i+793 The JOURNAL ofthe &'omiw#6o...@ ht.«{.«raga.y VOLUMEXXXVll FALL NUMBER ONE 1997 B a MUSEUM STAFF THE Director . Sandra B. Rife JOURNAL Administrative Assistant . Canola Storrs ofthe Collections Assistant(contract) Gary W.Parks INCOMING COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Museum Store Manager Grace E. Callahan Bookkeeper Martha Spring Published arm ally {n Williamsport, Pe?tttsylula tba Floor Care (contract) . Horace James Museum 858 West Fourth Street Week-end Worker Marietta Zarb Telephone(717)326-3326 MUSEUM VOLUNTEERS BOARDOFTRUSTEES ? Penelope Austin Robert Feerrar SusanKelly Robert Paulhamus Dr. John F.Piper, Jr. Nancy Baker Heather Finnicle EliseKnowlden Beth Peet RudyBennage Grace Fleming W.J. Kuhns Dr. Lame Pepperman John L.Bruch,Jr. Anne Benson CathyFlook Dorothy Lechner Desiree Phillips Nancy Stearns Dorothy Berndt Gary Fogelman Harry Lehman Elizabeth Potter Virginia Borek May Francis RobinLeidhecker Charles Protasio William H. Hlawkes,lll james Bressler Peg Furst FrancesLevegood David Ray jack Buckle Marion Gamble Margaret Lindemuth Kim Reighard Art Burdge Patricia Gardner Pastor Robert Logan Amy Rider Alecia Burkhart Ron Gardner Mary Ellen Lupton jenni Rowley BOARDOFGOVERNORS Adehna Caporaletti Martin Gina Dorothy Maples Carol E. Serwint Amy Cappa Marv Guinter joy Mccracken Mary Sexton Michael bennett Robert Compton Fran Haas Bruce Miller Connie Crane Arlene Hater Robert Morton Mark Stamm JESS P. HACKENBURG 11, President Shirley Crawley Mary JaneHart Erin Moser Dr. Arthur Taylor BRUCE C. BUCKLE, Ffrsf Vice P7'eside71f Helen Dapp Adam Hartzel Kendra Moulthrop [)avid Taylor joni Decker Kathy Heilman Erica Mulberger Mary Louise Thomas ROBERT E. KANE, JR., 2nd I/ice P7esfdefzf Ruth Ditchfield Amy Heitsenrether Alberta Neff Mary E. Ulmer JoeWilkins EIDERSON A. DEAN, 3rd Vice Presfdelzt Wesley Dodge Ruth Hackman Nora Nicholas Samuel Dornsife Will Huffman Richard Nornhold JanetWoodruff SALLY E. HlILSHER, Treaszzrer Norman Woodru ff Ethel Drier Gail A. Nubs John Hunsinger Naomi L. Woolever ])AMELA L. SHIPMAN, Secretary Gene Drier JaneIngersoll Nlary Orwig Alta Feerrar Dawn Johnson Wayne Palmer MARYJANE AJ{NOLD STEVEN J. MOFF BRIAN C. CAFFREY ROGERD. SHIPLEY DR.DANIELJ.DOYLE DANIEL C. SPEACE ANNG.KA\ARIAN RALPH W. SPINNEY BARBARAM. LAMADE GRANT L. WALKER JACQUELINEA. MUR]IAY LEGAL COUNSEL Layout and Design -- HilsherGraphics William E. Nichols Edited by -- PenelopeAustin Photograph Credits Cover photo by Steven S[iwinski; "Logan's Revenge," [Robert Griffing] repr. by permission of US Afb "Franklin Broadbelt," Fowler photographer 238 Lycoming County Historical Society,1997. This journal may not be reproduced in whole or in part VOLUMEXXXVll without the prior written permission of the Lycoming County Historical Society,858 West Fourth ]=ALL NUMBERI 1997 Street, Williamsport, PA 17701-5824; 717-326-3326. l EDITOR'SNOTE Unfortunately, between date of submission and date of publication, the original photographs accompanying Mark Stamm's article were "T.A." (which stands for thrown away," words spoken only softo pacein the presence of historians). The In this second issue of The/ourna/ to emerge from my "reign" as editor (perhaps reproductions here are from xerox copies, which make them barely useful for the tour of duty" is a more appropriate term), several of the articles are, as in the last professional archaeologist;however, the fragments are available for examination in issue, articles that were submitted as many as five years ago and that have been wait the LCHS archives. ing to be published, have been misfired, or have mysteriously turned up at the One other documentation problem presented itself with these articles. For the first announcementthat TheJourrza/ had a new editor. More mysteriously, all but one of time as an editor I encounteredcitations from the Internet (see"The Searchfor theseerrant articles focused on some aspectof American Indian history and culture. Tomjack"). I recorded them as cited by the author; for future issues I will consult a The poet Ezra Pound once said that in a good poem words seem to assemblethem- style manual for the millenium to find out how Internet info is being handled in selveslike iron filings drawn to a magnet.Now that The/Ollrnal is ready to go to academia. press, I believe that the comparison applies to magazine composition as well. A final note: Editing a historical journal involves a good deal of decision-making Oh, Dear Reader,my guessis you can see my pride in this issue glimmering t regarding current and (technicallyand politically) correctlanguage. As the LCHS through my glibness.For although at first glance it may appear that an issue includ- moves toward publishing more scholarly articles, we must become more professional ing two archeological articles, two articles about legendary Indians and one anachro- in our documentation techniquesand our terminology. Af ter much thought, I have nistic and athematic essay about a Civil \Var veteran lacks organic form, close