HISTORY OF LYCOMING
COUNTY
PENNSYLVANIA
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By
Colonel Thomas W. Lloyd
Secretary of the Lycoming Historical Society
HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY
TOPEKA--INDIANAPOLIS
1929
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. LOCATION--TOPOGRAPHY--PRINCIPAL INDUSTRY-- ORIGINAL INHABITANTS--OTHER INDIAN TRIBES-- CONFLICTING CLAIMS--PENN'S PURCHASE--FIRST WHITE MAN HERE--OTHER WHITE SETTLERS--MORAVIAN MISSIONARIES--FRENCH MARGARET--INDIAN TROUBLES. |
65-71 |
CHAPTER II. FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR--EARLY SETTLEMENTS. BRITISH AND FRENCH RIVALRY--FORT AUGUSTA-- "CANNON HOLE"--EFFECT OF DEFEAT AT BUSHY RUN AND OCCUPATION OF FT. DUQUESNE--LAND GRANTS-- EARLY MANORS--PENN'S PLAN OF SELLING LAND--A NEW SYSTEM--OTHER METHODS OF ACQUIRING LANDS-- ABUSES OF LATER SYSTEMS |
73-78 |
FIRST SETTLEMENT--SAMUEL WALLIS--REDEMPTIONERS --RUSH OF SETTLERS--EARLY TOWNS--NORTHUMBER- LAND COUNTY ERECTED IN 1772--INCLUDED PRESENT LYCOMING COUNTY--REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS EFFECT-TIADAGHTON CREEK-FAIRPLAY MEN--HOW CHOSEN--MEMBERS--METHOD OF PROCEDURE--PINE CREEK DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE--REV. FITHIAN |
79-89 |
CHAPTER IV. NEWS OF THE WYOMING MASSACRE--SETTLERS ORDERED TO FLEE TO FORT AUGUSTA FOR SAFETY--GREAT EXODUS FROM THE VALLEY--CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY INDIANS WHO DEVASTATED THE ENTIRE VALLEY--SHORTAGE OF FOOD IN THE FORT--LOCAL EFFECT OF THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH--TROOPS ARRIVE--BUILDING OF FORT MUNCY--ANOTHER INDIAN RAID--FORT MUNCY DESTROYED--CIVIL AFFAIRS DEMORALIZED--ENGLISH INFLUENCE AMONG INDIANS. |
90-96 |
CHAPTER V.
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97-105 |
CHAPTER VI.
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106-112 |
CHAPTER VII.
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113-120 |
CHAPTER VIII. OFFICERS OF LYCOMING COUNTY. PROTHONOTARIES--SHERIFFS--REGISTERS AND RECORDERS--CORONERS--TREASURERS-- DISTRICT ATTORNEYS--COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. |
121-127 |
CHAPTER IX.
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128-136 |
CHAPTER X. EARLY INDUSTRIES. AN EARLY SIGNBOARD--HESHBON--McKINLEYS FORGE-- EARLY FURNACES--SAWMILLS AND GRIST MILLS-- OTHER INDUSTRIES--HORTICULTURE--FIRST FOUNDRY-- EARLY MANUFACTURING--SALT WELLS--SALT MANUFACTURING--CEMENT ROCK. |
137-143 |
CHAPTER XI.
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144-153 |
CHAPTER XII.
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154-158 |
CHAPTER XIII. BOROUGHS. JERSEY SHORE--SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT--MUNCY-- MONTOURSVILLE. |
159-173 |
CHAPTER XIV. MONTGOMERY--HUGHESVILLE--DUBOISTOWN--PICTURE ROCKS--SALLADASBURG--RALSTON. |
174-186 |
CHAPTER XV.
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187-203 |
CHAPTER XVI.
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204-218 |
CHAPTER XVII.
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219-239 |
CHAPTER XVIII.
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240-256 |
CHAPTER XIX.
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257-266 |
CHAPTER XX.
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267-271 |
CHAPTER XXI.
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272-279 |
CHAPTER XXII.
