Big Runaway
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The Big Runaway was a mass evacuation in June and July 1778 of European settlers from the frontier regions of North Central Pennsylvania during the American Revolutionary War. It was precipitated by a
Rachel Silverthorne Mural in Muncy, Pennsylvania
Seneca war chief Cornplanter
The stone Wallis House (seen here in 1984) was one of only two structures to survive the attacks, and is now the oldest building in Lycoming County
Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania
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Jersey Shore is a borough in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is on the West Branch Susquehanna River, 15 miles west by south of Williamsport. It is part of the Williamsport, Pennsylva
Big Runaway
…a skirmish. Later a party of Native American raiders who had plundered along Buffalo Creek, near Lewisburg in Union County, were stopped near modern Jersey Shore in Lycoming County and their booty was recovered. As part of General John Burgoyne's failed 1777 campaign for the Hudson River, the British in Quebec…
A view of Jersey Shore
Jersey Shore in 1930
The Old Paint Mill
203 N. Main Street, Jersey Shore, PA - Jan. 2, 1908