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