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280-295 |
CHAPTER XXIII. STATE OF WAR DECLARED--RECRUITING--FIRST IN SERVICE--BATTERY D AND COMPANY D--FIRST LIBERTY LOAN--RED CROSS--FIRST MEN TO LEAVE FOR SERVICE--HEAVY ENLISTMENTS--OVATION TO SOLDIERS--FOOD ADMINISTRATOR APPOINTED--BATTERY D IN FRANCE--OTHER LYCOMING COUNTY TROOPS IN ACTION--DECORATIONS FOR HEROISM--SIGNING OF THE ARMISTICE--DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS. |
296-302 |
CHAPTER XXIV. COUNTY SEAT RIVALRY--JAYSBURG AND OTHER ASPIRANTS--WILLIAMSPORT SELECTED--FIRST LOG BUILDING USED FOR COURT--LOG COURT HOUSE BUILT IN 1804--RUSSELL INN FIRST HOUSE ERECTED IN WILLIAMSPORT--LOT FOR COURTHOUSE DONATED BY MICHAEL ROSS--OTHER BUILDINGS ERECTED--EARLY DAY TAVERNS. |
303-311 |
CHAPTER XXV. FIRST BRICK BUILDING STILL STANDING--SECOND BRICK HOUSE--PIONEER BUSINESS MEN--EARLY CHURCHES--FIRST GRIST MILL--DISTILLERY--TANNERY--IRON FOUNDRY--ORIGIN OF NAME IN DOUBT--WILLIAMSPORT INCORPORATED A BOROUGH IN 1806--BURGESSES--POPULATION IN 1850 AND 1860--CITY INCORPORATED IN 1866--MAYORS--ADDITIONS TO CITY--A LUMBER CENTER--"BIG WATER MILL." |
312-319 |
CHAPTER XXVI. "BIG WATER MILL" PASSES TO PETER HERDIC--FIRST STEAM SAW MILL--OTHER SAW MILLS--THE SUSQUEHANNA BOOM--GREAT STRIDES OF THE LUMBER INDUSTRY--PASSING OF THE GREAT INDUSTRY--NEW INDUSTRIES--RAILROADS--HOTELS--VALUATION--CEMETERIES--PARKS-- STREETS--DIVERSITIES OF INDSUTRIES--POST OFFICE--SCHOOLS--PRODUCTS. |
320-327 |
CHAPTER XXVII. WILLIAMSPORT PRODUCTS--ANNUAL VALUE OF PRODUCTION--NUMBER EMPLOYED--MANY LARGE EMPLOYERS--CITY GOVERNMENT--THE CLARK ACT--PRESENT OFFICERS. |
328-336 |
CHAPTER XXVIII. PENNSYLVANIA AS A LUMBER STATE--WHITE PINE, HEMLOCK AND OTHER VARIETIES--BARK PEELING--YIELD TO THE ACRE--PRESENT DAY FOREST CONSERVATION--METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LUMBER--THE LUMBER CAMPS--LOGGING--TRANSPORTING LOGS TO STREAMS--THE DRIVE--LUMBERMEN. |
337-343 |
CHAPTER XXIX. CUTTING LOGS--HAULING TO LANDINGS--HAZARODOUS WORK--THE SNUB LINE--LIFE IN THE FOREST--MAJOR PERKINS ENTERS THE LUMBER INDUSTRY--BUILT THE FIRST BOOM--HARBOR FOR LOGS--SUSQUEHANNA BOOM COMPANY INCOPRORATED--LOYALSOCK BOOM COMPANY ORGANIZED--METHOD OF MARKING LOGS--CAPACITY OF BOOM--FEES. |
344-356 |
CHAPTER XXX. COST OF BOOM LOGS--PETER HERDIC ACQUIRED CONTROL--IMPETUS TO LUMBER BUSINESS--RIVER USED FOR TRANSPORTATION--DAMS CONSTRUCTED--DAMAGING FLOODS--GREAT LOSS OF LOGS--KINDS OF SAWS USED--IMPLEMENTS IN USE--TYPE OF MEN EMPLOYED. |
357-363 |
CHAPTER XXXI. WILLIAM F. BUYERS ESTABLISHES FIRST NEWSPAPER IN 1801--LYCOMING GAZETTE--THE CHRONICLE--EARLY DAY NEWSPAPER MEN--THE GAZETTE PUBLISHES A DAILY--THE WEST BRANCH BULLETIN--GAZETTE AND BULLETIN CONSOLIDATED--A MORNING AND EVENING NEWSPAPER--PURCHASED IN 1926 BY THE SUN AND NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY--OTHER NEWSPAPERS--THE GRIT, "AMERICA'S GREATEST FAMILY NEWSPAPER," A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF NATIONAL CIRCULATION--OTHER PUBLICATIONS--PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION. |
364-379 |
