The old circuit riders are gone now. So are many of the trails they followed through the forests and across the mountains of the Susquehanna Valley. But scattered across the valley are churches and congregations whose beginnings reach back to those men who came on horseback. For the circuit rider, the earthly course was often long and difficult. But he rode it believing that the journey did not end at the next preaching appointment.
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Researchers of textile history looking at Pennsylvania German migration in the 1700s and 1800s have named some key master weavers. Families and communities moved north along the river into counties like Snyder, Union, and Montour. They brought strong German weaving traditions and complex textile patterns with them.
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The old circuit riders are gone now. So are many of the trails they followed through the forests and across the mountains of the Susquehanna Valley. But scattered across the valley are churches and congregations whose beginnings reach back to those men who came on horseback. For the circuit rider, the earthly course was often long and difficult. But he rode it believing that the journey did not end at the next preaching appointment.
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In northern Pennsylvania, feeding a large crew of hungry loggers, 75 to 100 in each camp, was quite a challenge for the lumber company cook and his assistants. Lumberjacks had to be well fed, consuming an average of 8,000 calories a day to provide the energy needed to tackle the rigors of hard physical labor, especially during the cold winter months when much of the logging took place.
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