Top photo taken down over East Main Street, Susquehanna of July 4, 1876, train heading to Philadelphia for Centennial celebration. Above, Jon C. Burdick at the Devils Punchbowl – Cascade Valley. Story by Rick Hiduk / Photos from collection of Jon C. Burdick (Originally published in the Susquehanna County Independent)Continue Reading
Evergreen (top) in Bradford County as it appeared around 1910. The village is the topic of a new book (above) by Mariane Dailey Holbrook. Review by Rick Hiduk (originally published in Living Bradford County magazine) The village of Evergreen in Bradford County is set among the rolling hills of AlbanyContinue Reading
Moravian missionary David Zeisberger (top) preaching to the Indians at Friedenshütten. Artist Brian Keeler painted the above rendering of what Friedenshütten looked like based on maps and journals from the era. By Rick Hiduk (originally published in Living Bradford County Magazine) There are many anomalies of American History obscured asContinue Reading
Submitted Article As the United States celebrates the nation’s newest federal holiday, Juneteenth, it is important to remember the thousands of soldiers who fought for all people to be free. During the Civil War, Ralph Payne (1844-1900) a free African American man from Towanda, Bradford County, and a grandfather ofContinue Reading
The Bosworth Store in LeRaysville (top) prior to the street getting its first pavement. Above, the borough’s namesake, Frenchman James LeRay Chaumont. By Rick Hiduk (Also published in Living Bradford County Magazine) LeRaysville, all one-square mile of it, was named after a Frenchman who apparently never actually lived there. ButContinue Reading
A couple enjoys the view of the Susquehanna River from the walkway (top) that parallels the Merrill Parkway in Towanda, which is derived from the Nanticoke language and means “burial place.” Interpretations of the name of Tunkhannock (above) vary from “small stream” to “bend in the river.” Submitted Article TheContinue Reading
Main Street in Canton (top) as it appeared around 1900, and (above) the Lewis Block, which contained an opera house, a bank and Canton’s post office. Story by Rick Hiduk / Photos courtesy Bradford County Historical Society and the LeRoy Heritage Museum (Also published in Living Bradford County Magazine) IfContinue Reading
Participating in a 2002 ribbon cutting ceremony for exhibits at the Bradford County Museum were (top, from left) Vince Amoroso, Ceil Maynard, Sylvia Race, Rich Farr, Margaret Walsh, Bill Ransom, Beryl Boardman Cleary, Jim Parks, Bob Murphy, Henry G. Farley, Harold Race (behind Farley) Bob Veleker, commissioner Janet Lewis, RogerContinue Reading
The final installment of the Old Lynn Concert Series, which was held in May 2019, featured (top, from left) Lorne Clarke, Tom Flannery and Bret Alexander. Above, the Lynn M.E. Church as it appeared after construction in 1883. Story by Rick Hiduk/Photos Courtesy Bell, Book Camera Productions (Also published inContinue Reading
The extended Epler family (top) gathers at the Mountainhouse to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Harry and Mary Epler in 1987. Larry Epler’s step-daughters (above, from left) Suzette, Annette and Babette Bender, shown here with Larry’s granddaughter Stephanie Lane, were an integral part of the family business. Story by RickContinue Reading