Gifford Pinchot

Gifford Pinchot is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Pike County, dedicated 1948.

Federal Rd. (US 209)

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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 of a long line of pioneers of this region. Died on October 4, 1946.

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1865 · Johnson's New Jersey (1865) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1867 · Map of New York and Vicinity Accompanying Atlas of New York and Vicinity. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1873 · Map of The State of New Jersey (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)
1888 · 1 Kittatinny Valley, Mtn. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1913 · Milford, Pennsylvania (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Milford, Pennsylvania, 1913, covering the location of Gifford Pinchot, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Milford, Pennsylvania, 1913, covering this location. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Gifford Pinchot

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