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Year Round
Monday - Thursday 9AM - 5PM
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March-November
*Saturday 10AM - 2PM during 3rd Weekend in Montrose
(*This is the Saturday immediately following the 3rd Friday of each month.)
** While we do everything we can to maintain the above hours, weather, limited staffing and other events/holidays may affect our hours. Please keep an eye out on our website and Facebook for anything that may temporarily change our hours. You can also call or email us to confirm if there are any changes.
We will be closed Monday 5/26/2025 in observance of Memorial Day
2008 Volume 19 #2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover Photo: Chandler/DaVall Farm, Gibson Township. One of 3 artworks recently donated to the our Historical Society.
Susquehanna County Pennsylvania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 54
Note on Paternity of Joel Barnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 63
Brooklyn Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 65
Nostalgia Revisited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 66
A Lady, A Farm and a Railroad Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 67
Orphan's Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 72
An English Lady Settles in Silver Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 75
Marriages & Deaths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 77
Dispute over the Nicholson Lands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 87
1840 Springville Twp. Census . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 90
Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 97
Items for Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 99