F 157 .P8 P4 Copy 1 Ole Bull Pilgrimage July 30 ^ 1920 ^ ' '"' ^^ ^2^" PRICE 25 CENTS Pennsylvania Historical Commission Potter County Historical Society INDEX Pennsylvania Historical Commission 5 Potter County Historical Society 5 Program of Exercises 9 Sketch of Ole Bull 10 Map of Potter County 13 County Forestry Facts 25 Shinglehouse 35 Potter County Schools 41 Sketch of Galeton Borough 49 The Flood City ^ 58 Potter County Agriculture 65 Coudersport Borough 68 Wood Chemical Industry 72 Other County Towns 75 ILLUSTRATIONS Old Glory 2 Ole Bull 3 Governor William C. Sproul 4 A Catch of Beauties 7 View From Ole Bull Castle 8 Wall Around Crest of Ole Bull Hill 10 Hunting Scene in Potter County 12 Map of Potter County 13 Potter County Forest 25 Forestry View 27 Methodist Church at Shinglehouse 3 5 Honeoye Valley Temperance Assembly 37 Before Automobile Days 3 9 Coudersport High School Building 41 Shinglehouse High School Building 41 Township School at Cross Fork 43 May Pole Drill at Austin School 45 Icicles Twelve Feet Long 55 Austin Community Club House 58 North Pennsylvania General Hospital 60 Contended Potter County Thoroughbreds 65 Potter County Court House 68 Potter County Jail 69 Coudersport and Port Allegany R. R. Station 71 W. I. Lewis Library at Ulysses 76 Gray Chemical Company Plant 73 Gigantic Milk Plant at Genesee 75 view From Site of Ole Bull Castle 77 I ndex Cont in yed Tiis-Hp R apk Cover LIBRARY OF CONGR'^SS 1 JAM 5.-7.^921 DOCUivlENTS L»V<310t^ ^-^IZlL. UN \ Ole Bull Governoi- William C. Sproul PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION Incorporated by Act of Legislature 1913 William H. Stevenson, Chairman Pittsburgh Geo. P. Donehoo, Secretary Coudersport William Perrine, Treasurer Philadelphia Hon. Hampton L. Carson Philadelphia Hon. A. E. Sisson Erie Hon. Thomas L. Montgomery, Curator Harrisburg TRUSTEES Hon. William C. Sproul, Governor Hon. Charles A. Snyder, Auditor General Hon. Harmon L. Kephart, Treasurer POTTER COUNTY HISTORCAL SOCIETY Incorporated 1919 Geo. P. Donehoo, President Coudersport Cora M. Rennells, Recording Secretary Coudersport M. C. Burt, Corresponding Secretary Coudersport W. W. Thompson, Treasurer Coudersport Mrs. Nellie O. DuBois, Librarian, Coudersport Mrs. R. A. Olmsted, First Vice President Coudersport J. L. Raymond, Second Vice President Ulysses Mrs. Nellie B. Pfeiffer, Third Vice President Roulette Hon. F. E. Baldwin, Fourth Vice President Austin Marcus Handwerk, Fifth Vice President Galeton MEMBERS Coudersport Geo. P. Donehoo M. J. Colcord Monta C. Burt Dr. R. B. Knight W. W. Thompson Mrs. Eloise Farnsworth Eva D. Thompson A. T. Nelson E. M. Elliott Annabel Gillon Mrs. E. M. Elliott Celia Gillon Daniel McConeghy Mrs. R. C. Lloyd Mrs. Daniel McConeghy Arthur DuBois A. Bamford W. G, Rennells Mrs. A. Bamford Mrs. W. C. Rennells Mrs. August Luft Nora M. Hartwell Nellie Perkins Mrs. Belle H. Lewis 5 J. V. Dieffenbacher Mrs. J. V. Dieffenbacher Katherine Stocum A. P. Akeley Mrs. A. P. Akeley Mrs. J. F. Dieffenbacher Cora Rennells R. L. Emerick Mrs. Mary Welfling Helen Welfling J. L. Knox Mrs. J. L. Knox R. A. Olmsted Mrs. R. A. Olmsted Mrs. Harrison Gates Nell J. Stephens Blanche S. Bartoo Sarah Howe Nina Olmsted R. A. Knox Mrs. J. G. Covey Mrs. R. A. Knox Mrs. N. A. Pinney Mrs. Kate C. Haughenberry Ruth Nelson J. W. Wells Mrs. J. W. Wells W. F. DuBois Mrs. W. F. DuBois Mrs. E. W. Smith A. N. Crandall A. F. Jones R. R. Lewis Conrad Miller F. L. Andrews Harry Nelson A. B. Mann A. A. Mrs. E. W. Lyon M. S. Harvey Mrs. M. S. Harvey Fannie Perkins Mrs. Maude Huff Mrs. Elsie Covey Mrs. M. J. Colcord Mrs. R. R. Lewis F. W. Kendig Mrs. F. W. Kendig Mrs. F. L. Andrews Mrs. Geo. Olmsted D. R. Cobb Mrs. D. R. Cobb Mrs. G. P. Donehoo J. R. Collins Mrs. J. R. Collins Dr. Binnington Arthur Olmsted Warren Olmsted Margaret Olmsted Clara Andrews Mrs. Almira Perkins F. A. Stebbins W. H. Richards Mrs. W. H. Richards Dr. F. G. Reese Agnes Burt Mrs. A. F. Jones Mrs. D. B. Belknap Mrs. E. C. Stevens Mrs. William Root Mrs. M. B. McGoey Mrs. Lottie G. Potter Mrs. Ellen Daniels Helen Hartwell William D. Fish Bernard F. A. Millet Ulysses Geo. C. Marion John Raymond Germania Mrs. Ella Yampen 6 Mrs. Nellie Pfeiffer Mrs. Kittle C. Lyman Madie Burt F. E. Baldwin W. K. Everett Roulette M. R. Card Menzo Burt Mrs. Bertella Atkins John C. French Austin Ralph S. Austin Marie K. Brisbois Walter L. Nuschke Harrison Valley Lena G. Stevens Odin Henry Harris Galeton M. J. Handwerk Costello Alice McGee Oswayo Mrs. W. W. Crittenden Calfornia Mrs. Susan Godfrey A Catch of Beauties from the Waters of Kettle Creek. 7 \'ie\v of Kettle Creek From Ole Bull Castle Pilgrimage of the Potter County Histor- ical Society to the Site of Ole Bull's Castle, near Oleona, July 30th, 1920. PEOGKAM OF EXERCISES AT 2 P. M. Star Spangled Banner . . Condersport Boys' Band Invocation Rev. W. D. Hevner, Galeton Address of Welcome and Brief Sketch of the History of the Ole Bull Colony Geo. P. Donehoo, D. D., President of Society Poem, "Ode to Ole Bull," by the Author, .... J. H. Chatham, McElhattan Violin Solo, "Visions of Oleona," by the Com- poser, Dr. Will George Butler, Mansfield Address by the Governor of Pennsylvania, Hon. William C. Sproul Brief addresses by following guests of the Society: Hon, Gifford Pinchot . . . Commissioner of Forestry C^ol. Henry W. Shoemaker . . . Forestry Commission Dr. J. T. Rothrock Forestry Commission Hon. William H, Stevenson Chainnan of the Historical Commission Dr. Thomas L. Montgomery Curator of the Historical Commission Gen. A. E. Sisson Member of the Historical Commission Dr. Henry S. Drinker President of Lehigh University Dr. Edwin E. Sparks . . President of State College Judge Henry C. Quigley Centre County Hon. Richard S. Quigley Clinton County Hon. C. H. Armstrong Lock Haven America . . Coudersport Boys' Band and Audience Benediction Rev. J. B. Harry, Coudersport 9 SKETCH OF OLE BULL I"T WAS in 1852 that Ole Bull, Norwegian musi- eian-i)atriot, sought to colonize some of his countrymen in the Ignited States, and be a leader among tliem. This section of the country became a hmd of promise for the l)and of sturdy Norwegians led by the master violinist. This