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Journal of the Lycoming County Historical Society, Fall 1978 f/ '$ / / / B B .} T i'lF ' li iliii@iiiiliii lir THE b/JOURNAL OFTHE Lycoming County Historical Society VOLUMEXIV FALL NUMBER TWO 1978 JOURNAL of the LYCOMING COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Published Semfannualt) {n WiLl£amspoTt. Pennls)tuania Museum Office - 858 West Fourth Street Telephone (Area Code 717) 326-3326 BOARDOFTRUSTEES RALPHR.CRANMER A.F.BEIGHLEY MICHAELLAGANA WILLIAM E. NICHOLS, JR. JOHN R. SHARPLESS,JR ROBERT D. SMINK CURRENT SOCIETY PRESIDENT BOARDOFGOVERNORS ROBERT 1). SMINK, .l+eszdenf JOHN E. PERSON 111, -3rd race H'es JAMES P. BRESSLER, ]sf race H'es. MRS. EDITH L. WRIGHT, Secretar) LORING B. PRIEST,2nd rz'ceP es HAROLD B. TAYLOR, Treasurer 1977-1979 TERM 1978-1980 TERM MRS.NORMANS.INGERSOLL MRS.JOHN W. BITNER EVERETT W. RUBENDALL SAMUEL J. DORNSIFE MISSJEAN T. HELLER WILLARD A. SCHELL EDWARD J. DURRWACHTER CHARLES E. NOYES, SR EX-OFFICIO BOARD MEMBERS MRS. CHRISTOPHER L. WINTERS, R£PR£SENTIT/rE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF WILLIAMSPORT WILLIAM EALER, /)R£S/DENT THE GREATERWILLIAMSPORT COMMUNITY ARTS COUNCIL DONALDM.CARSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY RETIRING PRESIDENT EVERETT W. RUBENDALL GUESTEDITOR VOLUMEXIV FALL NUMBER TWO 1978 Copies of the Journal One Dollar Each MUSEUMSTAFF CONTENTS I)ivectoT Andrew K. Grugan Page .4ss&fant to .I)zrecfor Patricia Kahle Greetingsfrom the President 5 RecePtzon&f Jean Laylon Executzbe Secrefaw.y Dorothy E. Shultz Minnequa--A Brilliant Mark in Canton's Romantic Past by Mrs. Leon J. Keagle 6 Minnequa House 14 MUSEUM VOLUNTEER STAFF Minnequa Spring 15 Registration Committee Miss June Foresman, Chairman Bryantown 17 Mrs. Stanley Bassett Jesse Bell's Giants Miss Ethel Ertel 18 Mrs. Frederick Snell Williamsport Prohibition Quartet 20 O/Perafzon Mulseum Andrew K. Grugan DuBoistown Comet Band 22 Warrensville Debating Society 24 Pubtfcit) and Public Relation.s Andrew K. Grugan Newtown 26 GeneTat Restovat on Philip N. Gould Mr. and Mrs. Emlin S. Massey The Vanishing Spas of Pennsylvania by lgho H. Kornbluch, M. D. and GeorgeMorris Piersol M D 28 Curatoviat DePaTtments= A Letter to the ''Oldtimer '' of the Edinboro Independent by Andrew A. Culbertson 32 General Curator Andrew K. Grugan History of Center and Clinton Counties 34 ,4rchaeoZog] James P. Bressler, Chairman byJohn Blair Linn Willard Schell Special Announcement 36 William Turnbaugh A Tchiuesand Records Miss Gladys Tozier, Chief Mrs. Richard P. Foresman Miss Jean Little GUESTEDITOR In an effort to reachout and tap the wealthof informationof our Miss Phyllis Briel membership, we have asked one of our members, Everett Ruben- Educafzon dall. to be .the guest editor for this issue of the Journal. Many Andrew K. Grugan of our members realize that Ev has gathered and presented histor- ical information over Radio Station'WRAK for more than twenty Fzlze,4 rfs Dr. June E. Barkin years.We thank him for permittingus to use someof this material for our Tournal. .fnduistrza/ .t:xhfbzfs Francis Maneval A4zheraZs Lewis Harper COVERPICTURE Textiles Peter Herdic's Minnequa Springs Hotel located at Canton, Pa Mrs. Norman Ingersoll Pleasenote, to the left of tae hotel, the gazebowhich coversthe Mrs. Edith Wright spring..This is not the original hotel building, but the replace- Mrs. LesliePainton ment after the fire 5 MEETINGS, 1978-1979 GREETINGS FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DESK LYCOMING COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY October 1, 1978 September 16, 1978, 2:00 p.m A memorial meeting at the Dunkard Church, Bloomingrove. Fellow Members October 19, 1978, 8:00 p.m. In recent months our Society participated in two historical observances. On June 10 the Two Hundredth Annivemary of the Plum Thicket Massacre Mr. Richard L. Mix will speak on the subject, ''From the Forks to the Forest, the was commemorated with a program in Calvary United Methodist Church on Story of the West Branch Canal the site of the event. The other observancewas the sesquicentennialcele- bration of the first Dunkard Meeting House in the United Statesat Blooming rove. Our part in.the final week oi ' this anniversary took place on Saturday November 16, 1978, 8:00 p.m afternoon, September 16 Planning has begun for a year-long celebration of the 75th Anniversary Program to be announced later of our Societywhich will occur in 1982. ;this event may seemfar in the future. but the years.seemto passexceedingly fast, and wehope to accomplishmuch good for the Society to celebrate in that year. December 14, 1978, 8:00 p.m. Perhapsthe most important objectiveis to put our Societyon a firm economicbase. To do this we needto increaseour endowment' so that the Dr. June E. Barkin will speakon the subject, "Madonna in Art incomefrom this fund will producea greater portion of our annualbudget. Another means is to increas; the total membership and to get more persons