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2009 Bradford Co Florida Picnic
Feb 12 2009 Golden Corral Restaurant, 4532 South Florida Ave, Lakeland Fl. 
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contact: Jess Bacon 863-655-2428. 
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In 1882 while digging a drainage system, workmen uncovered an Indian burial ground. It was in a garden of the Welles family, who were well known socialites at the time. While Millard P. Murray seems to have had an interest in the local archaeology and sites in the region, it would be his wife, Louise Welles Murray who would have an effect on the understanding of archaeology in the state of Pennsylvania for generations to come. 
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http://sracenter.blogspot.com/2009/01/louise-welles-murray-my-hero.html 
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Bradford County PA
Chemung County NY
Tioga County PA
Page Published on 31 January 2009
By Joyce M. Tice
Email: Joyce M. Tice

 

Hi Joyce,

Your Tri-Counties site is terrific, and often the best source for obscure pictures and information about the small towns that dot Tioga & Bradford Counties.

PennDOT has historic county maps online here:
http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Internet/Bureaus/pdPlanRes.nsf/infoBPRCartoMapsinPDFandDJVU?OpenForm

Historic county maps that may interest you are
ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Bradford_1911.pdf
ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Bradford_1941_Sheet_1.pdf

and
ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Tioga_1915.pdf
ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Tioga_1941_Sheet_1.pdf

From http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Internet/Bureaus/pdPlanRes.nsf/infoBPRHistoricCountyMaps

Route numbers changed often and alignments shifted as the Department upgraded roads, and these maps help verify locations of schools, churches, etc.

Enjoy,

Matt Hamel, Regional Historian
PennDOT Districts 2-0, 3-0 & 4-0

Joyce,

I also remembered an additional source of historic maps that would also include NY: http://historical.mytopo.com/

For example, here’s a 1902 map showing Lawrence Twp. in Tioga County and others south:

http://historical.mytopo.com/getImage.asp?fname=tiog02nw.jpg&state=PA

Matt