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On Grand Army of the Republic Highway (U.S. 6) 0.1 miles west of Mill Street, on the right when traveling west.
Noted Moravian missionary camped near here October 8, 1767, en route from Bethlehem to found missions among the Delaware Indians to the West. He was the first white man to pass through the primeval forests of this region. — — Map (db m42919) HM
Near North Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 44) at East 2nd Street (U.S. 6).
Erected as a memorial to David Zeisberger, who encamped near this place on the night of October 8, 1767, when on his way from Bethlehem to the mouth of Tionesta Creek to visit the Indians on the Allegheny River. He was accompanied by two Delaware . . . — — Map (db m222464) HM
On 2nd Street (U.S. 6) at East Street, on the right when traveling west on 2nd Street.
High on the Allegheny Plateau, Potter County gives birth to three mighty rivers. Eleven miles northeast of Coudersport, on a hilltop near Raymond, their watersheds converge. Waters trickle from the hill's north side to form the Genesee River that . . . — — Map (db m142688) HM
On Grand Army of the Republic Highway (U.S. 6) 0.4 miles east of Ice Mine Road (Pennsylvania Route 3006), on the right when traveling east.
Lymansville was the north terminus for the early pack trail and wagon road south to Jersey Shore. In 1834 a Turnpike toll road was completed between the two points. For many years it was a major trade route. — — Map (db m42874) HM
On Grand Army of the Republic Highway (U.S. 6) at Buffalo Street (Pennsylvania Route 872), on the right when traveling west on Grand Army of the Republic Highway.
The pioneer settlement in this region was made here in 1808 by Major Isaac Lyman, land agent and a Revolutionary officer. The first saw and grist mill, post office, and court were also located here. — — Map (db m42873) HM
On Coudersport-Jersey Shore Highway (Pennsylvania Route 44) east of West Branch Road, on the right when traveling east.
The 11,144 acres of land within the tract acquired by the noted Norwegian violinist in 1852 were southeast of here. Here were village sites, New Norway, Oleona, New Bergen, Walhalla, and Ole Bull's Castle. — — Map (db m125157) HM
On 2nd Street (U.S. 6) 0.1 miles west of East Street, on the right when traveling west.
Formed March 26, 1804 from Lycoming County, and fully organized in 1835. Named for Revolutionary hero General James Potter. An early center of the lumbering and tanning industries. Coudersport, the county seat, was laid out in 1807; incorporated . . . — — Map (db m39966) HM
On 2nd Street (U.S. 6) at East Street, on the right when traveling west on 2nd Street.
In 1807, the Pennsylvania legislature commissioned a road across the wilderness of northern Pennsylvania to open up east-west travel. Nine years later, laborers completed the "road," though sections remained rough packhorse trail — like here . . . — — Map (db m142687) HM