CHAPTER XXXII. BOARD OF TRADE ORGANIZED--AFTERWARDS CHANGED TO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE--A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM--IT'S RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENTS--COMBINED WITH MOTOR CLUB--OFFICE IN LYCOMING HOTEL--PUBLICITY BUREAU--AN ACTIVE ORGANIZATION. |
380-388 |
CHAPTER XXXIII. FIRST TEACHER--OTHER EARLY TEACHERS--WILLIAMSPORT ACADEMY--A YOUNG LADIES SEMINARY--PUBLIC SCHOOL LAW OF 1834--SCHOOL LAW IN OPERATION--FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL OPENED IN 1835--MODERN SCHOOLS--SCHOOL BOARD--DICKSON SEMINARY, SUCCESSFUL RECORD OF EIGHTY-ONE YEARS, COURSES--PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS--THE JAMES V. BROWN LIBRARY, OFFICERS--THE LYCOMING HISTORICAL SOCIETY. |
389-397 |
CHAPTER XXXIV. WILLIAMSPORT HOSPITAL--HOME FOR THE FRIENDLESS--YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION--YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. |
398-409 |
CHAPTER XXXV. CHARITY ORGANIZATION SOCIETY--AGED COLORED WOMEN'S HOME--FLORENCE CRITTENTON MISSION--AMERICAN RED CROSS--LYCOMING COUNTY TYBERCULOSIS SOCIETY--CHILDREN'S AID SOCIETY--SALVATION ARMY--BOY SCOUTS--COMMUNITY WELFARE ASSOCIATION--ROTARY CLUB--KIWANIS CLUB--LIONS--EXCHANGE--MONARCHS. |
410-420 |
CHAPTER XXXVI. MASONS--ODD FELLOWS--KNIGHTS OF MALTA--KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS--KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE--MACCABEES--ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS--P. O. S. OF A.--RED MEN--ROYAL ARCANUM--WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN UNION--UNITED AMERICAN MECHANICS--ELKS--LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE--LYCOMING MEDICAL SOCIETY--VARIOUS WAR VETERANS' ORGANIZATIONS--MISCELLANEOUS SOCIETIES--LABOR ORGANIZATIONS. |
421-430 |
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE WEST BRANCH BANK ORGANIZED IN 1835--FIRST NATIONAL BANK--WILLIAMSPORT NATIONAL BANK--LYCOMING NATIONAL BANK--SAVINGS INSTITUTION OF THE CITY OF WILLIAMSPORT--THE SUSQUEHANNA TRUST COMPANY--LYCOMING TRUST COMPANY--BANK OF NEWBERRY--CITIZENS STATE BANK--OTHER FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS--COMMUNITY DISCOUNT COMPANY--WILLIAMSPORT CLEARING HOUSE ASSOCIATION. |
431-434 |
CHAPTER XXXVIII. DIFFICULTY OF FIGHTING LUMBER FIRES--BUCKET BRIGADE--FIRST FIRE ENGINE--VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT--FIRE BOARD--FIRE COMPANIES--PAID DEPARTMENT--FIRST MOTOR DRIVEN COMBINATION--FIRST CHIEF'S AUTOMOBILE--OTHER MODERN EQUIPMENT ADDED--CHIEFS--SOME DESTRUCTIVE LUMBER FIRES. |
435-444 |
CHAPTER XXXIX. FIRST BRASS BAND--REPASZ BAND--NOTED MUSICIANS--THE OLDEST BAND IN THE UNITED STATES--SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR--OTHER BANDS--THE IMPERIAL TETEQUES--ORCHESTRAS. |
445-447 |
CHAPTER XL. A LEADING INDUSTRY OF WILLIAMSPORT--VALUE OF PRODUCT--AN ARMY OF EMPLOYEES--JOHN N. STERNS AND COMPANY--HOLMES SILK COMPANY--DEMAREST SILK COMPANY--W. R. HAEHN COMPANY, INC.--KEYSTONE SILK COMPANY--LEONARD W. WOOD SILK COMPANY--NATIONAL SILK DYEING COMPANY. |
448-453 |
