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A MAN OF REMARKABLE STRENGTH

Among the early settlers of Turkeyfoot were the Hannas, who located where Harnedsville now is. The last of the old stock, Maj. Alexander Hanna, died in 1881, aged seventy-nine. He…

A GRAVE IN A TREE

Friday, October 1, 1875, news article:“A correspondent of the Pittsburg Leader writes that there is a very remarkable and curious freak of nature on the bank of the Castleman (Casselman)…