land of promise was of brief duration for the l^and, for after being- defrauded, they were obliged to leave its half-clear- ed fields and partly con pleted homes. Many of them went to the prairie lands of Wisconsin and Minnesota and proved successful in their new loca- tion. In an address he said to them: "We are to found a New Norway, consecrated to liberty, ba])- Wall Around the Crest of Ole Bull Hill 10 tized with independence and protected by America's mighty flag." He choose Potter Comity for his colonization scheme, purchasing from a land-owner in Philadel- phia, 11,144 acres of land at the headwaters of Ket- tle Creek, in what is now Abbott and Stewardson townships. It seems the landowners in Philadelpliia had not a clear title to this land, and thus Ole Bull lost it. OJe laid out four villages: Oleona, New Nor- way, New Bergen and Walhalla. Here the colonists built their log houses. The largest settlement was at Oleona, where about sixteen houses were erected. Ole Bull's castle was built about a mile below Oleona, on the crest of a bluff and at the mouth of a little stream now called Ole Bull Eun, which empties into Kettle Creek. This castle of Ole Bull, by which name even its present-day ruins are known, could be seen for miles from either of three directions. At the early age of 21 years, Ole Bull went to Paris, where with assistance from his friends, he soon won local distinction as a student of the great Paganini. With the success of his concerts in Swit- zerland and at Milan, Venice, Naples and London, his fame spread rapidly. At Rome, because of his playing four distinct parts on the violin at one time, the people, and even royalty, hailed him as a magi- cian. Everywhere he went on the continent he was received with great enthusiasm. Other great suc- cesses rapidly followed, Ole Bull playing at the coronation of kings and with Liszt. He first visited America in 1842, making a tri- umphant musical tour of the United States, Canada and the West Indies. His popularity in America was great, and after another successful European tour, Ole Bull returned to the United States, in 11 1852, with the intention of making real the dream of his life— the founding in tlie United States of a col- ony for his countrymen. Into the ju-oject he put his vast earnings from his concerts. It is now a matter of history that this project failed, and the Norwe- gian colonists drifted to otiier localities. Ole Bull died near Bergen, Norway, in 18'(). The location of Ole Bnll's C^astle will be noted on the maj) in the soutli-eastern part of Potter County. i^uneing Seeae in Potter County 12 POTTER COUNTY PENMA AuLBOHEUy Co. Nrw >QRK K&marira. From ins/o'e 1/i. me tvatcr //oublished in Smull's Hand Book. Originally Pennsylvania consisted of three counties, Philadelphia, Bucks and Chester. The ter- ritory, comprising Potter County and nearly all oi the northwest, was known as Northumberland Coun- ty and was created or organized by Act of Assembly, approved March 21, 1772. There were several prior purchases of the Indians, but the territory compris- ing the counties of Tioga, Potter, McKean, Jefferson A Potter County Trout Stream 17 n THE HOME OF THE VICTROLA And the Vietrola helps to make the home. Our store carries a complete line in all sizes of this niachine, together witli all tlie new and hitest records. KODAK AS YOU GO and purchase your Kodak at this store. Maintain a 24-hour service in tlie developing and jninting of vour films. J. P. McCONEGHY Victrolas, Kodaks Jewelry ( '( )ITI>ERSP()RT PENNSYLVANIA 18 Warren, Venango, Armstrong, Allegheny, Butler, C^rawford, Mercer and Beaver is known as the Later Purchase, not by William Penn but by the Comn on- wealth oi Pennsylvania by treaty with the Indians October, 1^74, (at Fort M'Intosli.) Potter County was ors>anized by Act, approved the 26th day of March, 180-1:. The description began at the soi^thepst cornier of McKean and ran east thirty miles to Broadhead's easterly district line; then north, on the district line, to the State line, and west, a ong tiie State Line, to the northeast corner of McKean. The earliest recorls of Potter County titles are found at Williamsport, the county seat of Lycoming County, the courts of which had jurisdiction of Pot- ter County affairs until 1824; then, for a few years, kept in McKean county, although the two counties were entirely separate territorily. Rose, Potter County's Only Lake. 19 ^ „_._„_„,_„„_„_„ , ._. I THE JOERG DRUG COMPANY I The Rexall Store 3 1 COUDERSPORT, PENN'A. 1 I \ I Leading dealers in I Phonographs I Kodaks i Picture Making Supplies I , Candies I Cigars and Tobaccos I S^tationery i I s I m I s I s I I ' pleasure to trade. s I A store at which it is a THE JOERG DRUG COMPANY COUDERSPORT, PENN'A. 20 I'otter uoiinty Railroading — B. & S. Switchback March 26, 1814, the county was provisionally organized with McKean and on the 27th of March, 1824, McKean and Potter were separated and de- tached and each of the counties authorized to have separte Boards of Commissioners, separate Auditors and county officers. The earlist court records of McKean county show returns of constables made at the regular sessions of court for districts of Potter County. The County was organized for judicial purposes in 1845. The records of the organization of the courts are somewhat incomplete. The first Appear- ance Docket began with March term, 1833, that rec- ord shows the issuing of a summons dated December 31, 1832, to Sheriff James Tyler, who was Sheriff of McKean County. It was served and returned by John L. Cartee of Potter County, deputy. The rec- ord of that case was made up by R. Chadwick, Pro- thonotar}^ of McKean County, Ohio. J. Hamlin, fath- 21 Store Established in 1882 J^O keep GROWING is possible only ^^ through regailar, satisfied customers. Customers who were with us from tlie beginning are still with us— Grandfathers, Fathers and Children— because Grabe Service and Fair Dealing have been made more important than the sale itself. FURNITURE AND RUGS FUNERAL DIRECTOR ALMON R. GRABE Coudersport, Pa. er of Hon. Henry Hamlin, was attorney for the plain- tiff, and L. B. Cole, well-known in Potter County, was attorney for the defendant. The writ was test- od by Hon. Edward Herrick, President Judge. The first court was held in September, 1836, but the rec- ord does not show who presided as Judge. Where the SpeckletJ Beauties are Found. 