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| PREFACE |
iii |
| CHAPTER I. |
17 |
- Aborigines of
Huntingdon County
- Doubts Concerning Them
- First White Visitors
- Indian Traders
- Their Character
- The Old Indian War-Path |
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| CHAPTER II. |
20 |
- Conrad Weiser
- His Journey to the Ohio
- William Franklin
- George Croghan
- Andrew Montour
- Black Log
- The Standing Stone
- John Harrie's Statement
- It's Location
- Meaning of Inscriptions upon it
- Second stone erected by the Whites |
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| CHAPTER III. - |
28 |
- Aggressions upon
Unpurchased Lands
- First Settlers in Huntingdon County
- Measures taken to Expel Them
- Burning of their Dwellings
- Aughwick
- Burt Cabins
- Discontent of the Indians
- Ineffectual Work |
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| CHAPTER V. - |
40 |
- Treaty and purchase
at Albany in 1754
- Description of Lands Conveyed by the Six Nations
- Consequences which Followed
- A Turning Point
- The Six Nations
- Their Sovereignty
- History
- Residence
- Character
- The Delawares
- Their Subjection to the Six Nations
- The Shawnees
- Imperious Assertion of Authority
- An Acknowledgment by the Delawares
- Fatal Revenge. |
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| CHAPTER VI. - |
45 |
- Aughwick
- Croghan
- His Reasons for Settling There
- Surrender of Fort Necessity
- Indians Come to Aughwick
- Are Furnished with Supplies by Croghan
- Drunkeness
- Temperance Measures
- Weiser's Conference with the Indians
- Charges Against Croghan and the Answers to Them
- Braddock's Complaints
- Death of the Half King
- Consolation from Croghan
- Indian Desire for Presents
- Monacatootha |
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| CHAPTER VII. |
55 |
- Fortification of
Aughwick
- Croghan's Views
- Postponement of the Project
- Movement against the French
- Braddock's Expedition
- Appeal to the Indians
- Croghan in Command of those from Aughwick
- Deserters
- Thanks of Council
- Speech of Scarroyady
- Indians Leave Aughwick
- Change in Croghan's Relations to the Government
- No Longer in Charge of Indian Affairs |
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| CHAPTER VIII. |
61 |
- Revival of the
Project of Fortifying Aughwick
- Condition of the Frontier Settlements
- Reasons why they were Unprotected
- Conflict between the Governor and the Assembly
- Croghan Commissioned as a Captain and Ordered to Erect Stockades
- Where they were to be Built
- Fort Shirley
- Captain Croghan Recruits men to Garrison the Forts
- Difficulties Concerning His Accounts
- Resigns his Commission and Leaves Fort Shirley |
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| CHAPTER IX. |
66 |
- Commissary General
of Musters Visits and Pays Troops at Fort
Shirley
- Letter from Captain Mercer
- Recruiting at Carlisle
- Strength of Garrison at Fort Shirley
- Condition of his Company
- Arms, Accoutrements, Provisions and Pay
- Capture and Burning of Fort Granville
- Preparations for an Attack on Fort Shirley
- Colonel Armstrong's Expedition Against Kittanning
- Rendezvous at Fort Shirley
- Surprise and Rout Of the Indians
- Killing of Captain Jacobs, the Indian Chief
- Captain Mercer Wounded and Missing
- He Rejoins His Company
- Evacuation of Fort Shirley. |
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| CHAPTER X. |
70 |
- Situation on the
Frontiers after 1754
- Warrants Granted in 1755
- In 1762
- Hugh Crawford's Improvement
- Revival of Purchases
- Dangers From and Depredations by the Indians
- The Town of Huntingdon
- Its Founder, Dr. William Smith
-Selina, Countess of Huntingdon. |
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| CHAPTER XI. |
74 |
- Huntingdon at the
Beginning of the Revolutionary War
- The McMurtries
- Fort Standing Stone
- Tories
- Colonel Piper Exceeds his Authority
- General Roberdean at Huntingdon
- His Letter
- Tory Expedition to Kittanning
- Its Result
- Death of Weston and Dispersion of his Men |
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| CHAPTER XII. |
82 |
- 1778 to 1782
- Cumberland County Militia sent to the Frontier
- Difficulty of Obtaining Arms
- Colonel Broadhead's Regiment Ordered to Standing Stone
- Captain Thomas Clugage's Company
- At Fort Roberdeau
- Charges Against Captain Clugage
- His Reply to Them
- Militia of Lancaster and York Called out for Service in Bedford and
Westmoreland
- Their Failure to Respond
- Colonel Martin's Letter to Council
- Assistance from Cumberland County
- Huntingdon a Depot for Supplies
- Division of County into Military Districts
- Colonel George Ashman
- His Report to President Reed
- His Anxiety For the Safety of the Country
- Surrender of Lord Cornwallis
- General Carlton
- Supersedes Sir Henry Clinton
- Peace |
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| CHAPTER XIII. |
91 |
- Division of
Pennsylvania into Counties
- Philadelphia, Bucks and Chester
- Lancaster
- Cumberland
- Bedford
- Huntindon
- County Seat
- Townships then within the County
- Election Districts
- First Incumbents of County Offices
- Court Houses
- Jails
- Running and Ascertaining County Lines
- Difficulties with Mifflin County
- Erection of new Counties
- Centre
- Cambria
- Blair |
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| CHAPTER XIV. |
101 |
- A Tempest in
Politics
- Adoption of the Constitution of the United States
