Forest County: What Better Name?

Posted by on Nov 29, 2013 in | Comments Off on Forest County: What Better Name? Never a promised land, flowing with milk and honey, Northwestern Pennsylvania – a part of which later became Forest County­ – seemed to repel early settle­ment. Moravian missionary David Zeisberger, whose diary ac­count reveals the first intimate knowledge of the terrain and the Indian inhabitants, did not extol the area nor its original residents locals to any high degree. Like all...
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From the Editor

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on From the Editor The annual themes adopted by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) give citizens of this great Commonwealth ample opportunity to explore the rich history, culture, and heritage that truly hallmark Pennsylvania as the keystone of a nation. PHMC’s annual theme for 2012, “The Land of Penn and Plenty: Bringing History to the Table” has allowed Pennsylvania...
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Hatching Room at the Pennsylvania State Fish Hatchery

Posted by on Nov 20, 2013 in | Comments Off on Hatching Room at the Pennsylvania State Fish Hatchery Andrew Gregg Curtin (1817–1894) of Bellefonte, Centre County, is remembered in history as Pennsylvania’s “War Governor” for his ardent and early support of President Lincoln and the Union during the American Civil War, but he also played a critical role in conservation in the mid-nineteenth century by naming James J. Worrall the Commonwealth’s first Commissioner of Fisheries in 1866....
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