23 THE WINCHESTER STORE JAMES R. TAUBERT HARDWARE COUDERSPORT, PA. 24 COUNTY FORESTRY FACTS J^HE entire area of Potter County is 678,890 ^^ acres, of which 90 per cent, or 546,645 acres is woodland or waste land. The Pennsylvania Depart- ment of Forestry owns 137,380 acres. The Depart- ment has x>aid $260,959.99 for this area and each year returns to the county $6,869.00 for school, road Potter County Forest and county purposes. There has been returned to the State Treasurer $5,238.30 from the sale of wood, leases, etc. Since acquiring these lands the Department has made the following improvements which have great- ly increased the value of the land: 25 McCABE FURNITURE COMPANY Incorpora ted Manufacturers of BED KOOM FUENITUEE Thos. McCabe, President. Earl R. Morrison, VLce President. Frank A. Beyer, Treas. and Mgr. i R. Z. Morrison, Secretary. Bird's Eye View Taken from top of Allegany Mountains, of the plant where "McCabe Quality" line of Bed Room Furni- ture is made — known to practically every State east of the Mississippi. The Plant is located on the C. P. A. R. R., at Cou- dersport, Pa., connecting with three trunk lines as follows: Pennsylvania Lines, Erie Railroad, and New York Central Lines. This organization owns, or controls its own lumber production, owns its panel and veneer plant, and also its mirror plant. The personell is made up of men of long experience; altogether making for a production of furni- ture the construction and finish of which is excelled by none. The Corporation has rightly earned the slogan "McCabe Quality Furniture, Once Sold, Stays Sold." 26 Iioads, iinproved and constructed, 42 n.iles. Trails opened, 186 miles. Boundary lines surveyed, 278 miles. Telephone lines built, 62^/2 miles. Telephones connected, 18, Wooden tire towers built, 4, Steel fire-lookouts, 4, Springs opened and cleaned, 143, ■Camp sites leased, 45, Fish planted, 125,000, Area reforested, 6,218 acres. Trees planted, 8,890,450. Every year an average of 6,500 campers, hunt- ers and fishermen use this State Forest land. The Department has distributed 332,588 seed- lings to private individuals. 27 r BUSY HAPPY CONTENTED ENGLAND ? NO! J^^^HERE is located in Potter County a ^^y thrifty up-to-date grocer, wlio was born in England and lived for years in London. Seeing greater opportunities in America lie came to this country. After spending a few years here he saw his greatest opportunity in Potter County, where he is making good and pleased with the wonders the county offers. This man is S. H. OWEN Grocer COUDERSPORT, - - - PENNSYLVANIA. 28 In order to prevent forest fires and to extin- guish promptly any fires that do occur, a patrol sys- tem and lookout system of fire protection has been organized. During the Spring and Fall fire season, an average of 15 patrolmen are on duty. Forty-four local forest fire wardens are constantly alert to pre- vent and extinguish forest fires. The State Forestry land in Potter County is shown by the shaded portions of map on page 13. V^V.«-^J^ "^ 29 WHY WE ARE LOCATED IN POTTER COUNTY ^w^E ARE located in the hardware business VAxin Potter County because Potter County has— The most thrifty modern farmers. Great diversity of industry. Wonderful roads. Pure mountain water. Unrivaled scenic beauty. Streams full of speckled beauties. Hunting of big game. The best of schools. A most hospitable people. W. T. FISK HARDWARE COUDEESPORT, - - - - PENN'A. 30 PHELFS Garage, Livery and Feed Stable Good Cars, Competent Careful Drivers Day and Night Service Always at Your Service PHELP'S LIVERY AND GARAGE COUDERSPORT, PA. 31 THE HOTEL CRITTENDEN Jas. A. Kelly, Prop. COUDERSPORT, PA. On Court House Square, Main and Second Streets. Largest and Best Hotel in Potter County. Rooms with Bath and Running Water. Comfortable Beds. Homelike and Tasty Cuisine. Garage in Connection. American Plan. The Old Coudersport Hotel Formerly on the same site in which Ole Bull is said to have played. 32 OUR GROCERY MEANS SERVICE DOT just the mere selling of goods to you. A grocery store is essential to the every clay life of each individual and we aim to make our store fill every need and requirement of the indivichial. You win appreciate Grocer}^ Store Service if you become a patron of this store. L. D. MEACHAM COUDERSPORT - - - PENN,A. 33 The First National Bank Shinglehouse Penna. \ Geo. W. Dodge, President F. H. Raymond, Vice President H. C. Keller, Cashier R. L. Lunn, Asst. Cashier DIRECTORS Geo. W. Dodge W. W. Martin J. B. Donovan H. C. Pratt H. C. Keller F. H. Raymond J. F. Stone A. Salomon B. L. Langworthy Member of Federal Reserve Bank American and Pennsylvania Bankers Association 34 SHINGLEHOUSE (By C. A. Herrick) fHlXGLEHOUSE, an odd name surely. The first settlement was made early in the nineteen- th century, some of the original tow-n being in Mc- Kean county, a quarter of a mile below the ])resent west line of the borough, and derived its name from n house sided a.^ well as roofed with shaved shingles. The first stores were located near the Horse Run bridge, one of quite good size being on the rise of ground at the north side of the Oswayo creek and conducted 1)y Pete Dedrick. In those days, as well as later, cutting the virgin pine timber, sawing it in Methodist Church at Shinglehouse the mills and rafting and running it down the river to Pittsburgh was the main business of the early settlers. They sold good, clear, white pine lumber for ten dollars per thousand feet. The first store where Shinglehouse now stands was erected by Wiley Humphrey, who conducted it for a time and sold it to Benjamin Jones, and is a part of the present store conducted by Babcock & Hess. The first post office was established here dur- 35 THE OSWAYO VALLEY MAIL A Clean Country Weekly Serving Efl'ectively The People in Its Field Modern Job Printing Plant in Connection All the Live News of the Oswayo Valley and Potter Countv C. A. HERRICK Editor and Owner SHINGLEHOUSE, PA. 36 ing