Tag: Clearfield County history

Hawk Run is situated just past Philipsburg on Route 53 in Morris Township.  Originally called Ashcroft, the name changed in ...

By Clearfield County Historical Society especially for GANT News. Artha Benson “Deacon” Litz was born in DuBois, Pa., in 1898.  ...

In honor of the return of the Houtzdale Days celebration after a COVID-plagued year, it is worth looking back at ...

Coal mining and railroads were intricately related in Clearfield County for well over a century.  Those industries once provided the ...

Community and backyard swimming pools have been growing in popularity in Clearfield County for decades.  They’ve been a great way ...

(Provided photo) Drive-In movie theaters began as uniquely American phenomenon, especially in the years that followed ...

A century ago, local people were far easier entertained than today and they did not need much technology to keep ...

There are no known photos of the inside of any of Clearfield County’s old deep mines yet to be seen ...

Winburne is a small community in Cooper Township that thrived well, before the demise of the deep coal mining industry ...

You can ask many of the baby boomer generation or those older and native of the Houtzdale area about the ...