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Ceres
Pennsylvania, McKean County, near ShinglehouseOne mile south of here the first permanent white settlement in present McKean County was made in 1798 by Francis King, agent and surveyor for the John...
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William Byrd’s Survey of 1728
Virginia, Patrick County, near Peters CreekThis was the westernmost point of the survey of the Virginia-North Carolina border run in 1728 by a joint commission from both colonies led by Col. William...
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Newnansville Town Site
Florida, Alachua County, AlachuaAt the end of 1824, Alachua County was organized as a political unit of the new Territory of Florida. The Seminole inhabitants of the Alachua region had recently been...
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Hoodoo Brown's Road Ranch
Kansas, Meade County, Meade In 1879, George W. (Hoodoo) Brown built a Road Ranch on the Jones and Plummer Trail at a place called "The Wells" on Crooked Creek just east of the present-day site of...
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Jones & Plummer Trail
Kansas, Meade County, Meade Ft. Elliott, Texas to Dodge City, Kansas (Forts, Castles • Industry & Commerce • Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 3...
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Clinton County
Pennsylvania, Clinton County, Lock HavenFormed on June 21, 1839 out of Lycoming and Centre counties. Named probably for New York's Gov. DeWitt Clinton. Site of "Tiadaghton Declaration of Independence,"...
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Daniel H. Hastings
Pennsylvania, Clinton County, SalonaGovernor of Pennsylvania, 1895-1899; born, 1849, on a farm 4.5 miles southeast of here. During his term, the State Department of Agriculture was created and the...
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Fort Reed
Pennsylvania, Clinton County, Lock HavenWilliam Reed's stockaded house was the westernmost defense for Susquehanna Valley settlers. The site of the pioneer outpost is a few blocks ahead at the monument...
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Great Shamokin Path
Pennsylvania, Clinton County, Mill HallBy the Indian path along Bald Eagle Creek, in 1772, Bishop Ettwein, Moravian, brought some 200 Christian Mohicans and Delawares from Friedenshuetten, near...
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Leidy Natural Gas Boom
Pennsylvania, Clinton County, LeidyAgainst expert advice, Dorcie Calhoun drilled Leidy Township's first successful deep gas well about a quartermile south of here. On January 8, 1950, the well hit...
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Lock Haven
Pennsylvania, Clinton County, Lock HavenNamed by the founder Jerry Church for this old canal lock built by the state of Pennsylvania 1834 the haven for rafts created by the dam. (Settlements &...
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Pine Creek Presbyterian Church
Pennsylvania, Clinton County, AvisOn this site stood the original building of Pine Creek Presbyterian Church organized 1792 Became Presbyterian Church of Jersey Shore 1851 (Churches, Etc.) Includes...
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Simeon & Susannah Pfoutz
Pennsylvania, Clinton County, RenoveIn memory of Simeon Pfoutz and wife Susannah, first white settlers on Kettle Creek. He selected this site in 1813, cleared the land, built a log house, went to Perry...
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The Great Island
Pennsylvania, Clinton County, DunnstownMany Indian nations have occupied the Great Island in the river just south of here. Trails led from the Genesee, Ohio, Potomac, and Susquehanna North Branch....
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Tiadaghton Elm
Pennsylvania, Clinton County, AvisUnder this huge Elm, July 4, 1776, resolves declaring independence were drawn, prior to news of action by Congress at Philadelphia. This was an expression of the...
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Traverse des Sioux
Minnesota, Nicollet County, near St. PeterThis ancient fording place, the "Crossing of the Sioux," was on the heavily traveled trail from St. Paul and Fort Snelling to the upper Minnesota and Red River...
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Bigler House
Pennsylvania, Clearfield County, ClearfieldThis property was deeded in 1825 by Abraham Witmer to A.B. Reed, a descendent of an early Clearfield settler, making it one of the county's earliest recorded...
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Clearfield County Courthouse
Pennsylvania, Clearfield County, ClearfieldClearfield County, formed March 26, 1804, was named for the clear fields found by early travelers. The first courthouse, in use for 46 years, was built circa...
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Clearfield County
Pennsylvania, Clearfield County, ClearfieldFormed March 26, 1804 out of Huntingdon and Lycoming counties. Clear fields, found by early travelers, gave rise to the name. County was important for logging...
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Clearfield County's First Jail
Pennsylvania, Clearfield County, ClearfieldThe first county jail, c1820-1841 was a log structure, one of the oldest buildings in town. The jail is contained in the dwelling at 105 S. Second St. The...
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