Little League Baseball Museum
Little League Baseball grew from small beginnings in Williamsport in 1939 to being played in over 100 countries today. Visitors can explore the history through a series of interacti... citysearch.com
Sheshequin Path
By this path up Lycoming Creek, Conrad Weiser, with Lewis Evans, map-maker, and John Bartram, botanist, traveled to Onondaga in 1743 on a peace mission for Virginia: To take the hatchet o... hmdb.org
Thomas T. Taber Museum Of The Lycoming County Historical Society
The Lycoming County Historical Society was founded in 1907 and is a not-for-profit educational organization with a museum, library, and archives. Its purpose is to discover, collect... citysearch.com
Civilian Conservation Corps
In March 1933, the federal government created the CCC to combat the Great Depression. During nine years, the CCC enrolled some 3,000,000 youths nationwide--including 194,572 men at 114 ca... hmdb.org
Bowman Field
Built 1926. Long noted as Pennsylvania's oldest operating minor league baseball park and the nation's second oldest. The first professional game here was played April 27, 1926, between th... hmdb.org
Carl E. Stotz
Founder of Little League Baseball and Commissioner through 1955. Stotz developed the Little League idea in 1938; in the next year three teams played 24 games. It was at this site that Sto... hmdb.org
Dietrick Lamade
German-born publisher of the Sunday Grit, for many years a national family newspaper. He founded it in 1882; this site was its home after 1889. He built Grit on a good news concept, an ap... hmdb.org
Freedom Road Cemetery
Daniel Hughes, a lumber raftsman on the Susquehanna, lived here, 1854-80. In the years ending with the Civil War, he brought fugitive slaves here from Maryland, protecting them before the... hmdb.org
Lycoming County
Formed April 13, 1795 out of Northumberland County. The name (from a Delaware Indian word) honors Lycoming Creek. Williamsport, the County Seat, became a borough , 1806, and a city, 1866.... hmdb.org
Peter Herdic
Owner, lumber mills, and president, Susquehanna Boom. A key player in making this city the lumber capital of the world. He invented the herdic, a rear-entry carriage, and erected many bui... hmdb.org
W.d. Crooks & Sons Door Plant
During its 85 years, 1886-1971, this unique family-owned firm produced thousands of high-quality wood-veneer doors for the U.S. Capitol, the White House, and other public and private buil... hmdb.org
Williamson Road
Built in 1792-96 by land agent Charles Williamson to open the Genesee lands in N.Y. From Trout Run, it cut through the wilderness to Lawrenceville by the same general route as the present... hmdb.org
Williamsport
Laid out 1795 by Michael Ross. Incorporated as a borough 1806; as a city 1866. At one time a leading lumber center of the nation. Trade and travel for over a century. hmdb.org
Williamson Road
At Liberty was located a storage depot known as the Block House. It was built of logs, about 20x40 feet in size. Supplies were kept there and bread baked for the road builders, 1792-96. hmdb.org
Blossburg Coal
From 1840-90, "Bloss" coal from the mines of the nearby region was widely known and used as smithing and steam coal. Tioga in those years was a leading county in bituminous coal productio... hmdb.org
Eagle Grange No. 1
Pennsylvania's first Grange, officially organized March 4, 1871, two and a half years before organization of the Pennsylvania State Grange on Sept. 18, 1873. The National Grange (order of... hmdb.org