MUNCY – The mid-1770s were an untamed time for what would become Lycoming County. As…
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For Tim Hughes, it started with coins—and a 130-year-old newspaper. Hughes, who over five decades…
HUGHESVILLE – In the southeastern position of Lycoming County is the borough of Hughesville, which…
OLD LYCOMING – In 1780, three men ventured on a hunting party near the Susquehanna…
Where did the name Muncy come from? A writer in the book “History of Lycoming…
WILLIAMSPORT – Peter Herdic is a name that has spanned Williamsport for three centuries. He…
Enos Hawley was a local tanner and postmaster in Muncy who died at 84 in…
In the late 1790s a young man in his 20s was given a 280-acre tract…
Lycoming County was still in its infancy when the county commissioners knew that the newly…
WILLIAMSPORT – J. Henry Cochran was a burly man who’s impact on Pennsylvania and the…