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McKean County Bank/P.Ford Store update Smethport Glass Company updates Robert King Mansion 1908 Robert King Mansion 1859 updated Robert King Mansion 1940 updated Knife World Magazine History of Smethport Cutlery knife RARE photo of Smethport Cutlery knife RARE photo of Smethport Cutlery knife tang mark detail photo
Bush Hill Cut 1929 on Old Route 59 (Now US Route 6) heading east update: 1888 Dodge Farm on Old Route 59 (Now US Route 6) heading east of East Smethport Old Route 59 (Now US Route 6) heading east of East Smethport Smethport Cutlery Location Today Smethport Cutlery Beginnings Memorial Day Parade #2 Memorial Day Parade #1 new Google Search Engine original A.B. Armstrong Residence update 1939 Mobil Oil Company update to A.B. Armstrong Drugstore 1918-1919 Smethport Basketball Team H. C.. Wells Drugstore page addition New photos of Charles & Kate McKean Factory Owners -Mr. & Mrs Thomas Camp updated Camp Glass factory updated Town Hill 1900 looking South East Judge Bouton's Wrecked Car/Fatal Accident: Follow-up story Boys Magazine Office updated Boys Magazine Print Shop updated Boys Own Magazine updated Sartwell/Scott Redfield Mansion updated Death of Scott Redfield updated McKean County Courthouse Courtroom updated More Bootleggin-Roberts Street Speakeasy Raided Cottage House page updated new page: 100 E. King Street Smith-Larson Farm update: photo circa 2010 F.A. Green Feed Mill update Edwin F. Richmond Residence update Flying Merkel cyclists updated Grand Central Hotel update Lynn Hall, Port Allegany update Kent Hollow topographic map East Valley Road topographic map Owen Farm-Kent Hollow Harmon Farm-Kent Hollow Planet Smethport Project YouTube Video Updated Lyceum Updated McKean Mansion Updated 1931 Colonial Hotel NEW PAGE: Colonial Hotel Addition Updated McKean County Democrat Port Allegany High School Port Allegany Topo Map Port Allegany Planning Mill from Peral Street 1888 Port Allegany Planning Mill Port Allegany East Mill Street Map Port Allegany First National Bank Port Allegany Butler Hotel Port Allegany Glass Factory Port Allegany School house teacher's Port Allegany School Port Allegany School house Port Allegany's St. Gabriel's Catholic Church NEW PAGE: 1934 East Smethport School Updated Original East Smethport School 2009 photo NEW PAGE: Roswell Sartwell Mansion NEW PAGE: Original East Smethport School NEW PAGE: East Smethport School Students NEW PAGE: Inside East Smethport School NEW PAGE: East Smethport baseball team NEW PAGE: Fairgrounds topo map Updated Fair Entrance page Updated East Smethport looking west Updated 1905 McKean County Fairground A Updated 1905 McKean County Fairground B Updated topo map of East Smethport to Crosby New John Sanborn Obituary New Yerdon Sevice and McCoy office pictures NEW PAGE: Burbank School NEW PAGE: Gallup Homestead NEW PAGE:Galco (Galico) Bridge The Village of Coryville, PA update Tidewater Marker Coryville, PA Tidewater Pipe Co.map Tidewater Pipe Co. Coryville, PA NEW PAGE: Port Topo Map NEW PAGE: The Hogan NEW PAGE: Port Allegany High School NEW PAGE: East on Mill Linking Map NEW PAGE: Port Allegany Grade School NEW PAGE: Scott's Studio and Art Shop NEW PAGE: Skinner Creek Trout Hatchery NEW IRISH HOLLOW TOPO MAP NEW PAGE: Port Allegany Planing Mill NEW PAGE: Yerdon Service Staion More Sam E. Bell stuff More Lost town of Teutonia stuff NEW PAGE: Brennan Farm NEW PAGE: Sarah Scull Hazel Hurst topo map update Clermont topo map update Marvindale hillside additions Marvindale baseball team improved photo & detail Warley Gifford Residence 2008 photo Warley Gifford Residence Updated 1895 Smethport Baseball Team page NEW PAGE: Sam E. Bell New Contributors added Wooly Willy turns 50 page Updated Wooly Willy page Updated Pickersgill Bakery page Updated Mechanic Street Brasted Bakery page Updated Bon Air page Updated Rock City Entrance page Updated Downtown Main Street in Bradford page Updated Pickersgill Bakery page Updated Original Holley Carburetor Company page Updated Lyceum page NEW