January 18, 1979,8:00 p.m to change from individual membership ($5.00) or family me;ibership ($8.00) 10 sustaining membership($25.00). Mr. WilliamParker and Mr. AndrewGrugan wil discussrecent developments in Many of you will be asked to work actively on committees. We hope you local genealogy. volunteerto help in all the waysyou can to make 1982a year of cele- bration. But we cannot depend on volunteers alone. We expect to contact all who do not volunteer. So, when you are asked to assistin any particular way February15, 1979,8:00 p.m we hope you will say, ''Yes, I am glad to help!" On the precedingpage of the Journal'you will find listed the programs Mr. Andrew Grugan will present a biographical sketch of Col. Henry Shoemaker for membershipmeetings for the ci)ming year. We hope you will attend as many as possible. Talk to family, friends, and neighbors about the Societyand Museum. March 15, 1979,8:00 p.m Better yet, bring them and out-of-town friends to seethe exhibits. We can be proud of our organizationand facility. Andy Grugan and our staff are among Program to be announced later the most competent, finest, and most dedicated in the land. There is always something.novel, interesting, and educational on display. The third annual meeting of the North Central PennsylvaniaHistorical April 18, 1979, 6:30 p.m Association will be held in the Northumberland County'Court House in Sunbury.on Saturday, November 18. An interesting program including tours Dinner meeting at Eldred Township Fire Hall, Warrensville. The Williamsport of the historic place! is planned.All membersare welcome.Why not join Junior Music Club, under the direction of Miss Doris Heller, will present a program us. Further details will be included in our monthly newsletter ' ' of local music. A short annual businessmeeting will be held I hope to greet you at meetings of the Society. Sincerely yours Robert D. Smink, .f'resident Lycoming County Historical Society 6 7 WINNEQUA--A BRILLIANTMARK as the fame of his hotel grew, the circle and foiling a new county to be known from which the guests were drawn as Minnequa County with Minnequa IN CANTON'SROMANTICPAST widened,and by 1879the hotel buildings asthe county seat. This wasfought bitter- had been enlarged to accommodate 600 ly by Towandaand Troy, as well as by guests comfortably, together with the many Canton men, who thought the The following histoTicat sketch on Minneqtm taxation would be excessive.Peter's in- wm Biden b) MTS.LeonJ- KeagLeat a 1948 personal servants many brought with them. These guestscame from Williams fluence in Harrisburg was great, and he meeting of the BTadfovd Count) HistoHcal port, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, New York was so sure of winning that he built a Soviet) held in Canton. and Baltimore. Minnequa was a regular second large building at Minnequa to be There have been many legends con- establisheda carriageshop at Alba which stop on the railroad, and a station, used as a courthouse and county office cerning Minnequa, some of them pop- soon expanded into a big business telegraph office, post office and news- building. This building stood about 500 ularized in versepublished by the author. employing many mechanics, and Alba room were part of the hotel. yards farther up the R. R. and on the Peter MacKellar. Of these. the two which became almost a "boom town." in this opposite side of the track. It was built One of the first and most important of brick, five storieshigh next to the havegained the most favor are the one of carriage shop, the Herdic coach was bits of Peter'spromotional work was to R. R. and three on the side near the Minnequa, the chieftain's beautiful built, which coach was first used in Wash interest the famous actors, E. L. Daven- daughter who was "sick unto death," but ington, and later in other cities. It was road. This building was not completed port, Frank Mayo and the Rankins, in the at the time the new county wasdenied made a miraculous recovery when horse drawn of course, but in its way healing and youth-giving properties of his brought to drink the water of the magic- was a forerunner of the modern taxi cab. existence by a negative majority of only famousspring. They came in the early one vote in the legislature, but was com- ally healing spring, and the other of the 70s and enjoyed their stay among the Giant of Minnequa." This giant was Evidently while Peter Herdic was in pleted later after the first hotel burned. Alba in the interestsof his Herdic coach. hills so much that they returned each supposedto have come marching over the year until 1874 when Mr. Davenport hills centuries ago, clad in satin with lace someone,presumably Luther Andress, in- bought a home on upper Troy Street The hotel was managed by Will D. ruffles. He drank from the spring, drank troduced him to the Minnequa waters and named it "Lily Villa" in honor of again, and soon was making a con- as a cure for rheumatism.
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