CHAPTER XLI. FURNITURE FACTORIES--W. D. CROOKS AND SONS--WILLIAMSPORT FURNITURE COMPANY--THE CROMAR COMPANY--THE J. K. RISHEL FURNITURE COMPANY--PLANING MILLS--CULLER FURNITURE COMPANY--THE LYCOMING MANUFACTURING COMPANY, EMPLOYS 2,500 MEN, PRODUCTION, ASSETS, OFFICERS--KEYSTONE RUBER COMPANY--OTHER MANUFACTURING COMPANIES--WILLIAMSPORT WIRE ROPE COMPANY. |
454-468 |
CHAPTER XLII. ARMOUR LEATHER COMPANY--THE J. E. DAYTON COMPANY--U. S. SANDPAPER COMPANY--STANDARD WOOD PIPE COMPANY--C. A. REED COMPANY--L. M. CANSTER COMPANY--WINNER-FRANCK BAKING COMPANY--DARLING VALVE AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY--FLACK BREWING COMPANY--OTHER MANUFACTURING COMPANIES AND PLANTS. |
469-476 |
CHAPTER XLIII. PETER HERDIC. |
477-487 |
CHAPTER XLIV. MICHAEL ROSS--WILLIAM F. PACKER--SAMUEL WALLIS--THE BRADY FAMILY--ROBERT COVENHOVEN. |
488-503 |
CHAPTER XLV. SEVERAL ATTAIN PROMINENCE--S. ROESEN--GEORGE BENJAMIN LUKS--S. WINNER--MARY PARKER CARTER DODGE--JULIET LEWIS--ROBERT HAWLEY--J. WESLEY LITTLE--OTHERS OF NOTE--THOMAS J. McELRATH. |
504-507 |
CHAPTER XLVI. BEGAN IN 1796--RAFTSMEN--THREE KINDS OF RAFTS--MADE UP AT VARIOUS
POINTS--DANGEROUS OCCUPATION--"RAFTING IN"--AN INDUSTRY OF THE PAST |
508-512 |
CHAPTER XLVII. PACKET BOATS--CARRIED MAIL AND EXPRESS--FURNISHINGS--CAPTAINS--TOWNS REACHED--CANAL SYSTEM--DEMONSTRATION AT OPENING OF NEW WATER WAY--DIFFICULTIES OF CANAL BUILDING--POLITICS AS NOW--WEST BRANCH AND OTHER CANALS--TOLLS--TWO FAMOUS PACKET BOATS--COMMANDERS--CAPTAIN FAGLES--FREIGHT BOATS--THE RETURN TO WATERWAYS. |
513-525 |
CHAPTER XLVIII. BUILDING OF THE WILLIAMSON ROAD--A PIONEER PROJECT--OPERATIONS BEGUN IN 1792--EXTENDED TO WHAT IS NOW BATH, N. Y.--STAGE ROUTE FOR SEVERAL YEARS--NOW A PART OF THE SUSQUEHANNA TRAIL-- GREAT SCENIC HIGHWAY--WASHINGTON TO BUFFALO --THROUGH HISTORIC AND PICTURESQUE COUNTRY. |
526-530 |
CHAPTER XLIX. INDIANS METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION--THE CANOE--THE BATEAU--SKIFF--FLAT BOATS--KEEL BOATS--BARGES--ARKS--CANAL BOATS--PACK HORSES--SNOW SHOES--DRAG--SLEDGE--WAGONS AND STAGE COACH--STREAMS--BAILEY'S ISLAND. |
531-542 |
CHAPTER L. THE FIRST TRAIL BUILDERS--SUNBURY THE CENTRAL POINT--NUMEROUS INDIAN TRAILS--INDIAN TRAILS FOLLOWED BY THE WHITE MAN IN BUILDING ROADS--NECESSITY OF FORTS--FORT AUGUSTA--FORT FREELAND--CAPTAIN JOHN BRADY'S STOCKADE--FORT MUNCY--FORT ANTES--FORT HARRIS AND FORT HALL |
543-548 |
CHAPTER LI. FREQUENCY OF MASSACRES--INCITED BY THE BRITISH--MASSACRE ON PENN'S CREEK--AT FORT ANTES--ON LOYALSOCK CREEK--NUMEROUS KILLINGS IN 1777 AND 1778--HORSES AND CATTLE STOLEN BY INDIANS--"PLUM TREE MASSACRE"-- CHILDREN CARRIED AWAY BY INDIANS--KILLING OF JAMES BRADY AND OTHERS--SETTLERS FREQUENTLY WAYLAID--CAPTAIN JOHN BRADY KILLED BY INDIANS--CAPTURE OF SWEENEY AND KILLING OF COOL. |
549-558 |
CHAPTER LII. THE HABITAT OF MANY WILD ANIMALS AND BIRDS--NUMEROUS SMALL ANIMALS--COON--FOX--WILDCAT--CATAMOUNT-- PANTHER--BLACK BEAR--DEER--ELK--WOLVES--MANY BIRDS NOW EXTINCT--PIGEONS--GROUSE--OWLS--WILD TURKEYS-- QUAIL--HAWK--CROW--WOODCOCK--EAGLE--OTHER BIRDS . |
559-571 |
CHAPTER LIII. THE HEY COLONIZATION SCHEME--PASTIMES IN EARLY DAYS--LOCALISMS--UNDERGROUND RAILROAD--SAW DUST WAR. |
572-600 |