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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PB8_sullivan-expedition-against-the-iroquois-indians-1779_Tunkhannock-PA.html
Twelve miles from Quialutimack on the march from Wyoming to Teaoga August 3, 1779 Lay on lowlands between this point and the river
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PB7_civil-war-monument_Tunkhannock-PA.html
Erected in memory of the Soldiers and Sailors from Wyoming County, who fought for the preservation of the Union from 1861 to 1865,
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OGJ_christy-mathewson_Factoryville-PA.html
The famed baseball pitcher was born in Factoryville. Attended Keystone Academy, 1895-98; Bucknell University, 1898-1901. He was with the New York Giants, 1900-26, and Cincinnati Reds, 1916-18; pitched 373 winning games, achieving a National League…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OGH_galusha-grow_Nicholson-PA.html
Father of the Homestead Act, opening western lands to free settlement in 1862, Speaker of the House, 1861-63. Returned to Congress 1893-1903. Retired to his home, which stood on this site, until his death in 1907.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZRR_tunkhannock-viaduct_Nicholson-PA.html
This reinforced concrete structure was the largest of its kind ever built when it went into service in 1915 on the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. The bridge, 2,375 feet long and rising 240 feet above Tunkhannock Creek, was the focal poin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVCD_sullivans-march_Tunkhannock-PA.html
Gen. John Sullivan's army on Aug. 3, 1779 camped by the river. Third camp from Fort Wyoming. Part of the Clinton-Sullivan campaign ending in the rout of the Six Nations Iroquois. The Tory-Indian menace on the frontier was eliminated.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVCB_wyoming-county_Tunkhannock-PA.html
Formed on April 4, 1842 out of Luzerne County. The name, honoring the Wyoming Valley, is derived from and Indian word meaning "extensive meadows." County seat of Tunkhannock was settled 1790; incorporated 1841. Sullivan's March passed through in A…