Post by klsm54 on Mar 21, 2009 22:57:13 GMT -4
A brief historical outline of our fine borough from the book...
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania: Her Pioneers and People 1800-1915
By William James McKnight
FALLS CREEK
Falls Creek located partly in Jefferson and partly in Clearfield county was incorporated by the court as a borough August 18, 1900, taken from Washington township, Jefferson county. It is located on Warrant No. 504, Timothy Pickering. It owes its birth largely to Hon. Joseph P. Taylor, who plotted the present town in 1891 and by whose efforts a majority of the industries located within the borough have been secured. Previous to 1900 Falls Creek consisted of a few dwellings occupied by railroad employees of the different railroads that junction there. In the early days of the village there were a number of shanties put up that cannot be classed as buildings; the "Carrier House" erected by John Carrier, a well known lumberman and jobber of those times, was the first substantial structure. The post office was first known as Evergreen, later as Victor, and then as Falls Creek. It is now in Clearfield county.
ELECTIONS
The borough of Falls Creek was incorporated in 1900 and the first election was held in November of that year resulting in the election of Dr. R.M. Boyles, burgess, and the following councilmen J.L. Jones, Van Guthrie, Willjam Askey Sr., R.F. Millen, U.J. Matson, J.H. McLaughlin, H.G. Strattan. In February 1901 the following borough officers were elected: Burgess, F.B. Weaver;justices of the peace, A. Abell, B.H. Whitehill; constable, Andrew McKeon; school directors J.E. Carrier, J.J. Lukehart, U.J. Matson, M.T. Work, J.L. Jones, J.R. Lukehart; town council, H.G. Strattan, J.H. McEntire, J.H. Webb, G.H. Jones, Elmer Glass, R.F. Wilber, William DeLancey; tax collector, John Cable; auditors, W.J. Smith, J.B. Schnell, Eli Clark; poor overseers, John Dale, J.B. Shaffer; town clerk, L.N. Ritter; judge of election, J.C. Pifer; inspectors, Joseph Allshouse, W.A. Welchons. On November 2 1915 Dr. J.E. Borland, D.T. Dennison, and W.R. Swab or A.F. McCormick, tie vote, were elected school directors and C.C. Painter constable.
BUSINESS
The "Hotel Lamontague" was the first licensed hotel in the town opened in the fall of 1891, and granted a license in the license court of 1892. Gilbert Lamontague was the proprietor and owner of the hotel. The first store was owned and conducted by John L. Reed, who was also the first postmaster of Evergreen, Victor, and Falls Creek. His son John F. Reed now owns the "Evergreen Hotel", which has the only license now granted in the borough or vicinity. The first doctor was J.E. Henry, who located in Falls Creek in 1891. The First National Bank was opened September 16, 1902, with D.T. Dennison, president, F.A. Lane, vice president, J.A. Miller, cashier. Following were the directors, F.A. Lane, J.H. McClelland, J.S. Daugherty, P.H. Schaffner, M.H. Smith, J.A. Miller, D.T. Dennison. The tannery was built in 1891 by Thomas E. Proctor of Boston, and consolidated with the other tanneries of this part of the State when the Elk Tanning Company was organized. The plate glass works was erected in 1892 by a gentleman of the name of Stouffer, for the purpose of making a patented wire skylight and partition glass. The plant was purchased in 1899 by Ralph Gray and George R. Gray, his son, who have formed the Gray Glass Company and successfully operate the plant. The Fitzpatrick window glass factory was erected in 1900. In 1914 it was taken over by the DuBois Glass Company and is now operated in the manufacture of milk bottles.
CHURCHES SCHOOLS ETC
The first church was the Methodist Episcopal. Other churches to locate here since are the Presbyterian, Baptist, Evangelical, Free Methodist, and Catholic. Rev H.F. Miller was the first preacher. He was a Methodist and preached in the Sandy township, Clearfield county, school house, then located near the depot of the Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania railroads. The schoolhouse in the borough of Falls Creek, a large brick building of eight rooms, was erected in 1902. The members of the first school board of the borough were Dr Jay C Booher, F.E. Dixon, G.H. Jones, J.C. Abel, J.E. Carrier, J.J. Lukehart. The first newspaper was the Falls Creek Herald, established August 29 1891, by Charles J. Bangert.
