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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24NY_dubois_DuBois-PA.html
In 1872 John DuBois came to the area and set up sawmills. They employed hundreds of men, sawed billions of board feet of lumber and operated until 1904. DuBois was incorporated in 1881; in 1916 it became the county's only city. When the railroads …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21EB_trout-stocking_Clearfield-PA.html
1968 - the Old Town Sportsman Association started trout stocking
1975 - the Old Town Sportsman Association started its annual fishing derby
1999 - the PA Fish and Boat Commission started stocking trout as part of its annual stocking program
200…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21E5_william-a-nevling-tavern_Beccaria-PA.html
Nevling's Keystone Inn (c1849-1890s) is located on the old Wilderness Trail between Tyrone and Grampian. In May 1861 Col. Irvin passed by here with the Bucktails enroute to Tyrone during the Civil War. This was the last stage route in the county c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21E1_miners-strikes_Houtzdale-PA.html
In 1869, 1872 and 1875 the first major coal strikes spread to this area. In 1872 four men were shot at the Sterling RR Station. The strike started unionism in the county. The 1875 strike resulted in over 50 arrests for riot and conspiracy at Goss …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21E0_osceola-mills_Osceola-Mills-PA.html
The first town in the county to receive a railroad in 1862 and the telephone in 1878. In 1874 Berwind-White, the 4th largest coal company in the world, was founded here. The 1875 fire made homeless over 1200 of 1500 residents. Birthplace of Publis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21DZ_alexander-cemetery_Houtzdale-PA.html
On July 1, 1784 Revolutionary War Soldier James Alexander (1726-1791) received a warrant for this ground. In 1809 his son William Brown Alexander (1782-1862) settled here, and the area became known as Alexander's Fording. His will, dated April 25,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21DX_alexanders-fording_Madera-PA.html
On July 1, 1784 Revolutionary War Soldier James Alexander (1726-1791) received a warrant for 413 acres in Clearfield County. James served with Washington at Valley Forge during winter of 1777-78. In 1785 James and son Robert visited here. Four tra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21DW_bloody-knox_Olanta-PA.html
On December 13, 1864, Co. C 16th VRC of the Union Army surrounded the Barnett log house at this site and requested the surrender of deserters and draft dodgers. Deserter Tom Adams fired and killed Union Soldier Edgar Reed of New Hampshire. Adams w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21DU_civil-war-draft-resistance_Olanta-PA.html
The county draft roll of August of 1864 had over 500 names, and only 150 men answered the call. In June 1863 assistant marshal David Cathcart was shot in Knox Twp. by draft dodgers working as loggers. Homes were set fire in Graham Twp. by draft do…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21DR_the-bell-site-dig_New-Millport-PA.html
From 1979-1985, Harry Matlack discovered 126 Late Woodland Indian graves with encampments dating from 1500 to 1650 at the old Grier Bell Farm near here. This site was a three-component village, home for at least three different groups, each buildi…