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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AT5_kurtz-bros_Clearfield-PA.html
In 1894, Chas. T. Kurtz (1874-1956) started Kurtz Bros. He bought this site, the former Clearfield Fire Brick Co., in 1910 for his school supply and printing business. Headquartered in Clearfield, the company greatly expanded and has operated more…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM278K_indian-mill_Clearfield-PA.html
Native Americans grew corn (maize) for a food source. Planted in hills, not rows, the cobs were square, not rounded. They had two rows of corn on each flat surface. Planted when the dogwood bloomed they dropped a fish in each hole with four grains…
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/HM20I3_hillcrest-cemetery_Clearfield-PA.html
Founded in 1881 it is the burial place of Gov. William Bigler, banker Ai F. Boynton, Dr. Dorothea McClure Gilmore, State Treasurer F.G. Harris, Hon. James Kerr, first county resident elected judge David Krebs, last WWI vet Alfred Livergood, Alfr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20I2_hogback-porters-bridge_Clearfield-PA.html
A single-span Pennsylvania (Petit) through truss bridge crossed the West Branch of the Susquehanna River here from 1893 to 1989. Replacing a wooden structure destroyed by fire, it took its name from nearby geographic features. This 215 foot pin-co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20I1_kurtz-field_Clearfield-PA.html
Clearfield Little League Baseball was chartered and first played on this field in 1949. On December 3, 1952, Chas. T. Kurtz, Kurtz Bros. and the Kurtz family gave this field to the Clearfield Little League Baseball Association for a permanent home…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20H7_french-and-indian-war-expedition_Clearfield-PA.html
In 1756 a British exploratory force led by Captain John Hambright ventured up the West Branch of the Susquehanna River to Chinkalamoose near this site. They were on a mission to search for French forces and their Indian allies who were raiding Bri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20G0_daniel-ogden_Clearfield-PA.html
A Revolutionary War Lieutenant from New York State, Daniel Ogden came to the Indian village of Chinklacamoose and its clear fields in 1797. He made friends with the Indians who helped him build a house near where Ogden Avenue now intersects Second…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20FZ_dimeling-bridge_Clearfield-PA.html
An Indian path, the 1796 State Road and the Erie Pike crossed Clearfield Creek here. Nearby, Ardery's Sawmill and Elder's Woolen Mill were among the first in the county. In 1857, armed rafters drove floaters of logs from the creek. Rafting continu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20FP_civil-war-resistance_Clearfield-PA.html
Recruitment officer Col. Cyrus Butler was shot and killed by local draft resister Joseph Lounsberry in October 1864 just west of this location. Afterwards, the government sent troops to the county and arrested over 150 men. This included the Blood…
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