Historical Markers and War Memorials in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania
Wellsboro is the county seat for Tioga County
Wellsboro 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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On Pennsylvania Route 287 at Pennsylvania Road 3009, on the right when traveling north on State Route 287. Reported missing.
From 1840-90, "Bloss" coal from the mines of the nearby region was widely known and used as smithing and steam coal. Tioga in those years was a leading county in bituminous coal production in the U.S. — — Map (db m43215) HM
Near Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 660) 0.1 miles west of Central Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 287).
This testimonial is dedicated by the North American survivors, colleagues of E.A. VanValkenburg during the quarter-century in which he directed the publication of the Philadelphia North American. As its editor he inspired and directed public opinion . . . — — Map (db m88334) HM
On Central Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 287) east of Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 287/660), on the right when traveling east.
Founder of the Fall Brook Coal Company.
[bas relief]
Projector of the
Corning, Cowanesque & Antrim Railway.
[bas relief]
The story of a useful and honored life
may be told in these words.
His energy and diligence compelled . . . — — Map (db m222867) HM
Presented by
Leonard and Mary Green Harrison
for free use of the public,
under control of
the Wellsboro Cemetery Company,
erected A.D. 1917. — — Map (db m223232) HM
On Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 660) at Charles Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Nessmuk was the pen name of pioneer conservationist and woodsman George Washington Sears (1821-1890), a resident of Wellsboro. Noted chiefly as the author of first book on woodcraft, Sears was also a poet, adventurer, canoeist and outdoor writer. — — Map (db m43180) HM
Near Colton Road just west of Pine Creek Road (State Highway 362), on the right when traveling south.
Before time had a name, these forests were here. Pine, hemlock and chestnut grew to enormous sizes. The forest ecosystem naturally found the proper balance of life. But in time, this serene landscape was changed.
The first European settlers . . . — — Map (db m146494) HM
On Grand Army of the Republic Highway (U.S. 6 at milepost 211), 0.1 miles east of Pinecreek Road (State Road 362), on the right when traveling west.
A Seneca trail from the Genesee to the Susquehanna at Jersey Shore, forked one mile south of here. One branch ran through the gorge of Pine Creek; the other crossed the hills, following Darling Run and Babb Creek back to Pine Creek at Blackwell. — — Map (db m43211) HM
If these stones could talk,
what tales they would tell,
of things in heaven,
and things in hell.
Listen my people
and please draw near,
we will say things
that you need to hear.
We speak for many
who are not here,
they took . . . — — Map (db m222822) WM
Near Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 660) 0.1 miles north of Norris Street.
Replica erected by the
Tioga County Historical Society
1985
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania
Benefactors
Citizens and Northern Bank
The Packer Foundation
John Nicoll Estate
Trustees
Charles Balleine - Lowell Coolidge
James Dunham - . . . — — Map (db m88335) HM
Near Tiadaghton Hill Road, 2.5 miles west of West Branch Road (County Route 3007) when traveling west.
Exploding black powder charges boomed down this now peaceful canyon in the summer of 1891, as 90 Italian laborers shoveled, picked and blasted the new Fahnestock (say "funnystock") and Tiadaghton railroad into the steep canyon wall just across Pine . . . — — Map (db m146493) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 660) 0.1 miles south of Central Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Formed March 26, 1804 from Lycoming County. The name, derived from an Indian word meaning "the forks of a stream," honors the Tioga River. Wellsboro, the county seat, was laid out in 1806; incorporated 1830. On Pine Creek is Pennsylvania's Grand . . . — — Map (db m43212) HM
On Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 660) at Central Avenue (Pennsylvania Route 287), on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Governor of Pennsylvania 1899-1903, Congressman in 1891-1899; was born two and a half miles SW of here April 18, 1846. Graduate of Mansfield Normal. Began Law practice in Wellsboro, 1870. Moved to Pittsburgh, 1877. Died March 1, 1920. — — Map (db m43149) HM
On Pinecreek Road (State Road 362) at Lewis Road (Local Road 473), on the right when traveling east on Pinecreek Road.
Governor of Pennsylvania 1899-1903, Congressman in 1891-1899; was born two and a half miles SE of here April 18, 1846. Graduate of Mansfield Normal. Began Law practice in Wellsboro, 1870. Moved to Pittsburgh, 1877. Died March 1, 1920. — — Map (db m43152) HM
To Honor Veterans of the Armed Forces
from Wellsboro and Area who served their country
in
World War II
from 1939 to war's end 1945
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
We must always remember for it is by their . . . — — Map (db m222719) WM
Since the 1990s, the members of the Tioga County Bass Anglers (TCBA) have completed several habitat projects at Hammond Lake and Cowanesque Lake. When TCBA entered into the Cooperative
Habitat Improvement Program at Lake Nessmuk, a fish habitat . . . — — Map (db m223242) HM
