Pike

15 historical markers in Pennsylvania

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.

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