History of Warren County, Chapter 9

CHAPTER IX ENGLISH DOMINION Pontiac’s Conspiracy – The Devil’s Hole – A Fight at Black Rock – Bradstreet’s Expedition – Sulky Senecas – The Troops Composing Bradstreet’s Command – Israel Putnam – The Revolution – Four Iroquois Tribes Hostile – The Treaty at Oswego – A Price for American Scalps – Brant, the Mohawk – … Read more

History of Warren County, Chapter 7

CHAPTER VII PENN IN PENNSYLVANIA   William Penn Sails for America – His Advice to His Family – The Voyage – Warmly Received at New Castle – The First Assembly – Penn Visits New York and Maryland – Unsatisfactory Conference with Lord Baltimore – The Great Treaty with the Indians – The Walking Purchase – … Read more

History of Warren County, Chapter 8

CHAPTER VIII FRENCH DOMINION  A Slight Ascendency – De Nonville Attacks the Senecas – Origin of Fort Niagara – Count Frontenac in the Field – Treaty of Ryswick – Queen Anne’s War – The Iroquois Neutral – The Tuscaroras – Joncaire – Fort Niagara Rebuilt – French Power Increasing – Conflicting Claims – Secret Instructions … Read more

History of Warren County, Chapter 6

CHAPTER VI THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA Europeans Struggle for Supremacy Along the Atlantic Coast – Quakers Settle in New Jersey – William Penn Appointed a Trustee – His Labors in Their Behalf – An Early Description of the New Country – Admiral Penn – A Province Granted to His Son – It is Named Pennsylvania … Read more

History of Warren County, Chapter 5

CHAPTER V FROM 1655 TO 1680 The Iroquois Triumphant – Obliteration of Dutch Power – French Progress – La Salle Visits the Senecas – Greenhalgh’s Estimates – La Salle on the Niagara – Building of the Griffin – Its First and Last Voyage – La Salle’s Subsequent Career. The overthrow of the Kahquahs and Eries … Read more

History of Warren County, Chapter 4

CHAPTER IV THE IROQUOIS Their Name as Applied by Themselves – System of Clans – Its Importance – Its Probable Origin – The Grand Council – Sachems and War – chiefs – Line of Descent – Choice of Sachems – Religious Belief – Natural Attributes – Family Relations, etc. From the destruction of the unfortunate … Read more

History of Warren County, Chapter 2

CHAPTER II NATURAL FEATURES, ETC Topography – Character of Forests – The Soil – Its Products – Minerals – The Animal Kingdom – The Eries – The Kahquahs, or Neuter Nation The Hurons – The Iroquois – Earlier Occupants – Inferences. IT is deemed fitting, before beginning the record of events, to give a brief … Read more

History of Warren County, Chapter 1

HISTORY OF WARREN COUNTY CHAPTER I OUR SUBJECT SOMEWHAT EXPLAINED The Beginning of Warren County’s History – Date of Organization – Its Boundaries – Its Area and Streams – Origin of its Name – The System to be Pursued in Succeeding Chapters. On that eventful mid – summer’s day in 1749 when Captain Bienville de … Read more

5 December 2008 – Update

We’ve been busy adding new stuff recently that you’ll want to check out!   Amityville Lutheran Church, Berks County Newman Cemetery, Susquehanna County Over in our Photo Gallery we’ve posted over 100 pictures from 10 different cemeteries in Mifflin County.  Check them out! Do you have some photos from cemeteries in Pennsylvania that you’d be … Read more