Dryden City Historical Markers

Virgil to Ithaca 1795 built by Joseph Chaplin Dryden Center House built by Benj. Aldrich Town Meetings Held Here... [click for more]

Charles W. Sanders - 1805-1889 Author of School Books Resided in West Dryden and completed his First Speller here... [click for more]

Dryden Historic District is listed in the National Register of Historic PlacesDryden Village MRA... [click for more]

In Tompkins County from East. used by Many Early Settlers. Started by Joseph Chaplin; Contractor, May 5, 1792. completed in 1795... [click for more]

In Tompkins County from East. used by Many Early Settlers. Started by Joseph Chaplin; Contractor, May 5, 1792. completed in 1795... [click for more]

Hunting and Fishing Grounds on Dryden Lake. Arrows, Sinkers and Flints Abound in Great Numbers... [click for more]

One Mile East on Hill Log Cabin Site of Birthplace John McGraw, 1815-1877. Donor McGraw Hall, Cornell University Father of Jennie McGraw Fiske, Cornel... [click for more]

First Governor of North Dakota Born here in Town of Dryden Inaugurated 1889... [click for more]

Settled by Samuel Mallory in 1826 who Operated here Chair and Cloth Factories. Once site of Howe and Watson and Wade Cooperages... [click for more]

About 1845 William Trapp here Invented the First Successful Barrel-making Machine. Hamlet later became Cooperage Center... [click for more]

Southworth Library is listed in the National Register of Historic PlacesDryden Village MRA... [click for more]

Underground Railroad Home of Hananiah Wilcox and Wife Nancy Ann Price who Sheltered and Assisted Fugitive Slaves on Way to Canada... [click for more]

Wagonshed - William R. George Conceived of the Junior Republic here. The Youthful Village Whose Motto is Nothing Without Labor was founded July 10, 18... [click for more]

Birthplace of William R. Daddy George 1866-1936 founder of George Junior Republic... [click for more]