Editing Milford, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
The area along the [[Delaware River]] where the community of Milford is located had long been settled by the [[Lenape]], an [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]]-speaking [[indigenous peoples|indigenous]] tribe that lived in the mid-Atlantic coastal areas at the time of European colonization. The English also called them the Delaware, after the river they named for colonial leader [[Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr]], the [[Delaware River|Delaware]].

Milford was founded in 1796 by Judge John Biddis, one of Pennsylvania's first four [[United States circuit court|circuit judges]]. He named the settlement after his ancestral home in [[Wales]].<ref name=marker />

Milford has a large number of buildings of historical significance, many constructed in the nineteenth century and early twentieth centuries. Some are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], while numerous others are included in the Milford Historic District. Of the 655 buildings in the district, 400 of them have been deemed to be historically significant.<ref name=travel>[http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/a-tour-of-milford-pennsylvania "A Tour of Milford, Pennsylvania"] ''[[Travel and Leisure]]'' (March 2009)</ref> The district is characterized by a variety of [[Victorian architecture|Late Victorian]] architecture.

The [[Grey Towers National Historic Site]], the ancestral home of [[Gifford Pinchot]], noted conservationist, two-time governor of Pennsylvania, and first head of the [[U.S. Forest Service]], is located in Milford. It was designed by architect Richard Morris Hunt has been designated a [[National Historic Site (United States)|National Historic Site]].

From 1904 to 1926, Grey Towers was the site of summer field study sessions for the Master's degree program of the [[Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies|Yale School of Forestry]], together with the [[Forester's Hall]], a commercial building that was adapted and expanded for this purpose.<ref name="arch">{{cite web| url = https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| title = National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania| publisher = CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System| format = Searchable database| access-date = October 9, 2013| archive-date = September 14, 2005| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050914194407/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce/SelectWelcome.asp| url-status = dead}} ''Note:'' This includes {{cite web |url=https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce_imagery/phmc_scans/H050979_01H.pdf |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Forester's Hall |access-date=30 May 2012 |author1=Betz Steiner |author2=Leon Husson |author3=Carson O. Helfrich |name-list-style=amp |date=December 1982 |archive-date=November 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109075805/https://www.dot7.state.pa.us/ce_imagery/phmc_scans/H050979_01H.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Jervis Gordon Grist Mill Historic District]], [[Hotel Fauchere and Annex]], [[Metz Ice Plant]], and [[Pike County Courthouse (Pennsylvania)|Pike County Courthouse]] are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Nearby is Arisbe, the home of [[Charles S. Peirce]], a prominent logician, philosopher and scientist in the late 19th century, and another NRHP property.<ref name="nris"/>

The [[Milford Writer's Workshop]], an annual science fiction writers' event, was founded in 1956, and ran until it moved to the United Kingdom in 1972, where it is still running.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.milfordsf.co.uk/history.htm|title=History of Milford}}</ref>

The Pike County Historical Society Museum in Milford includes in its collection the "Lincoln Flag," which was draped on President [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s booth at [[Ford's Theatre]] on the [[Abraham Lincoln assassination|night he was assassinated]]. The flag was bundled up and placed under the president's head, and still bears his blood. It was kept by stage manager Thomas Gourlay, who passed it down to his daughter, Jeannie, an actress who had appeared in the play, ''[[Our American Cousin]]'', at the theatre that night and who later moved to Milford. The flag was donated to the museum after her death.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.pikehistory.org/lincoln.htm |title=Pike County Historical Society |access-date=1 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070908071258/http://www.pikehistory.org/lincoln.htm |archive-date=8 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In September 2007, ''[[Arthur Frommer]]'s Budget Travel'' named Milford second on its list of "Ten Coolest Small Towns" in Pennsylvania.<ref>Limsky, Drew. [http://www.budgettravel.com/feature/10-coolest-small-towns-pa,1754/ "10 Coolest Small Towns, Pa."] ''Budget Travel'' (September 2007)</ref>