DUBOIS – Main Street in DuBois will be the location for the DuBois Area Historical Society’s 15th Spring Walk on Saturday, May 11 at 10:30 a.m.
The walk is free and open to all, and will leave from the parking lot on Quarry Avenue across from the Nelson House.
Many of the homes and businesses along Main Street were occupied in the past by people who were instrumental in the growth and development of DuBois.
Among the people to be discussed are: one of the city father’s John Rumbarger, his son William Rumbarger, Dr. Wilson Smathers, Dr. Charles Sullivan, DuBois Brewery founder Frank Hahne, Swift Kennedy and Company founder Patrick Swift, William Moore, Syrian born Ameen Damus, and Shankel’s Pharmacy founder Joseph Shankel.
The walk will go on rain or shine, and will last approximately an hour.
If the turnout warrants, there will be two walks with the second starting at 10:45 a.m.