For the Middle Susquehanna Valley, 1778 was especially frightening. Raids threatened isolated farms and settlements. Settlers fled down the West Branch in what became known as the Great Runaway. Colonel Thomas Hartley demonstrated that a relatively small Continental force could reverse that movement during the Battle of Indian Hill on September 29, 1778.
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For the Middle Susquehanna Valley, 1778 was especially frightening. Raids threatened isolated farms and settlements. Settlers fled down the West Branch in what became known as the Great Runaway. Colonel Thomas Hartley demonstrated that a relatively small Continental force could reverse that movement during the Battle of Indian Hill on September 29, 1778.
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An 1881 history of Danville and Montour County included the recollections of a man who lived in the community fifty years earlier. People in the community appreciated shoemakers, tailors, and women who went from house to house spinning yarn.
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Goose Day, September 29th of each year, is a time of celebration in the Juniata River Valley. It brings with it both religious and folkloric connections, as well as some romanticism.
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