Tag: Clearfield County history

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 World War II.  The ...

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 ...

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 ...

New Washington is another of Clearfield County’s boroughs that covers a sizeable amount of land area but has always had ...