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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLHW_pike-county_Milford-PA.html
Formed March 26, 1814 from Wayne County and named for Zebulon M. Pike. Its bluestone and lumber, carried by D & H Canal and by Erie R.R., helped build our nation. Famed for its natural beauty. Near Milford, the county seat, is Gov. Pinchot's Grey …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG8V_mid-delaware_Matamoras-PA.html
Name given to presentbridge erected 1939. Otherbridges destroyed by icegorge March 17, 1875 andflood of October 10, 1903.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG8T_delaware-river_Matamoras-PA.html
Called Lennape Wihittuckby native Lenni LennapeIndians. Lamasepose orGreat Fishkill by earlyDutch settlers.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFPO_milford_Milford-PA.html
Named forold town in Walesformerly calledWells Ferryfounded 1767
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFPL_gifford-pinchot_Milford-PA.html
The noted forester, conservationist and Governor of Pennsylvania two terms in 1923-27, 1931-35, had his ancestral home at Gray Towers, Milford. He is buried in this cemetery. Born in Connecticut, 1865. Died on October 4, 1946.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFOL_sylvania-colony_Greeley-PA.html
The site of Horace Greeley's Utopian colony modeled on Brook Farm and the ideas of Fourier, French Socialist, was located here. Based on common property holding and equal labor, it failed in 1845 after July frosts had killed all crops.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFOJ_sylvania-colony_Greeley-PA.html
The site of Horace Greeley's Utopian colony modeled on Brook Farm and the ideas of Fourier, French Socialist, was located here. Based on common property holding and equal labor, it failed in 1845 after July frosts had killed all crops.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFNH_wyoming-minisink-path_Hawley-PA.html
The highway here follows closely the route of the Delaware Indian trail from Minisink Island to Wyoming. Refugees from the Massacre of Wyoming, 1778, camped by the "boiling" spring, which may be seen in the woods a few yards SW of here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFNG_zane-grey_Lackawaxen-PA.html
The prolific author of western novels lived on this property, 1905-1918. Among his books written here was the famed "Riders of the Purple Sage" (1912). He had a lifelong love for this area, and his remains now rest within view of the house.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFN8_old-stone-fort_Matamoras-PA.html
Sometimes referred to as Fort Matamoras, this stone structure was built about 1740 by Simon Westfael, one of the earliest Dutch settlers in the region. It was a refuge from Indians in days of frontier warfare.