Mc Kean County
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Formed March 26, 1804 out of Lycoming County. Named for Gov. Thomas McKean. Smethport, the county seat, was incorporated 1853; here the "Bucktails," famed Civil War regiment, assembled in 1861. Oil, gas, and lumber spurred the county's early economic growth.
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More markers in McKean
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.
Ceres
Ceres (just S of NY border), PA
One mile south of here the first permanent white settlement within present McKean County was made in 1798 by Francis King, agent and...
Tidewater Pipe Co.
Coryville, PA
Opposite here was station no. 1 of the first pipe line to carry oil across the Alleghenies.