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CHAPTER XV HECTOR AND PIKE TOWNSHIPS HECTOR TOWNSHIP-  ITS SURFACE, POPULATION AND TAXABLES-  FIRST RELIGIOUS SOCIETY-  EQUITABLE AID UNION-  SIGNAL STATION-  ELECTIONS IN FEBRUARY, 1890. PIKE TOWNSHIP-  ITS LUMBER INTERESTS, POPULATION, ETC.-  SCHOOL AND TAVERN-  GALETON-  ITS BUSINESS, CHURCH AND G.A.R. POST-  WEST PIKE-  BLUE RUN AND ITS TRAGEDY-  TOWNSHIP ELECTIONS IN FEBRUARY, 1890. HECTOR … Read more

CHAPTER XIV HARRISON TOWNSHIP EARLY NAMES AND LOCATIONS-  FIRST SCHOOL TEACHER-  EARLY CHURCHES-  BUSINESS HOUSES, HOTELS, MILLS, ETC. HARRISON VALLEY-  BUSINESS CIRCLE-  METHODIST AND BAPTIST CHURCHES, SOCIETIES, ETC. THE VILLAGE OF MILLS-  ITS LUMBER AND OTHER INTERESTS-  I.O.O.F.-  TOWNSHIP OFFICERS ELECTED IN FEBRUARY, 1890.   HARRISON TOWNSHIP occupies the northeast corner of the county. Here … Read more

CHAPTER XIII GENESEE TOWNSHIP BOUNDARIES- SETTLEMENT- NAMES OF PIONEERS- FIRST STORE- SCHOOLS- CHURCH- VILLAGES- ELECTIONS IN FEBRUARY, 1890. GENESEE FORKS- POSTMASTERS- ORDERS AND SOCIETIES. G ENESEE TOWNSHIP, bounded north by the New York State line, shows the Chemung lands along the border and in the valleys of the west and middle branches of the Genesee … Read more

CHAPTER XII CLARA, HEBRON AND PLEASANT VALLEY TOWNSHIPS CLARA TOWNSHIP- ITS TOPOGRAPHY- FIRST TAX- PAYERS AND EARLY ELECTIONS- SETTLERS- SCHOOLS, ETC.- ELECTIONS IN FEBRUARY, 1890. HEBRON TOWNSHIP- DATE OF ESTABLISHMENT- POPULATION- RESIDENTS IN 1839- SAD ACCIDENT- SCHOOL- CHURCH AND CEMETERY- ELECTIONS IN FEBRUARY, 1890. PLEASANT VALLEY TOWNSHIP- LOCALITY- TAXABLES- FIRST CHURCH AND SCHOOL- ELECTIONS IN … Read more

CHAPTER XI BINGHAM TOWNSHIP GEOLOGY OF THE TOWNSHIP- TORNADOES- POPULATION AND VALUES- NAMES OF SETTLERS- A NUMBER OF FIRST THINGS- EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS- MISCELLANEOUS. BINGHAM is the second in the northern tier of townships. The Catskill claims this township almost totally, surrendering a small space in the northwest and southwest to the Pocono, and at … Read more

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