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One mile south of here the first permanent white settlement within present McKean County was made in 1798 by Francis King, agent and surveyor for the John Keating land company of Philadelphia.
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Thomas L. Kane
Kane, PA
Commander of the Civil war "Bucktail Regiment" and founder of the borough of Kane.
Seneca Spring
Kane, PA
This spring, 200 yards SW of here, was a stopping place on the ancient Indian trail which crossed the Big Level on the way south.
Port Allegany
Port Allegany, PA
Travel point since pioneer days, when travelers coming overland from the Susquehanna continued by water from "Canoe Place.
Tidewater Pipe Co.
Coryville, PA
Opposite here was station no. 1 of the first pipe line to carry oil across the Alleghenies.
Dr. Edward H. Mc Cleery (1867-1962)
Hamlin Twp., PA
A medical doctor by profession, McCleery established a wolf park nearby to breed and care for lobo wolves, a subspecies of gray wolf.