Eking out a living on the Pennsylvania frontier in northern Pennsylvania was both arduous and dangerous. Treat Shoemaker was part of a large family that settled in Bradford County in the early 1820's. Escaping a stalking panther is a story retold in a Towanda newspaper in 1902.
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The area now encompassing Montour County was nothing but wilderness when two former Revolutionary War soldiers purchased land and carved out lives for their families and future generations in the Middle Susquehanna Valley
Old Main, the Nittany Lion, and the phrase "We Are Penn State" all have interesting storylines. One includes the dark days of 1940 segregation in the South.
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