Two Sunbury Men Blaze First White Man’s Trail in What is Now Jefferson County
The increasingly attractive reputation of the country around French Creek, in today's Venango and Crawford Counties, prompted two men from Northumberland County to blaze the first white man's trail westward into what is now Jefferson County.
September 20, 2026
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Terry Diener
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Additional Credits:
“A Pioneer History of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania,” 1898 Dr. W.J. McKnight Pages 115-116; History of Reynoldsville, PaRoots.com; LDS Genealogy: History of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 3; Photo: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission State Archives, AI Enhanced by ChatGPT
