Month: October 2008

CHAPTER X ABBOT AND ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIPS ABBOT TOWNSHIP– CONFORMATION- FIRST INHABITANTS- SETTLEMENT OF GERMANIA- OLE BULL’S COLONY- HARDSHIPS OF THE PIONEERS- INTERESTING ACCOUNTS- SOME FIRST EVENTS AND THINGS- MISCELLANEOUS. ALLEGHENY TOWNSHIP- THE SUMMIT TOWNSHIP OF POTTER- TOPOGRAPHY- POPULATION AND ASSESSMENT- EARLY NAMES, CHURCHES, BUSINESS, ETC. ABBOT TOWNSHIP, adjoining Stewardson on the north, bounded east by … Read more

CHAPTER IX EULALIA TOWNSHIP- BOROUGH OF COUDERSPORT EULALIA TOWNSHIP- GENERAL TOPOGRAPHY- OIL WELLS, ETC.- POPULATION- ASSESSORS’ STATISTICS- ELECTIONS IN FEBRUARY, 1890- LAYING OFF OF ROADS- EARLY TAX- PAYERS- MISCELLANEOUS. BOROUGH OF COUDERSPORT- SURVEY- SOME FIRST THINGS- REMINISCENCES OF MRS. MARY A. ROSS- POST- OFFICE AND POSTMASTERS—SCHOOLS, ETC.- RESIDENT TAX- PAYERS IN 1848- MUNICIPAL MATTERS- THE … Read more

CHAPTER VIII RAILROADS – AGRICULTURAL- STATISTICAL. RAILROADS- PROJECTED AND COMPLETED RAILROADS – FIRST PASSENGER TRAIN – ESTABLISHMENT OF RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE. AGRICULTURAL – SOCIETY – RESULTS OF NOT WORKING IN HARMONY. STATISTICAL – STATISTICS OF POPULATION – VALUATION – RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.  RAILROADS. BENJAMIN REYNOLDS, in 1837—38, assisted the surveyors in running their lines for … Read more

CHAPTER VII MILITARY HISTORY POTTER COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR- ENLISTMENT OF VOLUNTEERS- RELIEF COMMITTEES, ETC.- FORTY- SIXTH, P.V.I.- FIFTY- THIRD, P.V.I.- FIFTY- EIGHTH, P.V.I.- ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY- NINTH, P.V.I.- TWO HUNDRED AND TENTH, P.V.I.- NEW YORK STATE REGIMENTS- LISTS OF ALL SOLDIERS WHO ENTERED THE SERVICE FROM POTTER COUNTY- THE BATTLES IN WHICH … Read more

CHAPTER VI JOURNALISM-  EDUCATION JOURNALISM-  SOME ACCOUNT OF THE PRESS OF POTTER COUNTY-  THE “SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.” EDUCATION-  SKETCH OF’ THE SCHOOLS OF POTTER COUNTY-  NAMES OF EDUCATORS-  INTERESTING STATISTICS. JOURNALISM. THE first newspaper published in the county was the Democratic Republican, issued at Coudersport in 1839. The name of this paper was changed … Read more

CHAPTER V MEDICAL EARLY PHYSICIANS-  TRIALS OF THE PIONEER DOCTOR-  NAMES OF ALL PHYSICIANS ATTAINABLE IN THE COUNTY. AMONG the early physicians of Potter county, first mention should be made of Dr. Stout, of Ulysses, and Dr. French, of Coudersport, who came here in 1836 and 1837, respectively, and were the only practicing physicians in … Read more

CHAPTER IV COURTS AND BAR FIRST COURT AND JUDGES- JURORS- PRIMITIVE CAUSES, ETC.- LIST OF LAWYERS, DATES OF ADMISSION, ETC.- JUDGES, PROTHONOTARIES, DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND SHERIFFS- CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS.   THE early history of the courts and bar of McKean county contains many names connected with Potter. In 1833 the two counties were organized as … Read more

CHAPTER III TRANSACTIONS OF THE COMMISSIONERS ESTABLISHMENT OF POTTER COUNTY- FIRST PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMISSIONERS- LAYING OFF OF ROADS- TAX SALES OF LANDS- BUILDING OF COURTHOUSE- THE NEW JAIL- PROHIBITION IN POTTER- LISTS OF OFFICERS.   THE act of March 26, 1804, established Potter county out of a part of Dunstable township, Lycoming county, to … Read more

CHAPTER II INDIAN AND PIONEER HISTORY INDIAN SETTLEMENTS, GRAIN STOREHOUSE, RELICS, ETC.-  FIRST WHITE SETTLERS, MARRIAGE, ETC.-  EARLY LAND TRANSFERS-  RELIGIOUS EXERCISES-  PRICE OF COMMODITIES-  TWO INTERESTING LETTERS-  CUSTOMS AND DOINGS OF THE EARLY TIMES-  SOME PIONEER NAMES-  INDIAN AND WHITE HUNTERS. Of the Lenni Lenape, the third tribe or division, were the Wolves (Minsi), … Read more

POTTER COUNTY CHAPTER I TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL HISTORY ORIGIN OF NAME OF COUNTY –  AREA AND ELEVATIONS –  TOPOGRAPHICAL CONFORMATION –  FOSSILS AND STRATA, ETC. –  LUMBERING –  GIANT SAW-MILLS –  LUMBER CAMPS –  EXPERIENCES OF THE WOODSMAN –  TECHNICALITIES OF THE TRADE –  RAFTING AND “DRIVING” –  CYCLONES AND NATURAL PHENOMENA. JAMES POTTER, after … Read more