Nestled in the Valley between the Susquehanna and Chemung Rivers....
"The
Indian calls it TE-A-OGA . . .where the loving waters meet"
-From
Louise Welles Murray's book Old Tioga Point and Early Athens Pennsylvania,
1908
Teaoga, Diahoga or Old Tioga Point is the meeting place of the Chemung and Susquehanna rivers in Northern Pennsylvania. Murray describes the curious peninsula just above the confluence of the two rivers called Tioga Point as. . .
"The receding, yet encircling hills, only their tops crowned with the forests which once clothed their sides, fade into soft shades in the distance, recalling the title of 'The city of the violet crown' given by the ancients to Grecian Athens, and doubtless to the little hamlet of the long ago by a traveled pioneer."
There have been various stories about the change of name from Tioga Point to Athens. "The truth is this: the Connecticut people took out the grant as Athens (1786); the Pennsylvania settlers (1798) generally gave it the name of Tioga Point, corrupted from the Indian appellation . . . called by the old Indian name Teoka, Teaoga or Diahoga, which, interpreted, means a space or point between the forks of a river or road; 'Point', therefore, being an unnecessary addition."
Quoted from Tioga Point Museum - history
Tioga Point Museum - Official site of the Tioga Point Museum
Spalding Memorial Library/Tioga Point MuseumSayre Historical Society - "The Sayre Historical Society's purpose is to preserve the history of Sayre, PA and its people and to share that information with the public."
Picture of Sayre Station from www.SayreHistorical.com
Bradford County Historical Society - Located in the former Bradford County Jail, 109 Pine St. Towanda, PA
Former Bradford County Jail, now location of Bradford County Historical Society,
P icture from www.bradfordhistory.com