PAGE: Milliken House Updated BB&K Kinzua Junction Railroad station page Updated BB&K Ormsby Railroad station page NEW PAGE: Cyclone, PA Updated Topo Map of Keating Township page Updated 700 block West Main Street heading East page Updated 800 block West Main Street page NEW PAGE: Tuna Glass Factory. NEW PAGE: Timeline for Smethport BB Glass Co. Updated Smethport Bottle Works Page Updated Hilton Company Houses page New Hamlin Lake stories Updated Hilton Glass Factory Demolition page NEW PAGE: Timeline for Berney Bond Glass Company of Bradford, PA Updated Hazelhurst Berney Bond Page Hilton Window Glass Factory Company Houses page Updated Hilton Window Glass Factory page New Colegrove Church story NEW PAGE: Another View of Hilton Glass Factory Demolition NEW PAGE: Hilton Glass Factory Demolition Close-up NEW PAGE: Hilton Glass Factory Demolition Updated Hilton Window Glass Factory page Updated J. C. Backus death page Updated Holmes and Gilfillan page Updated Backus Novelty Company page New Hamlin Lake story Updated Scott Redfield Publishing Company Page Updated German Seed Test Garden Page Updated Holmes and Gilfillan Page Updated Freeman Mansion Page Updated Farmers Valley Depot Page Updated Side of Farmers Valley Church Page Updated Farmers Valley Church Page Updated Ella Mae Peters Page Updated Coryville Interactive Map Page Updated zoom of Coryville Depot Page Updated Farmers Valley Junction Page Updated Brooder House Page Updated Rainy Day Kennel Page Updated DC Young Page Updated Cory House page Updated Coryville Frisbee store page Updated Rainy Day Farm sign page Updated Road to Rainy Day Farm page NEW PAGE: Bertrand Hotel in Betula Updated Albert House Hotel Page Updated Main Street Heading to West Betula Page Updated Brooder Farm Page Updated 2001 United Methodist Church Page Updated United Methodist Church finished view Page Updated Methodist Episcopal Church renovations Page Updated beginning of United Methodist Church Page Updated Methodist Episcopal Church Page Updated inside Methodist Episcopal Church Page Updated Crosby Panorama Page UPDATED: Taylor Residence UPDATED: DC YOUNG MANSION (corrections) NEW PAGE: Closer Look at the Methodist Episcopal Church Updated Petersons Garage Page Updated Farmers Valley Depot Page Updated Farmers Valley Refinery Page Updated Farmers Valley Closeup of Refinery Page Updated Farmers Valley Gas Station Page Updated East Smethport Church Side View Page Updated East Smethport Church Closeup Page Updated East Smethport Church Page Updated Smethport Wood Chemical Plant Page Updated Tracy Store Page Updated Grange Bank Page NEW PAGE: Last train leaving Shawmut Railroad Updated B,B&K Railroad Page Updated 1899 Smethport-Kushequa Railroad Page Updated SGorton Residence Page Updated First Baptist Church Updated Swedish Mission Page Updated Pennsylvania Railroad page Updated Erie Railroad page Updated B,R&P Railroad page Updated Specht & Sasse Store page Updated Cottage House page NEW PAGE: The Current Public Library NEW PAGE: Hanley Reference Room of Carnegie Library NEW PAGE: Inside of Carnegie Library NEW PAGE: Lobby of Carnegie Library NEW PAGE: Enter Carnegie Library NEW PAGE: Closeup of Carnegie Library NEW PAGE: Bradford's Carnegie Library Updated Bradford'sd Baptist Church Page NEW PAGE: Hamlin Lake Cleanup Updated Wooly Willy page Updated Hamlin Lake Mill Pond page Updated Hilton Window Glass Factory page Updated 1946 Route 46 Diner page Updated 1946 Route 46 Diner page Updated Clark Building is constructed page Updated Robert King residence page Updated John Apple residence page Updated North Fulton Street page Updated Main Street looking North from P. D. Hopkins Store page Updated William Specht residence page Updated St. Luke's Episcopal Church page Updated 1903 Hamilton Building page Updated Bradford's First Baptist Church page Updated Horace Hamlin Redfield Mansion page Updated Grange National Bank page Updated John Forrest Mansion page Updated St. Elizabeth Ground-Breaking Ceremony page Updated Looking East at Taylor Residence page Updated