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Milford is a borough in Pike County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,104 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pike County It is served by the Delaware Valley School District.
Milford was the home of noted forester and conservationist Gifford Pinchot. A former Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, his home Grey Towers has been under the control of the National Forest Service since 1963. It now serves as a training and educational center for future conservationalists and interested tourists.
Milford served as setting for a number of silent films directed by D.W. Griffith in the early 1900's (including "The Informer" starring Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish and Lionel Barrymore, and "Feud on Kentucky Hills," starring Mary Pickford; both were filmed in 1912).
Milford has been home to the Milford Science Fiction Writers Workshop since 1956, founded by Damon Knight, James Blish and Kate Wilhelm, all residents of Milford at the time.
An important American artifact is housed in the Pike County Historical Society Museum in Milford - the Lincoln Flag, which is the actual flag that had draped on President Abraham Lincoln's booth at Ford Theatre the night he was shot. The flag was bundled up and placed under the President's head, and still bears his blood. The flag was kept by stage manager Thomas Gourlay, and eventually passed down to his daughter Jeannie, an actress who had been in the play, "Our American Cousin," at the theatre that night; she moved to Milford and the flag was donated to the museum after her death. More details are at http://www.pikehistory.org/lincoln.htm
In September 2007, Frommer's Budget Travel named Milford, PA, second on its list of "Ten Coolest Small Towns in America" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20429383/site/newsweek/. (...) more....
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