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Known also as Tioga Point. Connecticut settlers laid out the village in 1786. Site of ancient Indian village of Teaoga. Base for the Sullivan Campaign into central N.Y. Gateway from Southern N.Y. into Pennsylvania for centuries.
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Leader of Connecticut land claimants. Served in Sullivan Campaign, 1779. Imprisoned in 1787-89 for leading new state movement. Later served in Pa. legislature. Moved here in 1789; died in 1831. Homesite and grave are east of road.
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Oldest church building in Cheltenham Township, consecrated 1861. Founder was Jay Cooke (1821-1905), "financier of the Civil War." Cemetery, laid out 1879 and enlarged 1905, contains his mausoleum and graves of prominent area residents. Church orig…
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This strategic locality between the Chemung and the Susquehanna shows signs of age-old residence by various Indian groups. Graves of an Andaste chief and his followers were unearthed here in 1883-95.
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Here the Indian voyager down the Chemung lifted his canoe and carried it a hundred and ninety yards across the neck to ascend the Susquehanna.
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Here, between the Chemung and Susquehanna commanding both rivers, Gen. John Sullivan built a fort Aug. 18, 1779. With a camp on the flats, it was base for the central N.Y. campaign and defeat of the Tory-Indian alliance.
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Herewithin the confines ofFort Sullivanwere buriedAugust 14 1779several soldierskilled the previous dayin a skirmish atChemungas attestedby Solomon Taladasoldier in the rankswho returnedto live in Athensthe rest of his life
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In Sullivan's Expedition, the march that destroyed savagery and opened the Keystone and Empire States to civilization, four brigades furnished by the states of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and New Hampshire, with Proctor's Artillery and Parr…
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A tribute to the men ofAthens Borough and Athens Townshipwho made the supreme sacrificein the wars of our country
World War IArnold Floyd E. · Hatch, Archie T.Campbell, Leon E. · Pond, RoyDelaney, Howard · Santee, Clyde H.H…
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Dedicated toVietnam Veteransby thesons of theAmerican LegionFort Sollivan Sqd. 246
William Allen SFC ArmyDonald M. Horton BM3 NavyMerle G. Hubbard SP5 ArmyRichard L. Maynard, Jr. PFC ArmyKenneth Ringo Euller A1C U.S.A.F.