Chapter 7 – From the Settlement of the County to the War of 1812
CHAPTER VII FROM THE SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY TO THE WAR OF 1812 Absalom Travis – Securing Warrants – John Laughlin – Settlers from Westmoreland-From Centre County – Character of…
Chapter 6 – From the Purchase of 1784 to the Settlement of the County
CHAPTER VI FROM THE PURCHASE OF 1784 TO THE SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY The Purchase – Pickering & Co.- Small Warrantees – The Fox Estate – Lewis and Peters The…
Chapter 5 – From the Earliest Period to the Purchase of 1784
CHAPTER V FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PURCHASE OF 1784 Aborigines, Senecas, and Delawares – Indian Remains – Petroleum – Christian Frederick Post – Tobeco and Toby- Redbank Creek…
Chapter 4 – Geology and Mineralogy
Chapter IV GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY* Definition – Anticlinals and Synclinals – Geologic Column – Surface Rocks – Measures- Freeport Group – Kittanning Group – Ore and Limestone – Analyses- Clarion…
Chapter 3 – Topography of Clarion County
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 2 – From the Revolution to the Present Time
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…
History of Clarion County – Preface
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 1 – Pennsylvania From First Settlement to the Revolution
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…