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Above & Below the PA Grand Canyon, One-Day Tour Landmark Above & Below the PA Grand Canyon, One-Day Tour Join the fun in Wellsboro, PA where you’ll enjoy panoramic views from above of the PA Grand Canyon plus horse-drawn covered wagon rides into the gorge below! Visit the Leonard Harrison State Park where a visitors center welcomes groups to this natural wonder, 50 miles long and 1,000 feet deep embracing 300,000 square acres of state-owned forestland, and offers spectacular vista views. Learn how glacier activity formed the gorge and about the American Indians who used Pine Greek flowing through the canyon as a major travel route. In the mid-1800s the area was timbered during the mid- 1800s lumber boom. Pine trees (100+ feet tall eventually used for ship masts) along with hemlock and assorted hardwoods were harvested, then floated down creeks to the lumber capitol of Williamsport. The gorge was also home to the Jersey Shore, Pine Creek and Buffalo Railroad in the late 1800s and then Conrail until the late 1980s when the rail line was removed and the gorge added to state’s rail trail network. Today the region is listed as the Pine Creek Gorge National Natural Landmark and is home to bald eagles and more. This tour also includes horse-drawn covered wagon rides along the graded rail trail path into the canyon’s upper gorge. A narration tells of the canyon’s history as well as the flora and fauna of the area. The wagons, with shock absorbers, rubber tires and seat cushions, offer a comfortable and unique way of enjoying this natural wonder. Lunch is usually included at the historic Penn Wells Restaurant in downtown Wellsboro. Built in 1865 the Penn Wells is a favorite local site offering delicious fare and local history. Especially interesting is the lobby’s American flag display. Nearby Corning Glass Works held their annual holiday party at the site in 1946 and presented the hotel with the American flag constructed of 1,438 glass Christmas ornaments which is still proudly displayed today. Time may also be included to browse in quaint downtown Wellsboro which features gas street lights and an assortment of boutiques, souvenir and antique shops along with a town green where you’ll find a Wynken, Blyken and Nod fountain. One-day tour available Memorial Day Weekend through mid/late October. Custom multi-day options available. Tour includes: • PA Grand Canyon Overlook • Covered Wagon Rides • Lunch at the Penn Wells Restaurant • Step-On Guide Landmark Tours & Promotions, Inc. 800-326-8443 * www.landmarktouring.com PA & NY Group Destination Specialists Prepackaged Tours * Custom Tour Planning * Local Step-on Guides Best of the Valley & Mountains, Multi-Day Tour Wonderful mountains views in PA’s Northern Tier and relaxing Susquehanna Valley vistas await in this tour featuring covered wagon rides, train excursion and paddlewheeler river cruise! Visit the PA Grand Canyon, the state’s own natural wonder, which stretches 50 miles and embraces over 300,000 acres of state-owned forest land. Enjoy views from the Leonard Harrison State Park outside of Wellsboro where you’ll learn about the Civilian Conservation Corp activity in the region as well as the lumber that was timbered here and floated down creeks and streams to Williamsport to the south. Also climb aboard covered wagons for horse-drawn wagon rides into the canyon’s upper gorge and along Pine Creek. Learn about the canyon’s glacial history and use as a path by native Americans as well as the local flora, fauna and wildlife. Equipped with rubber tires, shock absorbers and cushions, the wagons offer a comfortable and unique adventure. An excursion aboard the climate-controlled Tioga Central Railroad heads from Wellsboro Junction to Hammond Lake and return with a host sharing interesting information along the way. Keep an eye out for bald eagles, blue heron and deer. In Williamsport learn more about the timber industry in the 1800s while enjoying a guided tour of Millionaires’ Row where the lumber barons of the time built their beautiful homes and churches. Tour the Rowley House Mansion and have dinner in one of the mansions now a gourmet restaurant, The Peter Herdic House, plus visit the Taber Museum featuring the Shempp Toy Train Collection and more. Dining is also included at the historic Penn Wells Restaurant in Wellsboro or at Lambs Creek’s Food and Spirits in nearby Wellsboro. Tour generally overnights in Williamsport. Multi-day tour, Memorial Day weekend through mid-to-late Oct. Tour includes: • • PA Grand Canyon Hiawatha Susquehanna River Cruise • • Covered Wagon Rides Williamsport’s Millionaires’ Row • Tioga Central Railroad Excursion • Rowley House Mansion Tour may also be modified to overnight in the Wellsboro/Mansfield area and include additional sites in nearby Corning, NY. Landmark Tours & Promotions, Inc. 800-326-8443 * www.landmarktouring.com PA & NY Group Destination Specialists Prepackaged Tours * Custom Tour Planning * Local Step-on Guides Dickens of a Christmas Festival, One-Day & Multi-Day Tour Head to quaint Victorian Wellsboro for its annual Dickens of a Christmas Festival full of food and craft vendors, strolling carolers, Christmas readings, street urchins and scalawags! Festival vendors dress in period attire as Wellsboro turns into a Dickens marketplace with musicians and singers, dancers, and street-corner thespians createing a Victorian atmosphere with Wellsboro’s gas street lights as a backdrop. Performances of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” are offered throughout the day and tickets can be included in group tour packages. Sit back and enjoy this tale of bitter old miser Ebenezer Scrooge and visitsby ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to come that lead to his transformation to the goodwill of his youth. Group members may enjoy food on own at the event or we can include a delicious lunch or dinner buffet at the historic Penn Wells Restaurant in downtown Wellsboro in the middle of the festival area. Overnight tours can include a visit to Corning’s annual evening Sparkle Festival featuring late night shopping and music in its historic Gaffer District and perhaps a visit to the Corning Museum of Glass. Additional options include a visit to Williamsport, about an hour south of Wellsboro, for guided driving tours of Millionaires’ Row, visit to the Taber Museum featuring the 300+ piece Shempp Toy Train Collection and gourmet dining at the Peter Herdic House Restaurant decorated for the season. Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014 and Dec. 5, 2015. One-day tour options include: • Dickens Festival • “A Christmas Carol” Theatre Presentation • Dining at the Historic Penn Wells Restaurant Overnight tour options include: • Sparkle Festival in Corning, NY • Corning Museum of Glass • Corning’s Historic Gaffer Shopping District • Williamsport’s Millionaires’ Row • Taber Museum/Shempp Toy Train Collection • Gourmet Dining at the Peter Herdic House Landmark Tours & Promotions, Inc. 800-326-8443 * www.landmarktouring.com PA & NY Group Destination Specialists Prepackaged Tours * Custom Tour Planning * Local Step-on Guides Endless Mountains Rail & Sail, One-Day Tour Sit back and relax as you enjoy great scenery on this tour during a Susquehanna River Cruise aboard the Hiawatha Paddlewheeler Riverboat in Williamsport and on a Tioga Central Railroad excursion in Wellsboro. The Hiawatha is a replica of the vessel that graced the Susquehanna’s waters in the 1800s when lumber barons called the region home and Victorian families sailed on the boat for recreation. You’ll learn what a Boom Rat is and hear how the Susquehanna River helped Williamsport become the richest city its size in America during the lumber era when underwater booms or corrals were built to sort lumber from the northern mountains on way to markets to the south. The boat features narration plus climate-controlled enclosed main deck with bar and open-air upper level, with dining options available on the main deck including picnic buffets and fine-dining served meals. The Tioga Central Railroad travels on lines dating in part from the mid- 1800s with a variety of historic cars including climate-controlled passenger cars, dining and snack bar cars and an open-air car. The train’s host welcomes groups with the history of the area that includes “the muck” where celery was once grown as well as information about the wild habitat of eagles, deer and osprey. Served meal options include soup and sandwich lunches to full deluxe meals. To round out the trip we’ll include more local sites which may include the PA Grand Canyon Overlook outside of Wellsboro offering expansive views of this natural wonder nearly 50 miles long and 1,000 deep in places, and Pine Creek which runs through it. Or, you may opt to include a driving tour of Williamsport’s historic Millionaires Row lead by a guide dressed in Victorian-inspired garb who will tell of the lumber barons who built their grand mansions and churches in the city and/or visit to the Rowley House Mansion Museum along Millionaires’ Row which was designed and built by Eber Culver in 1888 for E.A. Rowley, one of the wealthiest men in Pennsylvania. The home, featured in Victorian Times magazine, is considered to be one of the most architecturally significant houses in the Commonwealth. As the owner of PA’s largest wood-working machine companies, Rowley’s home was a showcase of mahogany, cherry, maple, walnut, white and red oak and pine woods. He was also the president of the Edison Electric Co and equipped his mansion with some of the finest and earliest electric light available along with stained-glass windows and Minton tiles from England. One-day tour, Memorial Day weekend to mid/late-Oct. Factory tour available weekdays only. Overnight variations available. Tour includes: • Tioga Central Railroad • Hiawatha Riverboat • PA Grand Canyon Overlook, Millionaires’ Row Driving Tour and/or Rowley House Mansion • Dining on the Train or Boat Landmark Tours & Promotions, Inc.
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