Shohola train wreck

The Battle of Minisink was a battle of the American Revolutionary War fought at Minisink Ford, New York, on July 22, 1779. It was the only major skirmish of the Revolutionary War fought in the upper Delaware valley. The battle was a decisive British victory, as the Patriot militia was hastily assembled, ill-equipped and inexperienced.

Minisink Ford is a hamlet on the Delaware River, fifteen miles northwest of Port Jervis. It is in the town of Highland, Sullivan County, New York, United States.

Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct, also known as the Roebling Bridge, is the oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States. It runs 535 feet (163 meters) over the Delaware River, from Minisink Ford, New York, to Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania. Opened in 1849 as an aqueduct connecting two parts of the Delaware & Hudson Canal (D&H), it has since been converted to carry automotive traffic and pedestrians.

Lackawaxen is an unincorporated community in Lackawaxen Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located at the confluence of the Delaware and Lackawaxen Rivers, the former of which forms the state line with New York. Lackawaxen has a post office with ZIP code 18435.

The D&H Canal Co. Office, now known as the Roebling Inn, is located on Scenic Drive in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a mid-19th century wooden house in the Greek Revival architectural style. It was originally built by the company, which operated the nearby Delaware and Hudson Canal, as its regional office. Sold in 1898 to Charles W. Shannon when the canal was shut down, it was converted into a boarding house, a single-family private residence, and most recently a bed and breakfast. It remains mostly intact. In 1993 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Lackawaxen River is a 31.3-mile-long (50.4 km) tributary of the Delaware River in northeastern Pennsylvania in the United States. The river flows through a largely rural area in the northern Pocono Mountains, draining an area of approximately 598 square miles (1,550 km2). Its source is in the borough of Prompton in western Wayne County, at the confluence of the West Branch and Van Auken Creek. It flows past Honesdale and Hawley, where it is joined from the southwest by Wallenpaupack Creek and by Middle Creek. Water discharged from the Lake Wallenpaupack hydroelectric facility enters the river downstream from Hawley. The river continues east and joins the Delaware at Lackawaxen. East of Honesdale, it was deepened as part of the Delaware and Hudson Canal project. The river is a popular destination for canoeing and recreational fly fishing for trout. It was reportedly where the American author Zane Grey first learned to fly fish.Lackawaxen is Lenape for "swift waters".

The Zane Grey Museum in Lackawaxen Township, Pennsylvania, United States, is a former residence of the author Zane Grey and is now maintained as a museum and operated by the National Park Service (NPS). It is located on the upper Delaware River and is on the National Register of Historic Places. It contains many photographs, artworks, books, furnishings, and other objects of interest associated with Grey and his family. The house was built in two sections, both from designs by Grey. The first was in 1905 by Zane Grey's brother, Romer Carl "Reddy" Grey; the second seven years later by a neighbor, to serve as a writing studio and library after the success of Riders of the Purple Sage. Grey and his wife moved to California so he could work on screenplays in 1918, but Lackawaxen and the house remained one of his favorite places for the rest of his life. It was added to the Register in 1983.

Spring House is a historic inn located at Barryville in Sullivan County, New York. It was built as a residence about 1880 and almost immediately enlarged as a hotel and boarding house. The original house is the 2-story main block with gable roof, a small south gable-roofed wing, and a two-by-two-bay rear wing. Long narrow wings were added shortly after the original construction. It is now configured as a long, narrow, rectangular building, two stories tall, eleven bays wide and two bays wide with a 2+1⁄2-story cross-gabled center section.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Shohola Township is a township in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,088 at the 2000 census. Shohola is a Native American name meaning "place of peace."

Shohola is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States. The community is located along Pennsylvania Route 434 at the Delaware River, which forms the state line with New York; Barryville is across the river. Shohola has a post office with ZIP code 18458.

Shohola Glen Hotel, also known as Rohman's Inn and Shohola House, is a historic hotel located in Shohola Township, Pike County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1875, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, L-shaped, wood-frame, banked building. It is seven bays wide, has a cross-gabled roof, and features a full-width front porch. The building was updated in the 1940s, after a fire, at which time a bowling alley was added.It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

Yulan is a community and census tract in Sullivan County, New York, United States. Yulan is in area code 845 (exchange 557) and has zip code 12792. The neighboring hamlets are Shohola, Pennsylvania, Eldred and Narrowsburg, New York.Yulan is the location of a Roman Catholic church, the Church of St. Anthony of Padua. As of 2014, Yulan has a population of 300 people, 66.5% of whom are married. Toasperns Pond, Montgomery Lake, Bodine lake, and Washington Lake are all in Yulan.