Pike
Battle of Minisink
July 22, 1779, 300 Tories and Indians led by Joseph Brant, Mohawk chief, were attacked near Lackawaxen by some 175 settlers.
Charles S. Peirce
The noted philosopher, logician, scientist and founder of pragmatism lived in this house from 1887 until his death in 1914.
Civil War Prison Train Wreck
On July 15, 1864, an Erie Railroad train carrying 833 Confederate prisoners and 128 Union guards to the prison camp at Elmira, N.Y.,...
Dingman's Ferry
Here was located one of the earliest ferries across the Delaware.
Gifford Pinchot
The noted forester, conservationist and Governor of Pennsylvania two terms in 1923-27; 1931-35, had his ancestral home at Gray Towers,...
Gifford Pinchot
The noted forester, conservationist and Governor of Pennsylvania two terms in 1923-27; 1931-35, had his ancestral home at Gray Towers,...
Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946)
Noted forester, conservationist and progressive leader.
Hotel Fauchere
Milford, PA
First established in 1852 as a summer hotel, its restaurant received widespread recognition for innovative French cuisine under the...
Old Stone Fort
Matamoras, PA
Sometimes referred to as Fort Matamoras, this stone structure was built about 1740 by Simon Westfael, one of the earliest Dutch settlers...
Pennsylvania
Founded 1681 by William Penn as a Quaker Commonwealth.
Pike County
Milford, PA
Formed March 26, 1814 from Wayne County and named for Zebulon M. Pike.
Sylvania Colony
The site of Horace Greeley''s Utopian colony modeled on Brook Farm and the ideas of Fourier, French Socialist, was located here.
Sylvania Colony
The site of Horace Greeley''s Utopian colony modeled on Brook Farm and the ideas of Fourier, French Socialist, was near here, 1842-45.
Wyoming-Minisink Path
Here, an important Indian trail connecting the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers ascended Indian Point to Powwow Hill.
Wyoming-Minisink Path
The highway here follows closely the route of the Delaware Indian trail from Minisink Island to Wyoming.