President Pierce's administration in the early 40 's with G. W. Mosier as post master. In the year 1837 a schoolhouse was erected near what is now the Assembly grounds, where the Misses Stillman, Cla- rissa Leroy of Clara, Miranda Jones and Huldah Nichols taught. The S. D. B. church was incorpor- ated in 1883, Methodist church in 1885, and the First Baptist church in 1906. Along in the 80 's, gas was struck in Sharon township and lands were leased and n.any good wells brought in, and some of them are producing today. Since then hundreds of gas wells have been drilled in the vicinity of Shinglehouse and at pres- ent there are four big gas companies with pumping stations and gasoline plants in operation pumping millions of cubic feet of natural gas and thousands of gallons of gasoline from this field. The com- Honeoye Valley Temperance Assembly ])anies are the United Natural Gas Co., Producer's Gas Co., Empire Gas Co., and the Empire Glass Co., which uses millions of feet a year in its big window glass factory. The Wolcott Gas Co., also produces considerable gas and gasoline. 37 H. E. Fenner Nina L. Fenner H. E. FENNER & CO. General Merchandise SHINGLEHOUSE, PA. One of the Biggest Little Stores in the County Our Motto: Good Goods at a Reasonable Profit 38 Shinglehouse Livery Before Automobile Days The town was only a small place until 1901, when Hiram Palmer came here from Kane and erect- ed the big window glass plant, which brought hun- dreds of families to Shinglehouse and was the mak- ing of the present hustling borough, which is con- sidered one of the best towns in the county. We now have a silk mill, machine shop, feed mills, a number of good stores, good banking institution and fine schools. A water system and sewers, and a concrete i)avement now under way through our two business streets and on through the borough to the McKean county line. We are connected up with the outside towns by trolley and steam railroad. Hon. Geo. W. Dodge has the honor of being the old- est merchant, having located here in the late 60 's. The old Oswayo Valley is one of the finest in the county, and instead of the hum of the circular saws in the many old-time mills, you now hear the **whoa" of the plow boys who work on the many fertile farms along the valley. It is a fine dairy sec- tion and great quantities of butter and cheese are made and shipped, along with much other farm pro- duce. The writer has always and will continue to pull for the old Oswayo Valley. 39 Established 1876 THE DODGE HARDWARE CO. (Not Incorporated) Oldest Hardware Concern in Potter County Stock consists largely of Nationally Advertised Goods of Merit — Agents for — De Laval Separator Co., Cream Separators. Johns-Manville Co., Roofing Products. Monitor Furnace Co., Caloric Pipeless Furnaces. Ajax Rubber Co., Automobile Tires. Devoe & Raynolds Co., Paints. Winchester Repeating Arms Co., Guns and Ammu- niticn. F. E. Myers & Bro., Pumps, Haying Tools, Barn Door Equipment. Cornell Wood Products Co., Cornell Board. Detroit Stove Works, Stoves. Armour Fertilizer Works, Fertilizers. Colonial Salt Co., Salt. LeRoy Plow Co., Plows, Harrows, Cultivators. John Deere Plow Co., Plows. Wiard Plow Co., Plows. A well selected stock of hardware coupled with service has piompted disinterested comment to the ef- fect that this is the best appointed hardware store in this section of the country. We admit it. DODGE HARD WAKE C(3. Shinglehouse Pennsylvania 40 POTTER COUNTY SCHOOLS Potter County has thirty school districts which cover a total area of 1,071 square miles. Over this area are conveniently located 10 one-room rural schools, 6 two-room rural schools, 10 high schools Coudersport High School Building and 10 graded schools with more than two teachers. These schools have a total enrollment of 4,508 pupils, 2,773 of whom are in the graded and high schools and 1,735 in the niral schools. In June, 1920 the high schools of tile county graduated a total of Shinglehouse High School Building 41 FIRST NATIONAL BANK AND COUDERSPORT TRUST COMPANY COUDERSPORT, PA. Combined Resources. .$l,25U,U(J0.O0 DIRECTORS Fred C. Leonard John F. Stone A. F. Smith M. S. Harvey V\'. F. Du Bois W. G. Van Kuren F. A. Raymond Henry J. Theis Opposite the Court House 42 110 students. Of the 203 teachers of the county there are 173 grade teachers and 30 high school teachers. Eight of these teachers are college gradu- ates, 53 are graduates of State Normals, 175 are high school graduates, 21 hold pennanent certificates, 29 liold professional certificates, and 69 hold provision- Township School at Cross Fork al certificates. 152 of the 203 teachers of the county have had more than one year's experience in teach- ing. 89 have been n:ore than one year in their pres- ent position. All schools of Potter County are equip- ped with charts, maps, globes, etc., and all have a library consisting of at least a few volumes. Many have very extensive libraries of well selected books. All schools except three are equipped with slate blackboards. The average number of months taught in the schools of Potter County is 8. During the past year the 203 teachers were paid salaries totaling to approximately $128,000 while a total of more than 43 A. A. Bernard W. D. Fish THE POTTER ENTERPRISE COUDERSPORT, PA. PENNSYLVANIA'S GREATEST COUNTY WEEKLY CIRCULATION Greater Than All Other Potter Oounty Papers Combined Best Equipped and Manned Job ng Plant in No Pennsylvania Printing Plant in Northern 44 $200,000 has been expended upon the maintenance of the schools. The high school at Coudersport has a Depart- ment of Agriculture under the direction of a special- ly trained teacher. There is a Vocational Supervis- or of agriculture attached to the office of the County Superintendent whose dut}^ it is to supervise its teaching of agriculture in all schools of the County. Potter County is one of only four counties in the State to have such a supervisor. May Pole Drill at Austin School 45 HAKKY L. LUSH 8. LYNN LUSH LUSH BROTHERS Successors to HENRY W. LUSH GALETON, PENNA. PILLSBURY'S FLOUR HAY AND GRAIN GROCERIES PRY GOODS FURNITURE DRAPERIES RUGS AND LINOLEUMS BEDS AND BEPP>ING Courteous treatment, unexcelled service