- Opposition to it in Huntingdon County
- General William McAlevy
- His Political Influence
- Armed Interference with the Public Officers in the Performance of their
Duties
- Turbulent Interruption of the Courts
- Arrests and Rescues
- Muster of Col. Cannon's Battalion
- Assault and Battery upon Benjamin Elliott
- The Military retires from the Field
- More Arrests
- Destruction of Warrants and Indictment
- Obliteration of the Records of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Smith
and Flight of Henderson
- Action of Supreme Executive Council
- Further Violence
- McAlevy and the Mob
- The Storm Subsides |
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| CHAPTER XV. |
110 |
- Close of the
Eighteenth Century
- Peace and Plenty
- Prosperity and Improvement
- Navigation of the Juniata and Raystown Branch
- Of the Little Juniata and Standing Stone Creek
- First Iron Works
- Bedford Furnace
- Barree Forge
- Huntingdon Furnace
- First Ark on the Susquehanna and Juniata
- First Newspaper
- Establishment of the Post Office at Huntingdon |
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| CHAPTER XVI. |
116 |
- Newspapers of the
Past
- Huntingdon Gazette
- Literary Museum
- Republican Advocate
- Huntingdon Courier
- Huntingdon Messenger
- Standing Stone Banner
- Shirleysburg Herald
- The Union
- Broad Top Miner
- Workingmen's Advocate
- Young American
- The American and the Republican |
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| CHAPTER XVII. |
124 |
- Newspaper of the
Present
- The Journal
- A. W. Benedict
- Theo H. Cremer
- James Clark
- J. Sewell Stewart
- J. R. Durborrow
- The Globe
- William Lewis
- A. L. Guss
- The Monitor
- Destruction of the Office by the Soldiers
- S. E. Fleming
- M. M. McNeil
- The Local News
- Hugh Lindsay
- Mount Union Times
- The Herald
- The Leader
- The Pilgrim
- The Young Disciple |
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| CHAPTER XVIII. |
137 |
- Enterprises of the
Past
- Post-Riders
- Arks
- Pack-Horses
- Juniata Mail Stage
- Weekly
- Daily
- Time From Philadelphia to Huntingdon and Pittsburg
- Mail Rout to Chambersburg
- Turnpikes
- Incorporation of the Huntingdon, Cambria and Indiana
- Huntingdon and Lewistown
- Pennsylvania Canal
- Legislation Under which it was Constructed
- Preliminary Surveys
- Opened for Navigation
- Public Enthusiasm
- Sale to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
- Abandoned West of Huntingdon |
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| CHAPTER XIX. |
147 |
- Railroads
- Philipsburg and Juniata
- Huntingdon and Chambersburg
- Huntingdon and Hollidaysburg
- Pennsylvania
- Huntingdon and Broad Top Mountain
- Drake's Ferry and East Broad Top
- East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company
- Lewisburg, Centre and Spruce Creek
- Telegraphs. |
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| CHAPTER XX. |
157 |
- Organization of
First Agricultural Society
- Its Objects and Manner of Advancing Them
- Present Agricultural Society
- Organization
- First Officers
- Incorporation
- Date Upon which Fairs have been Held
- Premiums and Expenses
- Present Officers
- Statistics of Agriculture and Manufactures |
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| CHAPTER XXI. |
163 |
- Coal and Iron
- Early Knowledge of the Existence of Coal and Broad Top
- Attempt to Create a Market for It
- Beginning of the Coal Trade
- Annual Production
- Detailed Statement of the Business for 1875
- Coke
- Juniata Charcoal Iron
- Furnaces and Forges by which it was Made |
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| CHAPTER XXII. |
168 |
- Education
- Number of Schools in the County
- Average Number of Months Taught
- Number of Children in Attendance
- Teachers
- Classification
- Branches Taught
- School Buildings
- Primitive School House
- Recent Architecture
- Heating of School Buildings
- Primitive School House
- Reach Architecture
- Heating of School Rooms
- Furniture and Apparatus
- Teacher's Institutes
- County Superintendency
- Salary
- List of Persons who have Held the Office
- Receipts and Expenditures for School Purposes
- Illiteracy
- Number of Persons who cannot Read or Write |
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| CHAPTER XXIII. |
178 |
- Private Schools
- Shirleysburg Academy and Seminary
- Milnwood Academy
- Cassville Seminary
- Soldiers' Orphan School
- Huntingdon Academy
- Mountain Seminary
- Churches |
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| CHAPTER XXIV. |
182 |
- Population and
Wealth
- Steady and Gratifying Increase
- Progress from 1790 to 1870
- Whites, Free Colored and Slaves
- Foreigners
- Countries from which they Came and number from Each
- Distribution of Population
- White and Colored, Native and Foreign
- Value of Real and Personal Property
- Comparison with Other Counties
- Area and Taxation |
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| CHAPTER XXV. |
185 |
- The Great Rebellion
- Resolutions Adopted before its Commencement
- Series of Meetings and Huntingdon in April, 1861, and Proceedings
Thereat
- Departure of the First Company for Harrisburg
- Enthusiasm of the People
- Display of the National Colors in all Pats of the County
- Supplying Soldiers with Refreshments
- Soldiers' Aid Societies
- Number of Men Furnished by the County during the War
- Commissioned Officers, with their Rank Commands, Etc.
