Tag: local 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 ...

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

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 ...

The village and township of Karthaus were both named for Peter Karthaus, a native of Germany who immigrated to the ...

Small-town movie theaters were once common throughout Clearfield County.  They were also profitable business enterprises in the days before broadcast ...

The town of LaJose, named for one-time lumbering business owner George Jose, is officially known as Newburg Borough.  It sits ...

Christmas shopping has traditionally meant the lion’s share of sales for both large and small retailers. The big change since ...