aiul QUALITY merchandise at reasonable l)rices, is responsible for our laro^e volume of business. R. OTTO LUSH WM. GALE LUSH 46 Illllllllllllllllllll THE GALETON DAIRY PRODUCTS CO. Organized in 1918 It now operates a condensery at Galeton and makes THE "RED MILU^ BRAND Condensed Milk It has done much to develop the dairy interests in South- eastern Potter County. It co-operates with the Farmers and pays the Dairymen's League Price for Milk. 47 SL THE RELIABLE DRUG STORE I? £ WILIAM J. HEYMANN, P. D. 26 Main Street GALETON, PA. A SAFE PLACE TO BUY DRUGS I — Bell 'Phone 111-R3 48 SKETCH OF GALETON (By M. J. Handwerk) CHE active liistorv of Galeton, formerly known as Pike Mills, began with the building of the tannery about 40 years ago. W. & L. R. Gale, who had formerly operated a tannery at Honesdale, Pa., came here and purchased immense tracts of timber, and the bark from much more. The hides were hauled from Westfield, and afterwards from Anson- ia, where railroad connections were made with the Fall Brook railroad now a part of the New York Central. A few years later the Clintons erected a large hemlock mill which was afterwards acquired by F H. & C. W. Goodyear. A narrow gage railroad was built from Addison in the early eighties. The Goodyears then extended the Buffalo and Susquehanna from Keating Summit to Ansonia, and Dought the Addison & Pennsylvania. The shops of the Buffalo & Susquehanna were next erected, and the Emporium Lumber Company erected a large mill for the manufacture of hard- wood. A heading factory^ and a hub factory- took care of the timber best fitted to their operation, and Galeton became the emporium of the lumber indus- try in this section of the State. With the timber supply exhausted the business men looked for other industries to locate here, and as a result there is now in operation besides the tannery and railroad shops, a silk throwing mill own- ed by the Harbred Silk Company, a wood working and novelty works, a glove factory, a condensery and a large feed and flour mill. The merchants report business better than ever 49 OTTO C. MOSCH Potter County's Largest Store DRY GOODS CLOTHING SHOES PIANOS PHONOGRAPHS GALETON, PA. 50 in Galeton's history and the deposits of the two banks, the Galeton Banking Company and the First National Bank show a steady and healthy growth. Galeton is ideally situated on the head waters of the Pine Creek, a tributary of the Susquehanna and the finest hunting and fishing grounds in Penn- sylvania are within a few hours ride. The scenery is unsurpassed east of the Rockies. The northern, east and west state highway from Erie to Honesdale passes through Galeton. This is now in course of permanent construction, and when completed will make it possible for tourists to go from Buffalo and the central west to Harrisburg, Washington and New York through a territory rich in natural re- sources, and abounding in scenery wild and ro- mantic. 51 HAMMERSLEY'S CASH STORE GROCERIES CROCKERY KITCHEN UTENSILS LIGHT HARDWARE GASOLINE MOTOR OILS SHOES RUBBERS DRY GOODS UNDERWEAR HOSIERY MENS' WORK CLOTHING We carry a very large stock of goods. Our sei*vice is courteous and intelligent, and our prices cannot be beaten as we pay "CASH" and sell for "CASH.' Yours very truly, HAMMERSLEY & CO. 75-77 Germania St. - - Galeton, Penn'a. 52 THE BIG STORE IN A GOOD TOWN With a Complete Line of Hardware, Sporting Goods, Walter A, Wood and John Deere Farm Machinery Agents for Pine Tree Milking Machine We Like to See You Whether You Buy or Not. HORN & DEVLING GALETON, POTTER COUNTY, PENN'A. 53 Go to the DEVIL'S ICE BOX Also called ICE MINE Four miles east of Coudei'siJoi't, Pa. Beau- tiful and fantastic ice formations appear dur- ing spring, sunnr.er and fall but melt on ap- proach of winter. This ice is not mined or man- ufactured. A AVonderful Freak of Nature, visited an- nually by thousands. Especially large crowds come on Sundays, (Take Your Overcoat With You.) Illustrated booklet mailed to any address on receipt of twenty-seven cents.. See illustration on opposite page. For location see may) on page 13. ' COUDERSPORT ICE MINE (XJUl)ERSPOKT, - - PENN'A. 54 WEST STREET THEATRE H. E. Cane, Prop. PARAMOUNT, ARTCRAFT AND ALL THE BEST PICTURES Coming August 2nd and 3rd "THE MIRACLE MAN'' TWO NEW PRODUCTS — the — THE KING MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Ltd. Manufacturing Chemists Coudersport, Pa. Lady Betty Cold Cream — The finest, sweetest, smoothest Cold Cream ever made. An ideal Cream and Skin Food of absolutely pure and harmless materials, which may be used freely on the most delicate skin. Price, 2 5c. Mentho-King — A triumph in the art of Ointment mak- ing. A dainty, healing Ointment for abrasions of the skin, cuts, bruises, colds, catarrh, and any type of in- flammation. Put up in a neat lithographed tube, which is convenient for carrying in a grip when traveling. Truly the World's Greatest Ointment. Price, 2 5c. Our products are sold by live dealers everywhere. If your dealer is not awake, we will send postpaid any- where on earth on receipt of price. KING MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Ltd. Coudersport, Pa. 56 u • O) a CQ c3 < be ■l-> • 1-H .^J PH d • Ph rt , 5:3 oS ^ oJ ;h P-I o3 ^ >^ c3 e*H o o3 O ^ CO PI 1— 1 03 1 o O O p. o -*j o . ■^ «f-l o O Ml 3. o O 02 o o fl n:5 !^f ■~ OJ o 'rt r>^ ^ o ^M o ..