Historical Markers in Shippen Township, Pennsylvania
Wellsboro is the county seat for Tioga County
Ansonia is in Tioga County
Tioga County(57) ► ADJACENT TO TIOGA COUNTY Bradford County(139) ► Lycoming County(196) ► Potter County(31) ► Chemung County, New York(115) ► Steuben County, New York(106) ►
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Explore Pennsylvania's Grand Canyon
Imagine a vast sheet of ice, hundreds of feet thick, inching over this landscape like a giant bulldozer. Several such glaciers sculpted this landscape. As the last glacier receded north more than 10,000 . . . — — Map (db m223098) HM
[Majority of the marker is natural history information about the Rattlesnake and is not transcribed]
Home Sweet Forest
Wild, forested areas like our 2.1 million acres of Pennsylvania State Forests and Parks are some of the last remaining . . . — — Map (db m223072) HM
In March 1933, the federal government created the CCC to combat the massive unemployment of the Great Depression. Continuing until 1942, the CCC enrolled some three million youths nationwide. In Pennsylvania, 194,572 men were enrolled at 114 camps. . . . — — Map (db m43209) HM
[Majority of the marker is natural history information about the Bald Eagle and comparing it to the Turkey Vulture and Osprey, and is not transcribed]
Good News About Eagles
Not long ago, bald eagles faced a bleak future. Heavily hunted . . . — — Map (db m223069) HM
Imagine more than two million acres of deep forests, rugged
hills, and fast-flowing streams conserved for your benefit and
enjoyment-the largest block of public land between New
York City and Chicago. This is the Pennsylvania Wilds,
covering 12 . . . — — Map (db m223097) HM
The pen name of poet, woodsman, outdoor writer and pioneer conservationist George Washington Sears (1821-1890), a resident of Wellsboro, Pa. From near this spot he wrote the first prose and verse descriptions of the Pine Creek Gorge. — — Map (db m43185) HM
The Indians called Pine Creek “Tiadaghton,” which meant river of pines. These now-gone pines brought drastic changes to Pine Creek.
Logging began in the 1800s. Before the logging, the thick soil held rainwater like a sponge. It released it . . . — — Map (db m93076) HM
Explore Pennsylvania’s Grand Canyon Imagine a vast sheet of ice, hundreds of feet thick, inching over the landscape like a giant bulldozer. Several such glaziers sculpted this landscape. As the last glacier receded north more than 10,000 years . . . — — Map (db m90137) HM
Has been designated a Registered Natural Landmark
Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935.
This site possesses exceptional value in illustrating the natural history of the United States. — — Map (db m199463) HM
The thousands of footsteps that cross this area each year take their toll on plant life. People compact the soil so much that eventually plant roots can no longer probe through it, and the plants die.
In 1982, the Bureau of State Parks . . . — — Map (db m223077) HM
Born at our nation’s lowest point, the CCC rebuilt a land and its people. We all owe thanks to the thousands of men who helped build Pennsylvania’s parks and reforest its hills.
Beginning late in 1929, the Great Depression was a desperate time . . . — — Map (db m90048) HM
Born at our nation’s lowest point, the CCC rebuilt a land and its people. We all owe thanks to the thousands of men who helped build Pennsylvania’s parks and reforest its hills.
Beginning late in 1929, the Great Depression was a desperate time . . . — — Map (db m199464) HM
