CHAPTER IX EARLY ROADS – STAGE COACHES – CANALS – RAILROADS FIRST HIGHWAYS – THE GENESEE ROAD – COUDERSPORT PIKE – RIVER THE FIRST MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION – CANAL BUILDING…

CHAPTER VIII OFFICERS OF LYCOMING COUNTY PROTHONOTANIES – SHERIFFS – REGISTERS AND RECORDERS – CORONERS – DISTRICT ATTORNEYS – COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. The officers of Lycoming County since it was erected…

CHAPTER VII LYCOMING COUNTY ERECTED AN ATTRACTIVE LOCATION – NECESSITY FOR A NEW COUNTY – FAILURE OF MEASURE IN 1786  –  EFFORT TO REMOVE COUNTY SEAT DEFEATED – BILL ERECTING…

CHAPTER VISETTLEMENT AT MUNCY – INDIAN DEPREDATIONS – CATHERINE SMITH MUNCY MANOR DIVIDED – JOHN HEADY BUILDS FORT – LOCAL EFFECT OF THE REVOLUTION – PRESENCE OF TORIES – FREQUENT…

The first religious meetings in this area were held by the Reverend Richard Parriot, an early Methodist Circuit Rider, in 1791 near the Wilber Messemer residence.  The Charge was then…

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 –…