Fire ripped through a block of buildings in downtown Ridgway, Elk County on April 23, 1910
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The list of settlers who moved into areas of the Susquehanna Valley is a long one. On that list is the name of German immigrant Ludwig Derr, who is believed to be the first settler in the Buffalo Valley.
Seth Kinman moved west where he gained fame as a hunter, adventurer and storyteller. He presented several U.S. Presidents, including Abraham Lincoln with elkhorn chairs.
One of the stories in folklorist Henry W. Shoemaker's’ 1903 book "Wild Life in Western Pennsylvania" describes a visit to Muncy in which he examined a ring made by the Seneca Chief Ki-On-Twog-Ky (also known as Cornplanter) who, according to Shoemaker, spent part of his youth in the Muncy Valley and made the ring on the last visit there before his death.
It's a story that legends are made of. From the iron mills of Montour County, Pennsylvania, to the College Football Hall of Fame, the "Gray Fox" was a remarkable coach and person.
Was the kidnapper of the Lindbergh baby in Danville, Pennsylvania on the night the child was taken?
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