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Title: The Pennsylvania railroad: its origin, construction, condition, and connections. Embracing historical, descriptive, and statistical notices of cities, towns, villages, stations, industries, and objects of interest on its various lines in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Sipes, William B., d. 1905 Pennsylvania Railroad. Passenger Dept
Subjects: Pennsylvania Railroad
Publisher: Philadelphia (Pennsylvania Railroad Co.) Passenger Dept.
Contributing Library: Northeastern University, Snell Library
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SINKING SPRING ARCH, NEAR TYRONE. the vicinity, but are not now in opera-tion. The Arch Spring, a beautifulnatural curiosity, is in the immediatevicinity, being one of the series of won-ders which make the Sinking Springvalley so remarkable. There are threechurches in the village and a seminary foryoung ladies. Population, 263. Tyrone, two hundred and twenty-threemiles, is the first station in Blair county.It is a creation of the Pennsylvania Rail-road, and commenced its career as a townin 1849. Its growth was rapid, owing toits advantageous location at the mouth ofLittle Bald Eagle creek, which made it the
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SINKING SPRING CAVE, NEAR TYRONE. TYRONE. 135 shipping-point for a large portion of the tradeof Clearfield and Centre counties. Thisgrowth was still further stimulated by theconstruction of the Bald Eagle Valley andthe Tyrone and Clearfield Railroads; andnow the station is one of the most importantbetween Pittsburg and Philadelphia. Thetown was named after the Tyrone IronWorks, located about one mile east of it. Previous to and during the Revolutionarywar, Captain Logan, (not the Mingo chief,)a noted Indian, had his cabin at a largespring now within the limits of Tyrone. Hehad been a chief of a band of warriors—prob-ably Delawares—on the Susquehanna, andin an engagement with a hostile tribe unfor-tunately had an eye shot out by an arrow.This disfigurement was considered by theIndians a disgrace, and he was deposed fromhis chieftainship. He then came with hisfamily to the Juniata valley. His friendshipfor the whites was sincere, and he renderedthem many and important services. Afte

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  • bookcentury:1800
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  • bookauthor:Pennsylvania_Railroad__Passenger_Dept
  • booksubject:Pennsylvania_Railroad
  • bookpublisher:Philadelphia__Pennsylvania_Railroad_Co___Passenger_Dept_
  • bookcontributor:Northeastern_University__Snell_Library
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