Judge Bouton's mansion page Updated Mr. and Mrs. Camp page Updated Horace Hamlin Redfield Mansion page Updated Grange National Bank page Updated John Forrest Mansion page Updated St. Elizabeth Ground-Breaking Ceremony page Updated St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church page Updated Looking East at Taylor Residence page Updated C. D. Comes mansion page Updated Judge Bouton's mansion page Updated Hilton Window Glass Factory page Updated 1895 Keller residence page Updated Smethport town map page Updated mystery girls page Updated Kushequa train no. 13 page Kushequa train no. 2 page Kushequa train no. 1 page Kushequa train wreck page Kushequa train no. 13 page Kushequa railroad depot page Updated 1895 W. D. Gallup mansion page Updated 1895 Hamlin Lake Mill Pond page Updated Smethport's Lumber Mill Pond page Updated J. C. Backus historic residence page Updated Red Oinion page Updated 1903 Hamilton building page Updated Bradford's first Baptist church page Updated 1948 inside view of First Baptist church page Updated 1948 view of First Baptist church page Updated Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Bradford depot page Updated J. C. Backus historic residence page New Bon Air stories Updated Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Bradford depot page Updated Courthouse page Updated Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Bradford depot page Updated Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh railroad depot page Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Bradford depot page Aerial view of Pennsylvania railroad depot page Updated Pennsylvania railroad station page Updated 1895 North side of 400 block Main Street page Updated 400 block Main Street heading west page A Look around McCoy drugstore page Closer Look inside McCoy drugstore page Updated Pennsylvania Railroad station page Updated Bradford Main Street page Updated Nicholas Heinnman's railroad page Sesquehanna Chemical Company page Pennsylvania Railroad station page Updated Bradford Main Street page Updated W. D. Gallup mansion page Updated Byron Hamlin mansion page Updated J. C. Backus House page Updated Ernest Gurdon Potter mansion page Updated inside the B, R, & P depot page Updated Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh freight station page Updated Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh waiting room page Updated Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh railroad depot page Updated Robert King residence page Side view of Erie railroad depot page Updated Erie railroad depot page 1941 Main Street view of Erie railroad depot page Raymond and Margeret Quinn page Updated Thomas H. Quinn passes away page William A. Williams' residence page Updated Shawmut railroad page Updated John Forrest biography page Updated Ralph E. Burdick mansion page Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh railroad depot page Inside the B, R, & P depot page Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh waiting room page Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh freight station page Bradford's first Baptist Church page 1922 Bradford Vacation Bible School page 1948 view inside the First Baptist church page 1948 view of First Baptist church page Updated Bradford Main Street page Inside the B, R, & P depot page Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh railroad depot page Updated Cottage House constructed page Updated Route 6 page Updated 1895 Smethport Bottling Works page Updated Wright House constructed page Updated Philetus Ford store page Updated Hamilton building page Updated Rosehill Cemetery view of Smethport page Updated South Mechanic Street page NEW: Close-up of Gault Residence page NEW: Gault Residence page Updated Bank Street page Updated Potter House Updated Methodist Church Updated Route 6 Page Updated St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church Page Updated Route 6 Page Updated Shawmut Railroad Page Updated Erie Railroad Page Updated Bennett House Remodeled page Updated H. Leroy