title: List of New York State Historic Markers in Tioga County, New York
text: # List of New York State Historic Markers in Tioga County, New York
  
  This is an incomplete list of New York State Historic Markers in Tioga County, New York.
  
  ## Listings county-wide
  
  | | Marker name | Location | City or Town | Marker text |
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  | 1 | CARANTOUAN | On Nys 17 At W. End Of Waverly | Barton, New York | Spanish Hill, 650 Ft. South Where Etienne Brule, Scout Of Champlain Came In 1615. The First White Explorer Known To Reach This Region |
  | 2 | ELLIS CREEK | On Nys 17 About 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) East Of Waverly | Barton, New York | Named In Honor Of Ebenezer Ellis, Revolutionary Soldier. Pioneer In Forest 1787 This Community-ellistown |
  | 3 | MAUGHANTOWANO | On Nys 17 About 4+1⁄2 miles (7.2 km) East Of Waverly | Barton, New York | Where In Spring Of 1779 Encamped Sawyer And Cowley American Soldiers With Four Indian Captors En Route To British Lines |
  | 4 | SITE OF | On Nys 17 At W. Waverly | Barton, New York | Shepard Tavern Built About 1816 By John Shepard & Enlarged By Isaac Shepard In 1825 Destroyed By Fire 1853 |
  | 5 | THE FIRST | On Intersection Nys 17 & 34 At North End Of Waverly | Barton, New York | Grist Mill On Cayuta Creek, Built Here Soon After 1800 By George Walker. Was Active For A Century |
  | 6 | JAMES MCMASTER | On Co. Rd., N. End Vlge. Of Candor | Candor, New York | Pioneer, Revolutionary Soldier To Whom Was Granted Title "Mcmaster's Half Township" 1788 Lies Buried Near Here |
  | 7 | LINE OF | On Nys 223, Vlge. Of Candor | Candor, New York | Ithaca & Owego R.r. Inc. 1828 Second Chartered In State Operated By Horse Power For First Six Years |
  | 8 | BY TRADITION THIS | On Nys 38, Village Of Newark Valley | Newark Valley, New York | Maple Tree Was Blazed In 1786 Spared When Indian Trail Was Widened Into Wagon Road |
  | 9 | WADE FARM | On Nys 38 About 2 Mis. S.w. Of Village Of Neward Valley | Newark Valley, New York | Purchased 1833 By Lewis Wade 1791–1862, Musician War Of 1812. Owned And Worked Successively By Lewis Wade; William Wade; Edgar O. Wade; Floyd E. Wade |
  | 10 | ASBURY CHURCH | On Co. Rd. 5 Mis. West Of Village Of Nichols | Nichols, New York | Erected 1822-23 Society Formed 1818 By Rev. John Griffing With Members Elijah, Phebe, Ann, Mariah And Daniel Mcd. Shoemaker |
  | 11 | BEFORE 1800 THIS ROAD LED | On Nys 283 At Lounsberry | Nichols, New York | To A Ferry Across The Susquehanna River To Tioga Center, Operated By John Decker And Gideon Cortright, Rev. Soldier |
  | 12 | COXE'S MANOR | On Nys 283 About 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) West Of Owego | Nichols, New York | 31,470 Acres Of Land Along This Susquehanna Valley Were Granted To Daniel Coxe And Associates By The Crown Of England January 15, 1775 |
  | 13 | LOUNSBERRY | On Nys 283 At Lounsberry | Nichols, New York | Formerly Named Canfield Corners Benjamin Lounsberry Settled Here In 1793. Exra Canfield First Postmaster |
  | 14 | 1828 | On Court St., Vlge. Of Owego | Owego, New York | Old Academy Building On The Site Of The First Schoolhouse Of Owego Settlement Built Of Logs About 1797 |
  | 15 | A LOG HOUSE | On W. Front St., Vlge. Of Owego | Owego, New York | First Permanent Building In This Part Of The Valley Built 1785 Near Here By James Mcmaster & Party |
  | 16 | CAMPVILLE | On Nys 17C About 6 miles (9.7 km) East Od Village Of Owego | Owego, New York | Named In Honor Of Col. Asa Camp Revolutionary Soldier Who Settled Here In 1800 & Conducted 1St Tavern |
