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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NQI_edwin-a-vanvalkenburg_Wellsboro-PA.html
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 opini…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NQH_the-first-bank_Wellsboro-PA.html
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 - Warren Goo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NQG_mary-wells-morris_Wellsboro-PA.html
A founder of Wellsboro
September 4, 1764 - November 6, 1819
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT07_williamson-road_Liberty-PA.html
At Liberty was located a storage depot known as the Block House. It was built of logs, about 20x40 feet in size. Supplies were kept there and bread baked for the road builders, 1792-96.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT03_tioga-county_Wellsboro-PA.html
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 C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT02_pine-creek-path_Wellsboro-PA.html
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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT01_civilian-conservation-corps_Wellsboro-PA.html
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSZG_nessmuk_Wellsboro-PA.html
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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSZB_nessmuk_Wellsboro-PA.html
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.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSYL_william-a-stone_Wellsboro-PA.html
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.