Tag: Clearfield County history

(Provided photo) Olanta is a small village on the Pike Township side of Little Clearfield Creek. Like many Clearfield County ...

(Provided photo) Girard Township was named after the eccentric and celebrated Stephen Girard, the merchant prince and banker of Philadelphia. ...

(Provided photo) The origin of this photo is unknown to the Clearfield County Historical Society. It is purported to show ...

(Provided photo) Blain City, located in Beccaria Township and bordering on Coalport Borough, looks then and now, to be part ...

(Provided photo) Today, Oct. 25, is the day of the Clearfield County Historical Society’s annual dinner. In view of that ...

(Provided photo) This picture was taken at the end of Turnpike Avenue in Clearfield, Lawrence Township. This was where the ...

(Provided photo) The original Salem Evangelical Lutheran Church of New Millport, in Knox Township, was constructed in 1843 by then ...

(Provided photo) Gazzam was a small mining community adjacent to Ansonville in Jordan Township.  It was named for Joseph Gazzam ...

(Provided photo) The devastating St. Patrick’s Day flood in March of 1936 was a result of a perfect storm of ...

(Provided photo) The extension of the Beech Creek Railroad, operated by the New York Central, from Kerrmoor to Mahaffey was ...