Clearfield
Arnold N. Nawrocki (1925-2003)
Curwensville, PA
While working for the Clearfield Cheese Co. on nearby Meadow St., he invented the first commercially successful process for individually...
Chinklacamoose
S end of Clearfield, PA
Name of the Indian village located here, and visited by C.F. Post while traveling to an Indian council at Kuskuski in 1758.
Clearfield County
Clearfield, PA
Formed March 26, 1804 out of Huntingdon and Lycoming counties.
Karthaus Furnace
Karthaus, PA
Near here stood the iron furnace erected 1817 by Peter Karthaus.
Old State Road (Milesburg to Waterford)
SW of Dubois, PA
The first road to the northwest frontier of Pennsylvania.
The Big Spring
Luthersburg, PA
Former camping place at the junction of two Indian paths: the Great Shamokin, running from Sunbury to Kittanning; and the path to...
William Bigler (1814-1880)
Clearfield, PA
State Senator, 1841-1847; Governor of Pennsylvania, 1852-1855; and U.S. Senator, 1856-1861.
Zenas Leonard (1809-1857)
Clearfield, PA
Clearfield native and fur trader, Leonard was second in command of the Joseph Reddeford Walker Expedition from 1831-1834 to find a route...