Burlingame page Updated Clifford H. Burlingame page Updated Burlingame Farmhouse page New IU9 Center Picture Updated East Smethport Updated Esso Station Page Lynn Hall Looking Southeast Page Welcome to Lynn Hall Page Lynn Hall Side View Page Updated Lynn Hall Page Updated T. H. Purtle's Commercial House Page Updated Hill Street Baptist Church Page Updated Berney Bond Glass Company Page Updated Norwich Lumberyard Page Updated Bon Air Page Updated Lyceum Page Updated 1878 St. Elizabeth of Hungary Page William Burlingame Page Wilber Burlingame Page H. Leroy Burlingame Page Clifford H. Burlingame Page Burlingame House Page Updated Smith Bros. Store Page Updated Crosby Backroad Page Updated Bennett House Page Updated Astor House Page Inserted Sanborn Perris Map for Congress Street!!! Updated 1883 Bradford City Hall Updated 1880 Bennett house page Updated BB&K Railroad page Updated North side of 400 block Main Street page Updated Route 6 west of the poor farm page Updated birdseye view of the poor farm page Update to Astor Hotel: Includes new story!! Updated Heinemann's family page Updated Heinemann's railroad page Updated BB&K Bradford depot page Updated 1861 Courthouse page Updated BB&K Bradford depot page Updated Norwich Lumberyard page Updated P. Ford Store page Updated 600 block St. Luke's church page Updated Bon Air Hotel page Updated Rock City page Updated D.C. Young Store page Updated aerial view of Instanter page Updated corner view of Smith Bros. Store page Updated 1895 Grange Bank page Updated North side of 400 block Main Street page Updated Peanut John's store page Updated Peanut John's store page Updated front of Brownell store page Updated BB&K Railroad page Updated Smith Bros. Store page Corner of Green Street school page Updated Instanter station page Smith Bros. Store under construction page Railway view of Instanter's Tannery page Side view of Smith Bros. Store page 1920's Instanter page Updated BB&K Bradford depot page Updated 400 Grand Central main page Updated First Automobile Wreck page Updated St. Luke's church page Updated Mill Workers zoom page Updated Bradford topo map page Updated Norwich Mill Workers page Updated Norwich Mill Workers page Updated Norwich Lumberyard page Updated Pierce Hotel page Updated Jones Livery page Updated Downtown Mainstreet Bradford page Updated Methodist Church Parsonage page Updated East Smethport Bat Factory page NEW PAGE: Erie Railroad Depot NEW PAGE: Downtown Mainstreet Bradford Updated Henry Hamlin Mansion page Updated St Luke's Episcopal Church page Updated West Main Street 800 block page NEW PAGE: Rededication of Bradford City Hall NEW PAGE: Bradford City Hall after 1894 fire NEW PAGE: Bradford City Hall: 1883 NEW PAGE: Peanut John's store Updated West Side of Brownell Store page Updated Brownell Store Looking East page Updated 1895 Brownell Store page Updated North Side of 400 block page Updated Looking East at Taylor Residence page Ella Mae Peters page Updated Further up Fulton Street page Updated 1931 Colonial page Updated Norwich lumberyard page Updated Coryville church page Updated Coryville store page Updated 700 block West Main Street page Updated Methodist Church Parsonage page Updated Hotel Holley page Updated 100 block Main looking east page Updated 300 block Main Street page Updated Masonic Temple page Updated Devil's Den 2003 Updated 1931 Colonial page John Looker Updated Coryville Frisbee Store page Updated Hotel Holley page Updated 100 block Main looking east page Updated 300 block Main Street page Updated Backus Building page Updated Historic Backus Building page Updated Backus residence page Updated 500 block looking west page Updated 1858 Bennent house page Updated inside St. Elizabeth's church page Inside Coryville Church page Updated Coryville Church page Updated Devil's Den to Smethport page Updated Judge Bouton's new mansion page Updated 1895 poor farm page Updated 1930s Coryville painting page Updated Hull's Restaurant & Lounge page Updated Methodist Church page Updated Kittredge Opera House page Updated Wright