POPULATION
The population of the borough in 1910 was 1,204.
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania: Her Pioneers and People 1800-1915
By William James McKnight
FALLS CREEK
Falls Creek located partly in Jefferson and partly in Clearfield county was incorporated by the court as a borough August 18, 1900, taken from Washington township, Jefferson county. It is located on Warrant No. 504, Timothy Pickering. It owes its birth largely to Hon. Joseph P. Taylor, who plotted the present town in 1891 and by whose efforts a majority of the industries located within the borough have been secured. Previous to 1900 Falls Creek consisted of a few dwellings occupied by railroad employees of the different railroads that junction there. In the early days of the village there were a number of shanties put up that cannot be classed as buildings; the "Carrier House" erected by John Carrier, a well known lumberman and jobber of those times, was the first substantial structure. The post office was first known as Evergreen, later as Victor, and then as Falls Creek. It is now in Clearfield county.
ELECTIONS
The borough of Falls Creek was incorporated in 1900 and the first election was held in November of that year resulting in the election of Dr. R.M. Boyles, burgess, and the following councilmen J.L. Jones, Van Guthrie, Willjam Askey Sr., R.F. Millen, U.J. Matson, J.H. McLaughlin, H.G. Strattan. In February 1901 the following borough officers were elected: Burgess, F.B. Weaver;justices of the peace, A. Abell, B.H. Whitehill; constable, Andrew McKeon; school directors J.E. Carrier, J.J. Lukehart, U.J. Matson, M.T. Work, J.L. Jones, J.R. Lukehart; town council, H.G. Strattan, J.H. McEntire, J.H. Webb, G.H. Jones, Elmer Glass, R.F. Wilber, William DeLancey; tax collector, John Cable; auditors, W.J. Smith, J.B. Schnell, Eli Clark; poor overseers, John Dale, J.B. Shaffer; town clerk, L.N. Ritter; judge of election, J.C. Pifer; inspectors, Joseph Allshouse, W.A. Welchons. On November 2 1915 Dr. J.E. Borland, D.T. Dennison, and W.R. Swab or A.F. McCormick, tie vote, were elected school directors and C.C. Painter constable.
BUSINESS
The "Hotel Lamontague" was the first licensed hotel in the town opened in the fall of 1891, and granted a license in the license court of 1892. Gilbert Lamontague was the proprietor and owner of the hotel. The first store was owned and conducted by John L. Reed, who was also the first postmaster of Evergreen, Victor, and Falls Creek. His son John F. Reed now owns the "Evergreen Hotel", which has the only license now granted in the borough or vicinity. The first doctor was J.E. Henry, who located in Falls Creek in 1891. The First National Bank was opened September 16, 1902, with D.T. Dennison, president, F.A. Lane, vice president, J.A. Miller, cashier. Following were the directors, F.A. Lane, J.H. McClelland, J.S. Daugherty, P.H. Schaffner, M.H. Smith, J.A. Miller, D.T. Dennison. The tannery was built in 1891 by Thomas E. Proctor of Boston, and consolidated with the other tanneries of this part of the State when the Elk Tanning Company was organized. The plate glass works was erected in 1892 by a gentleman of the name of Stouffer, for the purpose of making a patented wire skylight and partition glass. The plant was purchased in 1899 by Ralph Gray and George R. Gray, his son, who have formed the Gray Glass Company and successfully operate the plant. The Fitzpatrick window glass factory was erected in 1900. In 1914 it was taken over by the DuBois Glass Company and is now operated in the manufacture of milk bottles.
CHURCHES SCHOOLS ETC
The first church was the Methodist Episcopal. Other churches to locate here since are the Presbyterian, Baptist, Evangelical, Free Methodist, and Catholic. Rev H.F. Miller was the first preacher. He was a Methodist and preached in the Sandy township, Clearfield county, school house, then located near the depot of the Buffalo Rochester & Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania railroads. The schoolhouse in the borough of Falls Creek, a large brick building of eight rooms, was erected in 1902. The members of the first school board of the borough were Dr Jay C Booher, F.E. Dixon, G.H. Jones, J.C. Abel, J.E. Carrier, J.J. Lukehart. The first newspaper was the Falls Creek Herald, established August 29 1891, by Charles J. Bangert.
POPULATION
The population of the borough in 1910 was 1,204.
