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The towns of Barclay and Laquin are in close proximity of each other. Barclay came and went before Laquin, Pennsylvania. The first mined coal and the second processed timber from the surrounding forests. The Barclay Railroad was abandoned in 1899, damaged by a flood in 1900, and rebuilt as the Susquehanna and New York Railroad.
Four additional companies in operation in Laquin were Schrader Wood Company, Pennsylvania Hub & Veneer Company, Pennsylvania Stave Company, and Barclay Chemical Company. [1] In 1933, after the Barclay Mountain was clear cut and the lumber companies pulled out, a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp was established.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
1868 – Pennsylvania & New York Railroad and Canal Company opens a line between Towanda, PA and Waverly, NY, which connects to their main line. 1900 – Flood severely damages the roadbed and bridges. 1902 – Susquehanna and New York Railroad formed; absorbs the Barclay Railroad and Gray's Run Railroad.
a Pennsylvania Canal & coal mining ghost town, under the waters of Conemaugh River Lake. [28] Cold Spring: Lebanon County: Cold Spring Township: A township that has not had any staff or budget in the municipal government since the 1960s. [29] Concrete City: Luzerne County: Historic [30] Corduroy: Elk County: Highland Township: Located on the ...
Barclay House, also known as the Joshua Hartshorne Estate, North Hill, and The Barclay, is a historic home located in West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The original section was built in 1866–67, and believed to have been designed by architect Addison Hutton (1834–1916). It was a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story, brick dwelling in the Italianate ...
Barclay House, also known as the Bedford Mansion or Barclay Mansion, is a historic home located at Bedford in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1889 and is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 -story, brick dwelling with Gothic and Italianate style details and a jerkin-head gable roof .
Pennsylvania's history of human habitation extends to thousands of years before the foundation of the Province of Pennsylvania. Archaeologists generally believe that the first settlement of the Americas occurred at least 15,000 years ago during the last glacial period , though it is unclear when humans first entered present-day Pennsylvania.