^ o CO o o o OJ rt CO o o r — - o 13 a Xtl o" o ^ >^ lO o^ 03 ^ o m '^ CO 'p. ?2 s ^ Xfl IT' i ^ H pq ^ s . n o I— I § Ph § o t— ( O fa P 02 pq 57 THE FLOOD CITY EEW towns in Pennsylvania stand out as prom- inent as examples of civic pride and progress as does the Borough of Austin. Disaster after dis- aster has followed the fortunes of this town, but with a spirit and a purpose truly unterriiied, the town has risen from each, bigger and better than ev- er before and stands today one of the most live and I)rogressive towns in Pennsylvania. In 1884, the name of the town was changed from Freeman's Pun, to Austin and the Borough Austin Community Club House incorporated. In September, 1885, the first log was sawed in the Goodyear mill and this plant was oper- ated continuously until Februarv% 1911. The first disaster to visit the town was a fire in 1890, when the entire business section was wiped out. Seven yeai-s later the entire residential section of the town was destroyed by fire but with the same spirit that characterizes the town today, the town was rebuilt after these two catastrophes. In 1899, the Bayless Manufacturing Corporation 58 Boost and Boost Again — By So Doing You Will Make Our Community a Better Place in Which to Live. Signed: F. A. Rosenbloom. ROSENBLOOM'S Department and General Store AVliere You Get the Best We sincerely wish to reduce the high-cost-of- living but not at the expense of quality. ' ' The Best" is our motto, "at the Lowest Possible Prices. ' ' If you buy Jewelry If you buy Clothing ~ / If you buy Shoes i " If you buy Dry Goods If you buy Flour and Feed If you buy Groceries If you buy Anything Else If you buy Them of Us You are sure to get the best. We contend that the best is none too good for Austin and Potter County. The lowest prices consistent with the best of quality. ROSENBLOOM'S Austin, Pa. In Business since 1894 and the only ones knocking us are those who owe us longest. 59 located its manunoth paper plant in Austin and has since been the town's principal industry. Another and terrible disaster visited the town in September, 1911, when the dam of the paper mill broke, and at which time practically the entire busi- ness and residential sections of the town were en- tirely destroyed. The exact figures were never ob- tained but at least 168 houses were known to have North Pennsylvania General Hospital, Austin been dislocated, 78 lives lost and a monitoiw loss of from two and a half to three million dollars suf- fered. Statistics show that every year from the begin- ning of the town there has been an increase of popu- lation averaging 50 per cent in the boro proper and at the time of the flood the population was some- thing over 3,000. Immediately following the flood this population was reduced to between 700 and 800 and the census of 1920 shows something over 1700. At the present time this boro is jn'obably the healthiest of any small town in the state and the in- 60 BANK OF AUSTIN AUSTIN, PA. Capital $50,000.00 Resources over $400,000.00 F. E. Baldwin, President. G. C. Bayless, Vice President. H. B. King, Cashier. 61 domitable spirit of the people spells a greater suc- cess for tlie town than ever before. The town has a number of miles of concrete walks, paved streets, municipal water works, good sewerage, commodious school buildings both graded and high school, three churches, bank, hospital, hotels and all that goes to make up a progressive, enterprising town. During 1919, the people of Austin decided u])on having more amusements for the town in general and in their usual get-together spirit with the assistance of a local industry, (the Bayless Company), which latter company donated one-half the amount and guaranteed 5 per cent returns on the public sub- scription, they have suceeded in nearing completion a Community Club Building, the cost of which will total probably $85,000. The size of this building is approximately 200 ft. x 90 ft. containing bowling alleys, billiard rooms, shower baths, restaurant, club parlors, theatre seating 400, dance hall, 90 ft. x 60 ft. and class rooms. 62 A Checking Account in this Bank obviates the necessity of request- ing a receipt. GALETON BANKING COMPANY GALETON, PA. Our '25th Year of Service 63 I American Silver Truss Corporation Plant, Coudersport Manufacturers of Trusses, Abdominal Supporters, Suspensories and Surgical Hosiery Traveling representatives cover the United States while much foreign business is received by mail. AMERICAN SILVER TRUSS CORPORATION c The Black Diamond Line Leads I -o— . - «,_. » » ._. „_J 64 POTTER COUNTY AGRICULTURE Potter County— Has 2,200 farms. Has 12,000 dairy cows. Produces 60,000,000 pounds of milk annually. Has 135 herds of pure-bred Holstein cows. Has 65 herds of pure-bred Ayershire cows. Has the first co-operative Ayershire Bull Asso- ciation in America, owning seven high record Ayer- shire bulls which serve seventeen herds. Ships approximately 750 car-loads of potatoes annuallv. Contented Potter County Thoroughbreds Has an altitude of 1200 to 2700 feet with a short cool season, a fact which makes it one of the best seed-potato growing counties in the country. Produces disease-free seed-potatoes for other sections of the country. 65 Member of Fedeial Reserve Bank THE GRANGE NATIONAL BANK OF POTTER COUNTY ULYSSES, PA. Capital - - $25,000.00 Surplus - - $18,000.00 OFFICERS Art S. Burt, President G. S. Ladd, Vice President H. L. Cass, Cashier Margaret Chappell, Asst. Cashier DIRECTORS Art S. Burt J- W. Spencer G. S. Ladd J. L- Raymond Geo. Nickerson R. L. Holbert John F. Stone G. C. Marion P. H. Miller i We Solicit Your Banking Busines 66 Produces a yield of potatoes of from 200 to 400 bushels per acre. Has pure mountain spring water, with high, well drained pastures, making an ideal range for sheep. Produces 40,000 pounds of wool and 3,000 lambs for market annually. Has a Federal Farm Loan Association with loans amounting to over $100,000. Has a Farm Bureau which has 400 acres of po- tatoes under spraying demonstration for blight; 50 acres under demonstration for disease control; has organized a Potato Growers Association for market- ing the crop; has organized the first Ayershire Bull Association in America, which owns seven of the best Ayershire bulls in the breed; has organized an Holstein Bull Club; has organized both a Holstein and an Ayershire Breeders' Association; has three orchards under demonstration for disease control; has two meadow top-dressing demonstrations; has aided in organizing ten local branches of the Dairy- men's League. 