Local Historia
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Keep the Fires Burning: Eagle Iron Works and Curtin Village
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Combine iron ore, limestone, charcoal, and water power, and you have the ingredients necessary to produce one of the most significant materials of the industrial age: iron. Centre County was […]
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A Light in the Community: The story of the ‘Old Mud Church’ – and Philipsburg itself – begins with a road, a tree, and a determined family
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The quaint Union Church and Burial Ground is at the heart of Philipsburg’s history. More than 200 years old, it is nicknamed the “Old Mud Church” for the rough cast […]
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Green Gold: ‘The Prince of Loggers,’ Bellefonte’s John Ardell Jr., was a keystone of Pennsylvania’s timber market
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Covering 90 percent of Pennsylvania’s nearly 30 million acres, forests served as “green gold” to her early colonists. Timber provided stability to Pennsylvania’s economy, just as it did for the […]
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History Beneath the Water: The Foster Joseph Sayers Memorial Dam is a story of sacrifice
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The Bald Eagle Creek meanders through Centre County, running through the small and beloved town of Howard. History is often compared to the flow of water; it is constant and […]
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The Journey of James Potter: A British officer ascends Mt. Nittany and spots a fertile valley below
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“My God, Thompson, I have discovered an empire!” From his perch at the peak of McBride’s Gap on Mount Nittany, Captain James Potter marveled at the pristine valley that stretched […]
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Two Daughters, Two Memorials: A 1906 ceremony sheds light on Centre County’s Civil War history
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On a hot June day in 1906, two daughters unveiled two memorials before a crowd of 10,000 people. Miss Margaret Burnet pulled a golden cord to reveal the statue of […]