  | 17 | FIRST SAWMILL | On Nys 17 At W. End Vlge. Owego | Owego, New York | In Owego, Built By James Mcmaster & Amos Draper Before 1791, Stood Just Above This Bridge |
  | 18 | FIRST TAVERN | On Church St., Vlge. Of Owego | Owego, New York | In Owego, Built By Captain Luke Bates In 1795, Stood Here First Town Meeting Held In Tavern |
  | 19 | HERE THE | On Front St., Vlge. Of Owego | Owego, New York | Indian Trail From Cayuga Lake Joined The Susquehanna Trail Traveled Paths Long Before Coming Of The White Man |
  | 20 | ISAAC HARRIS | On Old Nys 17 At S. End Of Vlge. Of Apalachin | Owego, New York | Who Settled Here In 1786 Was Delegate To Philadel- Phia In 1790 And Secured Squatters Rights From The Patentees Of Coxe's Manor |
  | 21 | ITHACA-OWEGO R.R. | On Nys 17, Vlge. Of Owego | Owego, New York | Second Chartered In State Inc. June 28, 1828 Crossed The Village Park To Terminus On Site Of Ahwaga Park |
  | 22 | JAS. MC MASTER | On Nys 17, Vlge. Of Owego | Owego, New York | Was Granted Title To The West Half Of Township Site Of Present Village Of Owego 1788 |
  | 23 | NICHOLAS | On Nys 96 At Erie R.r. Crossing, Vlge. Of Owego | Owego, New York | Delaware Warrior Successful Farmer Among The Pioneers; Whose Squaw Gave Name To Squaw Island, Claimed This Flat |
  | 24 | OWAGEO | On Nys 17 At N. End Bridge Over Susquehanna R., Vilge. Of Owego | Owego, New York | An Indian Village Burned August 19, 1779 By Gen. Clinton's Force Enroute To Join General Sullivan |
  | 25 | OWEGO | On Nys 96 At Erie R.r. Crossing, Vlge. Of Owego | Owego, New York | Birthplace Of Erie Here Was Held Convention December 20, 1831 To Further The Charter Of New York And Erie Railroad |
  | 26 | OWEGO & ITHACA | On Nys 96 At N. End, Vlge. Of Owego | Owego, New York | Turnpike Incorporated 1807 Giving Northern Settlement Access To Markets Of Pennsylvania & Maryland |
  | 27 | OWEGO FEMALE SEMINARY | On Nys 17C,vlge. Of Owego | Owego, New York | Opened In 1828 By Juliette M. Camp. Owego Female Institute In 1843 Headed By Prof. And Mrs. Joseph M. Ely |
  | 28 | TAVERN - 1831 | On County Rd. At Apalachin | Owego, New York | Built By Pioneer Merchant Ransom Steele The Barnaby Academy Was Located Here Several Years During The Civil War |
  | 29 | TOLL BRIDGE | On Nys 17 At S. End Of Bridge Over Susquehanna River | Owego, New York | Of 1828, Swept Away By Flood Of 1867. Trestle Bridge Of 1868, Purchased By Village, 1881. Steel Bridge Erected, 1893. |
  | 30 | DUNHAMVILLE | On Nys 38 About 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) S. Of Village Of Richford | Richford, New York | Experimental City State Proposed In 1828 By Wm. Dunham, Merchant, First Postmaster, And Supervisor Of Richrord. |
  | 31 | EARLY TURNPIKE | At Intersection Nys 38 & 79 At Vlge. Of Richford | Richford, New York | Commission Of 1797: "To Lay Out The Road Leading From Catskill Landing To Catherinestown In The County Of Tioga." |
  | 32 | FIRST CHURCH | On Nys 38, Vlge. Of Richford | Richford, New York | Organized 1821, Built 1823 By Purtan Settlers. Rebuilt In 1854. Original Bell Now In Use |
  | 33 | PUBLIC SQUARE | On Nys 96 At Erie R.r. Crossing, Vlge. Of Owego | Richford, New York | Granted By Deed To The Town Of Richford By The Pioneers Ezek. Rich & Stephen Wells October 9, 1821 |
  | 34 | SITE OF | On Nys 38, Vlge. Of Richford | Richford, New York | The Old Abbey Built 1813 By Samuel Smith Who Kept A Tavern Here. The Richford Post Office Established Here In 1830. |
  | 35 | SPENCER WAS THE | On Nys 34, Vlge. Of Spencer | Spencer, New York | County Seat 1811–1822 On This Lot Stood The Old Court House Destroyed By Fire 1821 |
  