read- decided not to standardize (or dictate) ethnic terms to be used in the articles pub ing shows that the "metasubjects"of this issue are really the art of historical research lished in The,foLfrnaZ. Although I am in sympathy with and advocate the raising of and the thrill of, as John Keats put it, "irritable grasping after uncertainties"--and our collective consciouses with respect to the names people wish to be called by, as bravely drawing conclusions from them. Clearly, the past is exciting unknown terri- an editor, I believe the terms a writer choosesperhaps reveal as much about the tory to be explored. One phrase that resounds from article to article is some version writer's opinions as do her thesis statements. of "perhaps we'll never know." The spirit that emanates from that echo, however, is More complicated for an historical journal is the issue of dating terms (by which I we certainlywill go on trying to find out"l mean terms for our major historical divisions, not for courtship rituals--certainly Among the many ways the fields of poetry and history are alike is that both are as best left to the individual wooers involved). In an article in The New York Times likely to ';happen" outside the libraries and laboratories of ivy-covered institutions Ma8azflze,August 17, 1997,William Safire tweaked my editor's consciencewith a dis- as within. In poetry and in history, personal stories and eyeball comparisonsof frag- cussionof the relative proprieties of using the B.C./A.D. (BeforeChrist/Anna ments of old pots are equal in importance to encyclopedia facts and carbon-dating Domini) designationsor the B.C.E./C.E.(Before Common Era/Common Era) desig- techniques.So an exciting feature of this issue is the variety of "explorers" engaged nations or something else.Though literary guru Harold Bloom, according to Safire, in digging up piecesof the past--for professionaland technicalreasons or for per- claims "'Every scholar I know uses B.C.E. and shuns A.D.,"' I decided to adopt the sonal interest or for combinations of both. We have an article by Mark Stamm, a stu- waffly policy used by Hershel Shanks,editor of the Blb/icalArcheology Rez;few and dent historian from Lycoming College,who conductedan internship in archeology allow authors to choosetheir own terms, with the note: "'B.C.E. (before the Common with Jamespressler; we have an article about the paradoxical Mingo, John Logan, Era) and C.E. (Common Era), used by some of our authors, are the alternative desig- son of Chief Logan, by Ron Wenning, editor and publisher of Wennawoods nations for B.C. and A.D. of ten used in scholarly literature Publishing Company in Lewisburg, a company specializing in reprinting histories; Yet another difficulty presented itself in the use of two different spellings of a we have an article by Dr. Jay F. Custer, professor of Anthropology at the University local Indian tribe whosepottery was a subjectof both archeologicalarticles. Mark of Delaware who oversaw the United StatesArmy Corps of Engineers' excavation of Stamm, following James Bressler and William Turnbaugh, among others, used the the West Water Site for the Lock Haven Area Flood ProtectionAuthority required by name C/emsotzsrs/arid, while Dr. Jay F. Custer,professor of Anthropology at the federal law before a levee could be constructed; we have an article by Gary V. University of Delaware, used Cfemsorz/sZa?zd. A review of Barry Kent's anthology of Hoover, historian of Masonic Lodge No. 106 that presentsan informative and enter- articles on local American Indians shows the use of both spellings, and Sandy Rife's taining accountof the searchfor information about Mason Franklin Broadbelt for the quick call to the StateArcheologist confirmed that both terms are in current use. So it Lodge records; and we have an article by artist Steven Sliwinski that demonstrates is that both spellings appear in this issue. the importance of historical researchin contemporary art and gives an "eye-open' Finally, I would like to thank all our authors for their time devoted to research ing" perspective on the goals of historical discovery. Because each author has a dif- and for their friendly assistanceand cooperation with editing. This year for the first ferent reasonfor and a different approach to the searchfor the past, this issue of The time, we are delighted to be able to provide a small honorarium ($25.00)by way of Jourrzcziis especiallyrich with their experiencesand should be of value to professional reimbursing our authors for the postage, telephone calls and faxes needed to get scholar and casual reader alike. everything right. Few publications are able to afford the innumerable hours of Furthermore, for the careful reader, this Journo/may present some intriguing researchand writing that go into articles on historical subjects;we are pleasedto be interweavings and possibilities for considerablearmchair conjecture.I'll say no more. able to cover some of the costs of submitting articles to us for publication.