Tag: Clearfield County history

The Religious Society of Friends was, upon its formation, an English Christian denomination, founded by George Fox in the 17th ...

The 1912 photo shows a prominent farmstead home in Congress Hill, near Lecontes Mills, in Girard Township. Lecontes Mills is ...

The Bloody Knox Cabin, in Kellytown, Knox Township, has been the site of the Clearfield County Historical Society’s Apple Cider ...

Helvetia, in Brady Township, is today a scant few buildings, which include a church. During the 1890’s and until the ...

(Provided photo) Brisbin Borough lies adjacent and directly north of Houtzdale.   It was known as North Houtzdale until 1883 when ...

The rise of the 1920’s car culture saw service stations spread in almost every locale in the nation.  Most offered ...

Pictured, from left to right, are members of the Clearfield County Historical Society’s board of directors Scott Kolesar, Cathy Larson, ...

Next week will usher in the 65th Harmony Grange Fair in Clearfield County’s Burnside Township. Grange organizations, once known officially ...

This week’s Labor Day holiday can bring to mind the rise of organized labor in Clearfield County. During the 1930’s, ...

The planned mining community of Peale, near Grassflat, in Cooper Township, rose, flourished and then declined in a matter of ...