William A. Stone. Governor of Pennsylvania, 1899-1903; Congressman in 1891-99, was born two and one-half miles SW of here Apr. 18, 1846. Graduate of Mansfield Normal. Began law practice in Wellsboro. 1870. Moved to Pittsburgh, 1877. Died Mar. 1, 1920.

Courthouse Square, Main St. (PA 660) near Central Ave. (PA 287), Wellsboro, PA, United States

Tioga County. Formed March 26, 1804 from Lycoming County. The name, derived from an Indian word meaning "the forks of a stream," honors the Tioga River. Wellsboro, the county seat, was laid out in 1806; incorporated 1830. On Pine Creek is Pennsylvania's Grand Canyon.

Main St. (PA 660) at Courthouse, Wellsboro, PA, United States

Nessmuk. Nessmuk was the pen name of pioneer conservationist and woodsman George Washington Sears (1821-1890), a resident of Wellsboro. Noted chiefly as the author of first book on woodcraft, Sears was also a poet, adventurer, canoeist and outdoor writer.

Courthouse Square, Main St. (PA 660), Wellsboro, PA, United States

Civilian Conservation Corps. In March 1933, the federal government created the CCC to combat the massive unemployment of the Great Depression. Continuing until 1942, the CCC enrolled some three million youths nationwide. In Pennsylvania, 194,572 men were enrolled at 114 camps. The CCC planted billions of trees, built roads and dams, fought forest fires, and developed parks including Leonard Harrison and Colton Point State Parks here.

Leonard Harrison State Park, Wellsboro, PA, United States