- Militia
- Emergency Men
- Decoration of Soldiers' Graves
- Memorial Association |
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| CHAPTER XXVI. |
200 |
- Supreme Executive
Council
- Members from Huntingdon County
- Col. John Cannon
- Benjamin Elliott
- Numerous Public Positions Filled by the Latter
- His Descendants |
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| CHAPTER XXVII. |
202 |
- David Rittenhouse
Porter
- Leading Events in his Life before becoming a Citizen of Huntingdon
County
- Clerk and Manager at Barree Forge
- Engaged in the Manufacture of Iron on Spruce Creek
- His Failure
- Elected County Auditor
- Member of Legislature
- Appointed Prothonotary
- Register of Wills and Recorder of Deeds
- Elected State Senator
- Governor in 1838 and 1841
- Vote in Huntingdon County
- Retires to Private Life
- Death |
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| CHAPTER XXVIII. |
207 |
- Hon. John Scott
- His Education
- Admission to the Bar
- Appointed Deputy Attorney-General
- Elected a Representative in the Legislature
- Supports the Government in the Suppression of the Rebellion, and
Advocates the Re-election of Lincoln in 1864
- Elected United States Senator
- His Public Services
- Committees of which he was a Member
- Part taken by Him in Legislation
- Appointed General Counsel for Pennsylvania Company and removes to
Pittsburg |
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| CHAPTER XXIX. |
214 |
- Representatives in
Congress
- First Election
- Apportionments
- Districts to which Huntingdon County has Belonged
- Names of Representatives and Years of their Election
- Hon. R. Milton Speer
- Sketch of His Life |
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| CHAPTER XXX. |
217 |
- President Judges
- Appointments Previous to 1851
- Elections in that Year and Subsequently
- Hon. George Taylor
- His Death
- Proceedings at Meetings of Members of the Bar
- Sketch of His Life
- Associate Judges
- Prosecuting Attorneys and District Attorneys |
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| CHAPTER XXXI. |
225 |
- Senatorial Districts
Fixed by Constitution of 1790
- Septennial Apportionments and the Districts to which Huntingdon County
has Belonged
- Senators Elected Since 1790
- Representatives in Legislature
- Members Elected Since the Erection of the County. |
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| CHAPTER XXXII. |
229 |
- Constitutional
Conventions
- 1776
- Benjamin Elliott
- 1790
- Andrew Henderson M'Culloch and John M. Bailey |
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| CHAPTER XXXIII. |
232 |
- County Officers
- Sheriffs
- Prothonotaries, Clerks of Courts of Common Pleas, etc.
