Buy Sunday Grit

For decades, tens of millions of people in small-town America depended on Sunday Grit to tell them the news of the world, long before television became widely available. Sunday Grit correspondents were on… Continue reading →

Lycoming Remembers Muncy Abolition Riot

By Lou Hunsinger Jr. Williamsport Sun-Gazette The issue of the abolition of slavery excited great passions throughout the United States during the pre-Civil War period. Lycoming County was no exception. This was amply… Continue reading →

Revolutionary War Traitor?

The Revolutionary War era was a bloody and trying one for the early settlers of Lycoming County. One of the most important men of this period was Samuel Wallis, regarded as a hero… Continue reading →

The Brady Legend

Conflict between American Indians and white people escalated during the last two decades of the 18th century. War — both declared and undeclared — made for “dark and gloomy days,” according to historian John F. Meginness in his 1,268-page tome, “History of Lycoming County” (1892).

Historical Mix-Up

Richard and Miriam Mix, experts on regional history as well as America’s past, authored a book, “A Bicentennial Postcard History of Williamsport,” which contains colorful postcards and illustrations of pre-World War I Williamsport and the region, and was published by the Lycoming County Genealogical Society just in time for the City of Williamsport’s bicentennial in 2006.

Gov. William Packer

Williamsport and Lycoming County have contributed many outstanding men and women to the field of public service during the years at the local, state and federal levels. One of the most distinguished of… Continue reading →

Tunnison Coryell

The life of Tunnison Coryell, one of Lycoming County’s and Williamsport’s most notable men of accomplishment and finance in the 19th century, spans the period of Williamsport evolving from a sleepy frontier village… Continue reading →

1833 Canal Riot

The times of the West Branch Canal from the 1830s to approximately the 1880s contain many interesting and colorful events. One of the most colorful was the “Canal Riot of 1833.”

West Branch Canal

The transportation of goods, services and people was a rough and inefficient undertaking in the Susquehanna Valley in the early 1800s. This would change with the advent of the West Branch Canal in the 1830s. Colonial and later state officials envisioned the idea of canals as far back as the mid-18th century.

Daniel Repasz

America’s oldest band in continuous existence bears his name, but Daniel Repasz didn’t join the group until nine years after it was formed. Historian Mary Russell researches Repasz in a Lycoming County Historical… Continue reading →