67 COUDERSPORT BOROUGH OVER a Imndred years ago at a council of the cliiets of the Six Nations of Indians, the Mo- hawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Senecas, the Tuscaroras and Cayugas at Fort Stanwix, Oneida county, N. Y., the ground on which Coudersport is located was formally deeded to the State of Penn- sylvania, and the Ohio riv^er and Tiadaghton creek were made over to the survey and legal possession of white peo])le. What was to be the ]n'ice was not Potter County Court House at Coudersport stated, but a previous statement was for ten thous- and dollars, in goods, mostly. Some ten years later, a patent for this land was 68 issued to William Bingliam, who soon after sold very extensive tracts to John Keating & Co., who had the land sui-veyed, roads opened and people liv- ed to make clearings so that occasional breaks in the forest showed the first footsteps of civilization. At about the same date, 1796, the county of Ly- coming was formed, including Potter, but in 1804, this county was separated from that of Lycoming. Soon after this our village was laid out by the Keat- Potter County Jail at Coudersport ing Company and named by them for Mr. Couder. The singularity of having a "port" away up among the mountains was probably due to having for chief surveyor, an Englishman, who could not realize that the sea was far oft* and no ports wanted. Soon a party of surveyors came and spent many a day laying out streets thru laurel thickets and l)lanning a flourishing town. Such liberal induce- ments were offered that in 1807 this was made the county seat. A Mr. Dingman, an old resident and Mr. Knick- 69 erbaker in 1814 or 181i5, took a job to clear ten acres in Coudersport. Not long after Mr. Obadiali Sart- well came and built a small log house but abandoned it. In this same cabin however Israel Merrick taught school about seventy years ago. In 1815, the Legislative authorized the election of Commissioners but they did not meet in this place until 1824. The first post route was established from Jersey Shore at about this same time and once in two weeks mail was carried here on horseback. One of the early residents was John L. Carter, who came and built a frame house on the lot where the jail now is which was opened to the public. Here Mr. Keating stayed when he made his annual visits often accompanied by members of his family. Eu- lalia Township was named for one of Mr. Keating 's daughters. In 1826 the first election was held in Couders- port at the Cartee House. The building of a turnpike road from Jersey Shore to Coudersport occupied several years and was completed in 1833. The same year Potter Coun- ty was judicially organized and began to look out for its public buildings. So "the old Court House" was built on the present location and completed so that Court was held here in September, 1835. The first Judge was Mr. Timothy Ives. Mr. Franklin Covey brought a press to town at about this same time publishing a newspaper named, The Potter Pennon. Thic was followed in 1841 by the Pioneer and then the Journal in 1848. To satisfy the educational wants of the people an academy was built so that in 1840 the first school year began. The religious side of life was taken care 70 C. & p. A. R. R. Station at Coiidersport of by visiting ministers and in 1854 a Presbyterian Church was built and soon after a Methodist. Toward the close of the forties a little sewing society was formed which resulted in May 1850 in the Coudersport Library Association. Such a small beginning has finally resulted in the present collect- ion of books which we find at our disposal today. Coudersport has experienced a number of in- dustrial booms and depressions and while there has been a sight falling off in population during the past ten years, the town to-day, is conceeded to be in the most healthy and prosperous condition it ever has been. It is developing gradually into a town of live industry and its leading manufacturing concerns and labor employing establishments are. The Ameri- can Silver Truss Corporation, McCabe Furniture Company, Harbred Silk Company, King Manu- facturing Company, Graham Roller Bearing Com- pany and Elk Tanning Company, Coudersport Man- gle Roller Company, Dieffenbacher Heading Mill. 71 WOOD CHEMICAL INDUSTRY (By Monta C. Burt ) ^^=^HE making of charcoal and chemicals from our %^J native hardwoods had its beginning in Potter County about 35 years ago at Ehner Harrison Town- ship where a Mr. Burcey conducted a small retort plant for a time. Another attempt was made by the Corbetts in the early nineties who erected a small plant on the South Branch between Gennania and Galeton moving it soon afterwards into West Branch Township where the plant was oi)erated a few years and dismantled. About this time the Gaffneys built and operated a small plant at Austin which in tuni proved an unprofitable venture and was moved to another county. During the period 1900 to 1910, the business be- came firmly established in the county by the erection of plants of the following capacity: Gray Chemical Co., Roulette, 60 cords Oswayo Chemical Co., Coneville, 24 cords Gaffney Wood Products Co., Walton 100 cords Genesee Chemical Co, Genesee, 3 cords Total daily capacity 215 cords The cutting, delivering, carbonizing and distill- ation of the wood for the aforesaid plants furnishes continuous employment for upwards of 500 men and many teams and over one million dollars is annually paid out for raw material and labor by these indus- tries in the county. Wood chemicals have now become largely key or basic chemicals and the demand for wood alcohol, acetone, acetic acid, creosote oils, wood preserva- tives and flotation oils for use in all lines of indus- trial chemistry is wide spread. Elsewhere in this booklet Chief Forester Emerick states that of Potter County's total area of 678,790 72 acres, 90^^' or 546,645 acres is woodland. Tlio fear that the hardwood forests of our county are being depleted by the wood chemical industries should be appeased by this statement as the :naximum rate of cutting by the combined industry as now operated in this county does not exceed 3,000 acres a year and under favorable conditions every acre of land in our Gray Chemical Company Plant, Roulette. county not adaptd to agricultural purposes can be made to grow 25 cords of chemical wood each gen- eration. Potter County's natural wealth of the future is in her hardwoods, which if protected from fires are destined to become a perpetual asset to the county of much greater value than were the limited forests of pine and hemlock. Three hundred thousand acres of our hillsides can not be tilled but can be made to grow a profitable crop of raw material each gener- ation for wood chemical or other purposes or a crop of timber suitable for lumber each second or third generation. 