House page Updated Landmark Hotel fire page Updated East Smethport railroad page Updated 1895 poor farm page Updated Clermont house page Updated Smethport view from Brennan Farm page Updated C.D. Comes mansion page Updated second inside of Comes mansion page Updated back of Comes mansion page Updated inside of Comes mansion page Updated Ralph E. Burdick's mansion page The Bon Air Hotel Map route of Gum Boot Mines Updated Rock City Entrance page Updated Gum Boot Mines page Updated southside of 400 block page Updated 1939 St. Elizabeth page Updated Smethport Wood Chemical Company page Updated 1930s Coryville painting page Updated 1895 poor farm page Updated Clermont house page Updated Smethport view from Brennan Farm page Updated Devil's Den to Smethport page Updated Istander, PA page Updated Betula map page Updated Ralph E. Burdick's mansion page Updated 1887 Hamlin bank page Updated Smethport Wood Chemical factory page Updated 1895 Colegrove store page Updated East Smethport railroad page Updated Judge Bouton's new mansion page Updated 500 block facing west page Updated 1861 Bennett House page Updated Historic J.C. Backus Residence page Updated Backus Building page Updated Historic Backus Building page Updated Grange National Bank page 1901 Smethport Football Team New story on the Grange National Bank Updated Colegrove railroad going south map Updated Keystone Charcoal Sheds page Addition/Correction to Vanblad Blacksmith Shop Old Baptist Parsonage Another Hamlin Lake Bridge story Hamlin Lake Bridge story Updated Wright house page Updated C.D. Comes Mansion page Updated East Smethport sanborn map page Updated Farmers Valley depot page Updated Smethport Wood Chemical factory page Updated present East Smethport page Updated East Smethport railroad page Updated East Smethport page Updated current Courthouse page Updated 1931 Colonial page Repair of The Early Backus Garage Page Updated Coryville Frisbee Store page Repair of 1895: In Front of Grand Central links Repair of 1895 Public School page 900 Block Movie Link Repair 700 Block Movie Link Repair 600 Block Movie Link Repair Opera House Updates Very Grand Central Hotel story Thammes Smoking Room story Rockwell house story Update B. B. K RR Articles Update on Frisbee Store, Frisbee, PA (just east of Coryville) Contributor's Page Coleville Fire story Updated Trolley page Updated Rock City page Country Porch Virtual Tour Backus Company Virtual Tour AB Armstrong Original Residence AB Armstrong Close-up of residence Update on Wright House Hotel Panorama of Lewis Run Hanley Brick Page Lewis Run School Page Topograghic Map of Lewis Run Lewis Run Railcar Page Lewis Run Railroad Station Page Present E. Smethport Update E Smethport Rail Update Smethport Wood Update Update on Shimmelfeng House Update on Instanter Depot Update on Instanter Aerial Update on Smith Brosse Store Update on Instanter 1924 Update on Instanter Aerial 2 Update on Howe Hotel NEW Howe Hotel Update on Second Street Update on Instanter Tannery Update on Instanter Street Update on Instanter Station NEW Station page Update on Instanter Map page Update on Instanter page Update on Instanter school New Newspaper Articles on Novelty Restaurant New Newspaper Article on Peterson's Garage New Newspaper Article on Grange National Bank New Newspaper Article on Hull's Department Store Fire New 1946 Smethport Garage Page Cooper Chevrolet 1929 Lundgren Chevrolet 1972 Lundgren Chevrolet 1960 Thomas Chevrolet 1935-1960 WOW: Keppel Stone Works Virtual Tour Ostrander Building page 1 Ostrander Building page 2 Ostrander Building page 3 Ostrander Building Completed Update on Grange National Bank 2007 Route 6 Diner Front 2007 Route 6 Diner Dining Room Interior 2007 Route 6 Diner Lunch Counter Room Interior 1948 Route 6 Diner Location 1946 Route 6 Diner Location Post 1933 Fire - Future Location of the Route 6 Diner Update on the South side of 400 Block burned in 1933 page 1930 Nelson Street Bridge WOW! Clermont Mines Blueprint maps Roots of US Route 6: PA’s East-West Road: Northern Tier’s First Highway Astor House Hotel on the East-West Road Erie Narrow-gauge Timetable Train Schedule. Buffalo Illustrated Morning Express, January 30, 1898 Narrow-gauge Railroads of the Oil Country. 