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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29VQ_muncy-woolen-mill_Muncy-PA.html
In 1882, the firm known as Coulter, Rogers and Company purchased this land and erected a large three story 'L' shaped building here for the purpose of producing wool blankets. By 1890 the firm was doing business as Muncy Woolen Mill and turning ou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29VO_muncy-normal-school_Muncy-PA.html
Muncy Normal and High School, erected in 1873, was an architectural masterpiece of its day! In its early catalogues it was described as "centrally located, and commands a magnificent view of the entire valley. The Susquehanna Water Gap, six miles …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29UR_welcome-to-port-penn_Muncy-PA.html
Established in the 1830s, Port Penn grew as fast as traffic through this section of the West Branch of the Pennsylvania Canal allowed. There were hotels and taverns as well as blacksmiths to shoe mules, lumberyards and sawmills to supply wood, boa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29UQ_main-and-water-streets_Muncy-PA.html
Several general mercantile businesses occupied this corner before the Muncy Banking Company organized and opened its doors for business in 1893.
The name was officially changed to The Muncy Bank and Trust Company in 1962 and it remains a communit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29UP_the-mccartys-and-the-muncy-historical-society_Muncy-PA.html
The McCarty House, on your left, has been enlarged since the original log structure was erected circa 1800 by William McCarty.
William and his brother, Benjamin, and their Walton cousins were Muncy's founding fathers. William laid out this sectio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29T3_canal-boat-building_Muncy-PA.html
In the 19th century travel by roads was slow and treacherous and railroads had not yet been established. Canal travel, for passengers and cargo, was a dependable means of transportation; canal boats helped to link Pennsylvania's major cities and i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29T2_canal-boats_Muncy-PA.html
You are looking at the bow and stern sections of a replica canal "cargo" boat that was salvaged from the National Canal Museum, Easton by Muncy Historical Society volunteers in January 2012. Brought to Muncy in many pieces, the sections were recon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29T0_the-lock-tender-and-his-house_Muncy-PA.html
You are looking at a replica of a lock-house façade that was salvaged from the National Canal Museum, Easton by Muncy Historical Society volunteers in January 2012. Dismantled and brought to Muncy, the sections were reconstructed on this site in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29SM_natures-highway_Muncy-PA.html
A thoroughfare for centuries, the Susquehanna River played a major role in the region's development. Here is one of the few places in Pennsylvania where all forms of transportation came together. The river, American Indian trails, canals, railroad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29SL_drinking-well_Muncy-PA.html
The lockkeeper and his family needed a source of water that was clean enough for drinking. Because of the proximity to the canal, the lockkeeper's family probably sold well water, homemade baked goods and produce from their garden to the canal boa…