GIFFORD PINCHOT
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A two-term governor of Pennsylvania.
Waymark Code: WMX0
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 09/04/2005
Views: 42
Marker Name: Gifford Pinchot
County: Pike
Date Dedicated: 1948/6/1
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: U.S. 209 S of Milford
Category: Environment, Government & Politics, Governors
Marker Text:
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. Died on October 4, 1946.
Marker Name: Gifford Pinchot (1865-1946)
County: Pike
Date Dedicated: 06/01/1948
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: Just off US 6 (Owega Tunrpike), near Pine Acres Rd., NW of Milford
Category: Environment, Government & Politics, Governors
Website: Not listed
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