Wood-hicks, jill pokes, hitting your feet, and calked shoes were all part of the terminology of lumber camps in the upper regions of the Susquehanna Valley. Hiram Cranmer, a veteran lumberman from Clinton County, shares his experiences once again in the dense hemlock and pine forests of Pennsylvania.
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Alexander Billmeyer's love of animals and farming made his 30-acre farm for elk, deer, wild turkey, and other animals a popular destination, and considered as one of the top attractions in the Susquehanna Valley near Washingtonville, Montour County.
In the middle Susquehanna Valley, people knew a professor of German at Penn State University as the Sunbury “Nix Nutz,” and a radio program featured him every Sunday over WKOK AM for a number of years in the 1940s and 50s.
