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Owner, lumber mills, and president, Susquehanna Boom. A key player in making this city the "lumber capital of the world." He invented the "herdic," a rear-entry carriage, and erected many buildings here on Millionaire's Row. His 1854 home is No. 407.
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Capt. John Brady
The famed Indian fighter and hero of the colonial wars and the Revolution was killed in ambush by Indians near here April 11, 1779.
Eagle Grange No. 1
Montgomery, PA
Pennsylvania's first Grange, officially organized March 4, 1871, two and a half years before organization of the Pennsylvania State...
Fort Antes
Jersey Shore, PA
Built 1776 by Col. Henry Antes.
Bowman Field
Williamsport, PA
Built 1926. Long noted as Pennsylvania's oldest operating minor league baseball park and the nation's second oldest.
Civilian Conservation Corps
In March 1933, the federal government created the CCC to combat the Great Depression.
