Peter Herdic, The Man Who Helped Build Williamsport
Walk along Millionaires’ Row in Williamsport, look at Trinity Church, remember the great lumber boom—or encounter that curious old word, herdic—and you can still find the footprints left behind by Peter Herdic
August 31, 2026
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Terry Diener
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Additional Credits:
Credits: Williamsport's Lumber Barons, HMdb.org The Historical Marker Data Base; P. Herdic, Running-Gear for Vehicles. No. 226,748. Patent, April 20.1880; History Trinity Episcopal Church, Williamsport; The Journal of Lycoming County Historical Society Volume XI Number One Spring 1975; Engravimg:“Herdic Coach Racquette Galop,” 1880. Music by Henri Dora; Cover lithograph/engraving attributed to George F. Swain; published by Charles F. Escher, Jr., Philadelphia. Courtesy of the Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection, Johns Hopkins University