- Registers, Recorders, and Clerks of the Orphans' Court
- County Treasurers
- County Commissioners
- Directors of the Poor
- County Surveyors
- Jury Commissioners |
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| CHAPTER XXXIV. |
238 |
- Huntingdon
- Old Deed of Conveyance
- Incorporation as a Borough
- Extensions of Borough Limits
- Additions to the Plan of the Town
- J. Edgar Thomson's Survey
- Miller, Wharton and Anderson's Addition
- Manufacturing Establishments
- Planing Mill and Furniture Factory
- Shoe Factory and Tannery
- Car Works and Machine Shops
- Broom and Brush Factory
- Pilgrim Publication Building
- Number of Buildings Erected
- Census
- Opening and Extension of Streets
- Change in Street Nomenclature
- Numbering of Buildings and Lots
- Division of the Borough into Wards
- Fire Department
- Engine House
- Gas
- School Buildings and Schools
- Churches and Pastors |
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| CHAPTER XXXV. |
262 |
- Townships
- Divisions and Sub-Divisions
- Erected from Tyrone
- From Huntingdon
- From Barree
- From Hopewell
- From Shirley
- From Dublin
- Townships formed Since the Erection of the County, in the Order of Their
Ages
- Barree
- Hopewell |
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| CHAPTER XXXVI. |
265 |
- DUBLIN TOWNSHIP
- The Shadow of Death
- Early Settlers
- Alexander Blair
- Manufactories
- Development of Mineral
Wealth
- Shade Gap
- Incorporation as a
Borough
- Churches, etc. |
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| CHAPTER XXXVII. |
272 |
- SHIRLEY TOWNSHIP
- Early Settlers
- Mills
- Stores
- Drake's Ferry
- Clintonville Santa Fee
- Mount Union
- Iron Ores of the Southern
Part of the County
- Improvements in Mount Union and Vicinity
- Jet d'Eau and Hotel des Invalides
- Shirleysburg |
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| CHAPTER XXXVIII. |
279 |
- FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP
- Agricultural and Mineral
Wealth
- Iron Works
- Post Offices
- SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP
- First Settlers
- Their Character
- Early Schools and Churches
- Public Improvements
- Causes that have Retarded the Development of the Resources of the
Township |
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| CHAPTER XXXIX. |
283 |
- UNION TOWNSHIP
- Trough Creek, Smith's and
Hare's Valleys
- The Streams
- The Tory Hare
- Mapleton
- MORRIS TOWNSHIP
- Water Street
- Spruce Creek or Graysport
- Union Furnace |
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| CHAPTER XL. |
293 |
- WEST TOWNSHIP
- Shaver's Creek Valley
- Anderson's Fort
- Escape of Jane Maguire
- Petersburg
- WARRIOR'S MARK TOWNSHIP
- Origin of the Name
- Birmingham
- Its Foundation, Growth
and Decline |
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| CHAPTER XLI |
299 |
- Tell
- Henderson
- Porter
- Walker. |
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| CHAPTER XLII. |
302 |
- CROMWELL TOWNSHIP
- Indian Remains
- George Irvin
- Early Settlements
- Furnaces
- Their Improvements
- Winchester
- Rockhill Iron and Coal
Company
- Their Improvements
- Starting of the New Furnace
- The Clugage Family
- Black Log
- Orbisonia |
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| CHAPTER XLIII. |
314 |
- TOD TOWNSHIP
- Union
- Trough Creek Valley
- Cass
- Salisbury, or Chilcoatstown
- Cassville
- Hon David Clarkson |
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| CHAPTER XLIV. |
319 |
- JACKSON TOWNSHIP
- Joseph Jackson
- General William McAlevy
- His Method of Immigration
- McAlevy's Fort
- Schools and Churches
- Greenwood Furnace
- Mitchell's Furnace
- Stone Creek and McAlevy's Fort Railroad
- CLAY TOWNSHIP
- Brady
- Mill Creek
- Sand Quarries |
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| CHAPTER XLV. |
322 |
- PENN TOWNSHIP
- Soil
- Ores
- Early Settlers
- Villages
- Marklesburg
- Grantville
- Grafton
- Religious Denominations
- Reformed
- Lutheran
- Methodist Episcopal
- German Baptist
- Mennonite
- Churches
- Mills
- Soldiers of the Union
Army |
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| CHAPTER XLVI. |
333 |
- ONEIDA TOWNSHIP
- Nathan Gorsuch
- Jacob White
- Other Early Settlers
- Improvements and
Productions
- William Foster
- Boat Building
- JUNIATA TOWNSHIP
- Soil
- Timber
- CARBON TOWNSHIP
- Its Chief Industry
- LINCOLN TOWNSHIP
- James Entriken
- Coffee Run |
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| CHAPTER XLVII. |
338 |
- Centennial
Anniversary of American Independence
- Observance of the Day
- At Warrior's Mark
- Birmingham
- Dudley
- Orbisonia
- Mount Union
- Huntingdon
- Display of Flags and Decoration of Buildings
- Procession
- Oration by Dr. J. H. Wintrode
- Balloon Ascension
- Close of the Century |
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- ILLUSTRATIONS
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| The Juniata |
Frontispiece |
| Jack's Narrows |
Facing pg 28 |
| Cassville Seminary |
Facing pg 178 |
| Hon. John Scott |
Facing pg 206 |
| Spruce Creek Tunnel |
Facing pg 286 |
| Below Mill Creek |
Facing pg 321 |
