Month: March 2010

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 – CLOSELY FOLLOWED FT INDIANS WHO DEVASTATED THE ENTIRE VALLEY – SHORTAGE OF FOOD IN THE FORT – LOCAL FFFECT OF THE BATTLE OF MONMOUTH – … Read more

CHAPTER III MUNCY MANOR – PINE CREEK – FAIR PLAY MEN – PINE CREEK DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE   FIRST SETTLEMENT – SAMUEL WALLIS – REDEMPTIONERS – RUSH OF SETTLERS — EARLY TOWNS – NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY ERECTED IN 1772 – INCLUDED PRESENT LYCOMING COUNTY – REVOLUTIONARY WAR AND ITS EFFECT – TIADAGHTOM CREEK – FAIRPLAY MEN … Read more

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 – LAND GRANTS – EARLY MANORS – PENN’S PLAN OF SELLING LAND – A NEW SYSTEM – OTHER PERIODS OF ACQUIRING LANDS – ABUSES OF LATER … Read more

History, of Lycoming County CHAPTER 1 LOCATION, ABORIGINES, EARLY EXPLORATIONS LOCATION – TOPOGRAPHY — PRINCIPAL INDUSTRY – ORIGINAL INHABITANTS – OTHER INDIAN TRIBES – CONFLICTING CLAIMS – PENN’S PURCHASE – FIRST WHITE MAN HERE – OTHER WHITE SETTLERS – MORAVIAN MISSIONARIES – FRENCH MARGARET – INDIAN TROUBLES. The history of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, naturally falls … Read more