1887 West Water Street Map John Digel's Monument Company Dedication of the Bradford-McKean Airport William E. Freeman Memorial Observation and Picnic Area Lafayette Township Topographic Map Keating Township Topographic Map 2007 Interior of the Bradford Regional Airport 1967 Interior of the Bradford-McKean Airport 1943 Interior of the Bradford-McKean Airport Aerial View of the Bradford-McKean Airport 2007 Bradford Regional Airport 1967 Bradford-McKean Airport 1943 Bradford-McKean Airport New Odd Fellows Band page Update on Devils Den Page Update on Nannen Page New Panorama Page 1858 New S.A Backus Home page New Taylor Residence page Update on South Franklin Street Update on Bergstrawser Picnic page Update on P. ford Store Update on J.C Hamlim Page New J.C Hamlin page Update on Tracy Trials Update on Medbury page Update on Smethport Overview page Update on Kings Residence page Update on Methodist church page Update on Berstrawser Inn page New Courthouse page Update on Jail Construction page Update on Smethport Map page Update on early Methodist church page Update on Hamlin Home Update on James McKean Chicken page 400 Looking west update Update on Oviatt page Update on William McCoy page Update on Church Academy Update on Brownell store Update on B. D Hamlin page Update on Astor Home page Update on J.C Holmes page Update on Baptist page Update on B D Hamlin page 1881 McKean County Courthouse update Hazelhurst Interactive Sanborn Perris Map update click & explore 1958: Kinzua Viaduct: Closing Kinzua Viaduct: Charles Pugh Stauffer & Andrew Kinzua Stauffer Coryville Wood Chemical Plant, Coryville, PA update: 1880: Union Church of Colegrove, PA update: 1899: Appert Glass Company- Port Allegany, PA update: 1878: Spragues Hardware The Munn Building (now Smethport Senior Center) 2007 Cottage House Today 1899 Cottage House is Born 1950 Fulton House 2007: Keppel Stone Works 1929: Cooper Chevrolet 1960: Lundren Chevrolet Coleman Dairy Farm, Crosby 1931: Munn Creates Colonial Hotel 1895: J.B Oviatt Family West Branch Road, Betula, PA reworked Smethport (East Smethport) Wood Chemical 2007 photos East Smethport heading west (near Railroad Avenue) 2007 East Smethport heading east #1 location 2007 photo addition East Smethport heading east #2 location 2007 photo addition R.C.Gleason Dedication update Great Southern Lumber Company additional data- Bogalusa, LA 200 block update 1909 Anderson -Carlson Shoe Store-close-up 1899 300 Southside -new link great roof-top photo of St. Elizabeth's about 1908 & new links Main Street 300 Block looking west-improved page Palmer Cresent Electric 1935 1909 Anderson -Carlson Shoe Store-new photos update John Forrest family Biography update inside Kittredge Opera House update present day Colonial Apartments additional update present day Courtyard Restaurant page New present day Bennett House page New 1872 Bennett House page Update on just before the fire page Update Smethport Garage page Updated Bennett 1858 page New southside page New Clark building page Update on Reily Block page Update on Harold German Update on Airport planes Update on Imperial Hotel 1900 page Update on Smethport All Additions page Update on Woodhorse page Update on Eastvalley Road page Update on Crosby page 1 Update on Crosby page 2 New Harold German page New Airport main page Update on airport 1 page Update on Airport 2 page New Airport page 10 New Airport page 9 New Airport page 8 New Airport page 7 New Airport page 6 New Airport page 5 New Airport page 4 New Airport page 3 New Airport page 2 New Airport page 1 Updates on East Valley Road page Updates on Crosby page 1 Updates on Crosby page 2 New 200 block page Update on on Wel 2 page Update on 200 block Update on Kerr Jewlery page Update on DC Young fire page Update on DC Young page Up Close on another new Anderson Carlson page New Anderson Carlson page Update on Pharmacy page