73 . J WE MUST DEPEND UPON EACH OTHER XT IS not to be expected that men and wom- en who devote all their time to the rais- J ing of crops will have at their finger tips all the ins and outs of business practices, any more I than it could be expected of the banker to make i a successful job of running a farm. I In all human society, as it is constituted to- j day one class must rely upon the other, and i both work intelligently and harmonious if there 1 is to be any kind of success. 1 This little advertisement is printed to bring ! forcibly to the attention of our friends the will- ingness of this sound old institution to lend its judgment and experience to all the community in solving the various problems of business. Why? Because the bank grows, only as the individuals of our community prosper. FIRST NATIONAL BANK at Galeton, Pa. Jas. T. Huid, President J. C. Gault, Cashier H. E. Seltz, Vice Pres. R. C. Straley, Asst. Cashier 74 OTHER COUNTY TOWNS J^^AKING Potter County in the aggregate, it has ^^/nothing but live towns and what some localities lack in population they make up in business pro- gressiveness. One of these hustling smaller towns is Roulette, where a live citizenry unites in real town building. In this town, as leading industries, are the Gray Chemical Company, the V. & S. Bottle Com- pany and the stave and heading mill of the Warner Sugar Refining Company. The town of Genesee is experiencing one of the most successful periods in the town's history, aug- mented by a mammoth plant of the Helvetia Milk Gigantic Milk Plant at Genesee Company. Some twenty or thirty new houses are being constructed and the residents and business men of the town are wide awake and boosting for a successful future for the place. The village of Ulysses is a town far advanced in intellectual development and possesses all those natural advantages that go to make up a successful 75 small town. It abounds in fine residents and prop- erties, good bank, library and located as it is in the center of one of the best agricultural sections of the county, it is a prominent and leading trading center for a large population. Clennania is one of the towns of the county, per- haps more closely associated than any other with the early days and the story of Ole Bull. Hardy German pioneers settled this community and they W. I. Lewis Library at Ulysses are famed throughout Pennsylvania for their thrifty agricultural accomplishments, for in and about Ger- mania abound the best and most productive farms of the county. Germania's only manufacturing en- terprise is a heading mill which is being operated with much success. The largest tannery in Pennsylvania was for years located in the live little town of Costello and while the plant is still there its operations have been curtailed to some extent. Costello was also the cen- ter of a large lumbering operation and still has 76 within its borders and in operation a mill of the Cen- tral Pennsylvania Lumber Company, which is the last of the hardwood mills in the county. Harrison Valley, Potter's most northern town, possesses a live population, who are united in furth- ering the town's best interests. Here is located the Harrison Valley Orphans' Home, the only institution of its kind in this section of Pennsylvania and one of the most worthy charties in existence. The town boasts a large tannery and a water company, the products of which are famed throughout a large ter- territory for its purity and excellence. A Recent View From the Site of Ole Bull Castle. (Photo by Dr. Geo. P. Donehoo) 77 SCHUTT & GILLON COUDERSPORT, PA. Furniture, Wall Decorations, Draperies, Rugs, Linoleums, I Window Shades, \ Funeral Directing. 1 Bell Thone ; 106-J 78 THE LEADER-DISPATCH Published Weekly at Galeton. Covers the Eastern Part of Potter County Like a Blanket. OUR Commercial Department shows a constantly increas- ing business due to personal su- pervision of the little details that mark the difference between Printing and GOOD PRINTING. THE LEADER-DISPATCH CO. Incorporated. C. F. Rugaber, M. J. Handwerk, President. Sec. and Treas. 79 See Us For All Kinds of INSURANCE Only the Best Companies Represented GALETON INSURANCE CO. H. E, SELTZ, Mgr. Galeton, Pa. List Your Real Estate With Us 80 ADVERTISEMENTS Index Continued From Inside Front Cover First National Bank of Genesee 14 John Dunlop's Sons 15 Citizen Safe Deposit and Trust Company 16 McCabe Furniture Company 26 S. H. Owen Grocery 28 W. T. Fisk Hardware . 30 Phelps Auto Livery 31 Hotel Crittenden 32 L. D. Meacham Grocery 33 First National Bank, Shinglehouse 34 Osvvayo Valley Mail ^ 36 K, E. Fenner General Store 38 Dodge Hardware Company 40 First National Bank and Coudersport Trust Company 42 The Potter Enterprise 1 44 Lush Brothers 46 Galeton Dairy Products Company 47 The Reliable Drug Store 48 Otto C. Mosch 50 Kammersley and Company 52 Horn and Devling 53 Devil's Ice Box 54 Eayless Manufacturing Corporation 57 Rosenblooms 59 Bank of Austin 61 Galeton Banking Company 63 American S'lver Truss Corpcraticn 64 Grange National Bank of Potter County 66 First National Darik of Galeton 74 Schutt & Gillcn 78 Galeton Leader-Dispatch 79 Galeton Ir.surauce Comi)any 80 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 014 313 037 P IIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIINIUIIIIIIIIIMIInillllllllllll'J THIS BOOK 'HEN the project of the Ole iBull Pilgrimage was first ad- vanced the Historical Society, newly founded, was without ample funds to publish a program. It was at this point that the Potter Enterprise conceived the idea of this work and hence this publication. The Enter- prise thanks the merchants and busi- ness men for their co-operation, for it is only thru their loyalty that this book is made possible. The Potter Enterprise Pennsylvania's Greatest County Weekly Penn'a. Coudersport, iiiiiiiiiiiiiinii iiiiiliiiiiiiitiiiRti' LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 11111 n«n!VfiH\fltllf I'll 014 313 037 A