Kittanning Archives - Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine

War in the Peaceable Kingdom by Brady J. Crytzer

Posted by Colin Calloway on Jun 13, 2017 in | Comments Off War in the Peaceable Kingdom: The Kittanning Raid of 1756 by Brady J. Crytzer Westholme Publishing, 256 pp., cloth $28 The title of this book describes its content and contribution better than does the subtitle. The Delaware town of Kittanning on the Allegheny River was an important place – the residence of the war chiefs Shingas and Tewea (Captain Jacobs) and the source of multiple...
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Clearfield County: Land of Natural Resources

Posted by George Scott on Nov 30, 2013 in | Comments Off Clearfield County, believed named for the cleared fields found by early settlers in the area, belies its name; 83 percent of the county’s 1,143.5 square miles is still forested today. Its present timber, however, is second and third growth. Although its forest lands support some lumbering, the county’s economic life depends mostly upon coal and clay industries and the manufacture of...
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Armstrong County

Posted by Betty Seanor on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off Editor’s Note: With this article, this magazine begins a series to highlight historical events and persons within various counties. Focus will also be directed at the counties’ historical societies. Kittanning, the seat of Armstrong County, is the oldest identified Indian town in Western Pennsylvania. While the state is planning celebrations to commemorate the Revolutionary...
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The French and Indian War and the Revolution

Posted by William Hunter on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off If in spite of all the Bicentennial reminders the Revolutionary War seems somewhat far away, the French and Indian War must seem so much more remote as to be irrelevant. The familiar Pennsylvania events of the Revolution – the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, the Valley Forge encampment, the Declaration of Independence – took place in the settled parts of the State, the battles were fought...
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A Historical Sketch of Indiana County

Posted by Clarence Stephenson on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off Indiana County was named for the native Indians. During historic times the two principal tribes were the Delawares and Shawnees. Being reluctant to give up their lands, the Indians struggled desperately to keep out the tide of European settlers. Perhaps the first white settler to enter Indiana County was James LeTort, an Indian trader, about 1726-27. A place called “Letart’s...
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Lawrence County

Posted by Samuel Farmerie on Nov 28, 2013 in | Comments Off Bart Richards, the unofficial historian of Lawrence County, indicates that little of historical significance has occurred in the county. He points out that it has had no wars, Indian uprisings, or great discoveries to its credit. Very few of its citizens have qualified for the pages of Who’s Who. Therefore, this history is the story of average, ordinary people striving to make a better...
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Courageous Cumberland County

Posted by Louis Waddell on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off Anxious to persuade a Scottish cleric, the Rev. Charles Nisbet, to become the first president of Dickinson College, its founding trustee Dr. Benjamin Rush wrote the Presbyterian worthy in 1784, describing central Cumberland County. The town of Carlisle lies 120 miles to the westward of Philadelphia and about 18 miles from the river Susquehannah. It consists of about 300 houses, most of which...
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The Value of Pennsylvania History

Posted by Brent Glass on Nov 25, 2013 in | Comments Off George W. Bush won the presidential election of 2000 because the fifty states cast more electoral votes for him, even though more people actually voted for his opponent, Albert A. Gore Jr. The election reminded Americans about a curious institution called the Electoral College, and an equally peculiar system known as federalism in which each state conducts elections according to distinct laws...
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