CHAPTER III TOPOGRAPHY OF CLARION COUNTY Table-Land Character – Drainage – Streams – Elevations – General Description – Forests- Scenery – Ancient Channels. THE surface of Clarion county has a…

CHAPTER II FROM THE REVOLUTION TO THE PRESENT TIME Mason and Dixon – Indian Troubles – Stamp Act- Connecticut and Virginia Claims-First-Continental Congress — Second Continental Congress – Declaration of…

PREFACE JOSEPHUS says, “Those who undertake to write histories, do not, I perceive, take that trouble on one and the same account; but for many and various reasons. For some…

CHAPTER I PENNSYLVANIA FROM FIRST SETTLEMENT TO THE REVOLUTION Introductory – The Natives – Hudson – Dutch Settlements – Settlement by the Swedes Conquest of the Swedish Colony by the…

CHAPTER V COLONEL HARTLEY’S EXPEDITION – DEATH OF JAMES AND CAPTAIN JOHN BRADY. SELECTED TO LEAD EXPEDITION AGAINST INDIANS – PLAN OF CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVE – ENGAGEMENTS WITH INDIANS – SUCCESS…

CHAPTER IV. THE BIG RUNAWAY – FORT MUNCY NEWS OF THE WYOMING MASSACRE – SETTLERS ORDERED TO FLEE TO FORT AUGUSTA FOR SAFETY – GREAT EXODUS FROM THE VALLEY –…

CHAPTER III MUNCY MANOR – PINE CREEK – FAIR PLAY MEN – PINE CREEK DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE   FIRST SETTLEMENT – SAMUEL WALLIS – REDEMPTIONERS – RUSH OF SETTLERS —…

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. DUQUENE –…

History, of Lycoming County CHAPTER 1 LOCATION, ABORIGINES, EARLY EXPLORATIONS LOCATION – TOPOGRAPHY — PRINCIPAL INDUSTRY – ORIGINAL INHABITANTS – OTHER INDIAN TRIBES – CONFLICTING CLAIMS – PENN’S PURCHASE –…

COURTS AND BAR FIRST COURTS – CHARACTER OF THE EARLY BENCH AND BAR, WITH DATES OF ADMISSION OF MEMBERS PRIOR TO 1878 – CELEBRATED CAUSES – JUDGES AND ASSOCIATE JUDGES…