From Indian Encounters to Peaceful Villages

COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA

ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET

The history of Columbia County, PA, is recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this NEW 25 Page Booklet, reprinted primarily from two hard-to-find books: Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania by Sherman Day, and An Illustrated History of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by William Egle, M.D. There is occasionally some duplication of material, but often with a different slant or with additional details.

The spiral-bound booklet is printed one-sided on 60# paper, with the print enlarged for easier reading. A clear vinyl sheet has been added to protect the front cover.

The communities mentioned include: Danville, Catawissa, Bloomsburg, Berwick, Mifflinburg, Washington, Fruitstown, Jerseytown, Williamsburg, Orangeville, Whitehall, Rupert, Milville, Eyer Grove, Cole's Creek, Benton, Orangeville, Light Street, Espytown, Mifflinville, Mainville, Beaver Valley, Centralia and Glen City.

Among the many and diverse subjects in the booklet are: James McClure, Ludwig Eyer, John Mears, William Hughes, James Watson, John Hauch and other early Settlers;Two sides of a story about an Indian in a canoe; an Incomplete and Unused Railroad; the Rise and Fall of the Quaker population; the detailed adventures of two brothers, Moses and Jacobus Van Campen -- battling Indians and the British in the Revolution; the North Branch Canal, five forts in the area; the State Normal School at Bloomsburg, and other interesting bits of history and trivia.

ILLUSTRATIONS include Danville, the Ancient Friends Meeting House at Catawissa, Columbia County Court House, and Berwick.

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