Lycoming County

CHAPTER XIX. BENCH AND BAR. FIRST COURTS HELD AT JAYSBURG – WILLIAM HEPBURN FIRST JUDGE – JUDGE COOPER – OTHER EARLY JUDGES – LATER JUDGES – ASSOCIATE JUDGES – FIRST LAWYERS – LATER DAY LAWYERS – PRESENT MEMBERS OF THE BAR. The first courts in Lycoming County were held at Jaysburg. Subsequently they were removed … Read more

CHAPTER XVIII. TOWNSHIPS, CONCLUDED NIPPENOSE TOWNBHIP – SUSQUEHANNA TOWNSHIP – BASTRESS TOWNSHIP – WOODWARD TOWNSHIP – ANTHONY TOWNSHIP-COGAN HOUSE TOWNSHIP – PORTER TOWNSHIP – MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP – PIATT TOWNSHIP – JACKSON TOWNSHIP – WATSON TOWNSHIP – BROWN TOWNSHIP – CUMMINGS TOWN-SHIP – PINE TOWNSHIP – McHENRY TOWNSHIP. Nippenose Township, which lies on the opposite side … Read more

CHAPTER XVII. TOWNSHIPS, CONTINUED. GAMBLE TOWNSHIP – McNETT TOWNSHIP – ARMSTRONG TOWNSHIP – LOYAL-SOCK TOWNSHIP – HEPBURN TOWNSHIP – ELDRBD TOWNSHIP – OLD LYCOMING TOWNSHIP – LYCOMXNG TOWNSHIP – LEWIS TOWNSHIP – LIMESTONE TOWNSHIP. Gamble Township. -There are few counties in Pennsylvania that are dotted with more beautiful valleys than that of Lycoming. Nippenose, White … Read more

CHAPTER XVI. TOWNSHIPS, CONTINUED. MUNCY CREEK TOWNSHIP – JORDAN TOWNSHIP – WOLF TOWNSHIP – MILL FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP – UPPER FAIRFIELD TOWNSUP – SHREWSBURY CREEK TOWNSHIP – PENN TOWNSHIP – PLUNKETT’S CREEK TOWNSHIP – McINTYRE TOWNSHIP – CASCADE TOWNSHIP. Muncy Creek Township is one of the oldest and, from a historical viewpoint, one of the most … Read more

CHAPTER XV. TOWNSHIPS. MUNCY TOWNSHIP – WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP – BRADY TOWNSHIP – CLINTON TOWNSHIP – FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP – MORELAND TOWNSHIP. Aside from the city of Williamsport and its nine boroughs, Lycoming County is composed of forty-two townships, of which Pine is the largest, containing 48,640 acres, and Porter the smallest, with 2,880 acres. Muncy Township … Read more

CHAPTER XIV BOROUGHS, CONTINUED MONTGOMERY – HUGHESVILLE – DUBOISTOWN – PICTURE ROCKS  SALLADASBURG – RALSTON Montgomery – There is no more beautiful scenery to be found in Lycoming County than that of the Muncy Hills and in the vicinity of Montgomery, lying at the base of Penny Hill, from the top of which a picture … Read more

CHAPTER XIII BOROUGHS JERSEY SHORE – SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT – MUNCY – MONTOURSVILLE Jersey Shore – Although the settlement of that part of Lycoming County in the neighborhood of the present borough of Jersey Shore was not made until sometime after that in the vicinity of Muncy, the two municipalities were incorporated at the same time, … Read more

CHAPTER XII GROWTH OF THE COUNTY – LUMBER INDUSTRY A PICTURESQUE REGION – POPULATION IN 1800 – PIONEER HOMES AND FARMS – THE LUMBER INDUSTRY APPEARS – FINEST LUMBER DISTRICT IN THE WORLD – SAW MILLS – ENORMOUS PRODUCTION OF LUMBER – PASSING OF THE LUMBER INDUSTRY – MANUFACTURING – SCENERY, CLIMATE AND WATER There … Read more

CHAPTER XI GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL RESOURCES FORMATION – MOUNTAIN PLATEAU LANDS – AGRICULTURAL LAND – GEOLOGICAL MEASURES – MOUNTAIN PEAKS – FERTIL VALLEYS – OUTCROPPING OF VARIOUS FORMATIONS – GLACIER PERIOD – COAL – IRON ORE – STONE The geological formations of Lycoming County comprise all the rock formations from the carboniferous measures down … Read more

CHAPTER X EARLY INDUSTRIES AN EARLYSIGNBOARD – HESHBON – McKINLEY’S FORGE – EARLY FURNACES SAWMILL AND GRIST MILLS – OTHER INDUSTRIES – HORTICULTURE – FIRST FOUNDRY – EARLY MANUFACTURING  -SALT WELLS – SALT MANUFACTUREING – CEMENT ROCK A signboard erected on the scene of a Lycoming Creek Valley real estate development, through a misspelling of … Read more