![]() ![]() The history of Elk County dates back many years before its formal erection as a separate entity. It is descended from the Elk herd imported into Pennsylvania in 1913 from Montana and Wyoming. Today, Pennsylvania’s only Elk herd roams freely over the area bounded by Elk and Cameron Counties. The last native elk, however, was shot in 1867 in Elk County by an Indian, Jim Jacobs. Marys Parochial School, Stackpole Carbon Company, Summerson, Sunbury and Erie Railroad, Susquehanna River, tanneries and tanning, Thomas Willy, Toby Creek, Trout Run, Tylersburg, Warren County Courthouse, Westmoreland County, Wilcox, Wilhelm Willink, William Penn, Zebulon WarnerĮlk County is named for that noble animal that once abounded in the region in great numbers. ![]() ![]() Jonathan Nickols, Ridgeway Library, Ridgway, roads, Robert Morris, Rolfe, Russell City, Samuel Fox, Shamut, Shamut Line, Shamut Mining Company, Smethport-Milesburg Turnpike, Spanish American War, Speer Carbon Company, St. Bliss, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Shawmut and Northern Railroad, railroads, Rasselas, religion, Reuben Winslow, Rev. Ridgeway, John Jay, John Keating, John Wynkoop, Johnsonburg, Joseph Veazle, Kaul Saw Mill, Kersey, Kingsbury, Kittanning Trail, Leonard Morey, Little Toby, lumber, Lyman Wilmarth, Mattias Benzinger, McKean County, Meade Run, Meadic (Medix) Run, Michael Derleth, mines and mining, Montgomery County, Montmorenci, Native Americans, natural gas, natural history, Nickolaus Beimel, Northumberland County, Ohio River, oil, paper, Penn-Central Railroad, Pennsylvania General Assembly, Pennsylvania National Guard, Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly, Pennsylvania Provincial government, Pennsylvania Railroad, PennTech Papers Inc., Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, Philip P. Gillis, James Wilson, Jefferson County, Jim Jacobs, John Albert, John Bennett, John Brooks, John J. Marston, Jacob Ridgeway, James City, James Gallagher, James L. ![]() Marys, Holland Land Company, Holy Cross Church, Howard Hill, Hugh McGeehin, immigration and immigrants, Instanter, Iroquois Indians, Isaac Horton, J. Rolfe, Hallton, Henry Bouquet, Highland, Historical Society of St. John Wade, George Dickinson, German Union Bond Society of Baltimore and Philadelphia, glass and glassmaking, Glen Hazel, H. Derby, Elk County, Elk County Courthouse, Elk County Historical Society, Elk Creek, Elliot Company, Enos Gillis, export, fairs, Fort Stanwix, French and Indian War, Game Lands, Gen. Wilcox, Conewango Creek, David Johnson, Decker Chapel, Dickinson Home, Dr. Jones, Armstrong Opera House, automobiles, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Bennetts Branch, Bennetts Valley, Big Level, Bogert Hotel, Boot Jack Mountain, Brandy Camp, Brandy Camp Creek, Bucks County, Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad, Bushy Run, Byrnedale, Caledonia, Cameron County, carbon, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Catholic Church and Catholics, Cephas Morey, Chauncey Brockway Sr., Chester County, Clarion, Clarion House, Clarion River, Clearfield County, coal, Col. Topics in this article: agriculture, Airco Speer Carbon, Alexander Cvitovich, Alexander McNaughton, Allegheny River, American Revolution, Amos Davis, Andrew M. Written by Alice Wessman in the County Feature category and the March 1977 issue ![]()
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