1885 Monument Dedication Day
front of McKean County Court House facing NorthWest

Monument was moved to front-left of Courthouse lawn in 1941



Designed and erected by the
St.Johnbury Granite Company
St. Johnsburg, Vt.
Spring of 1886
Charles Moses, photographer
 
The following passage is quoted from Lieutenant-Governor Black's letter:
"The people of our Commonwealth in the erection of numerous impressive
and enduring memorials of the heroism of our soldiers are not merely gratifying
a National and noble sentiment ; they are also providing incitements to patriotic
duty in the farthest future.  These bright shafts rising heavenward in all parts of
this imperial State will point a solemn lesson to posterity when possibly even a
greater crisis than that of 1861 shall have to be met."
Thomas L. Kane watched approvingly as Frank Bell tacked up his poster in front
of the Bennett House in Smethport, the shire town of McKean County.
 
 Smethport, April 17, 1861, Headquarters for the Bucktailed Wildcats was at the
Bennett House, Smethport.  Muster Roll at the same place, and questions answered.
 Apply without further notice.
To Main Street See a close up