Now and Then

Now and Then is the quarterly magazine of history, biography and genealogy published by the Muncy Historical Society and Museum of History. The little historical magazine was started by J. M. M. Gernerd in June 1868, and published irregularly, hence the name.

 

 

 

 

 

 

VOL.

ISSUE

DATE

ARTICLE TITLE

PAGE

AUTHOR

 

NO.

 

 

 

 

VII

1

1/1/1942

OCCUPANTS OF PENN MANOR OF MUNCY

1

 

VII

1

1/1/1942

WOLF TOWNSHIP - ORGANIZED & NAMED

4

 

VII

1

1/1/1942

LEWIS GLASS WORKS PITCHER

6

 

VII

1

1/1/1942

TUCKER CHINA

10

 

VII

1

1/1/1942

MISCELLANEOUS TRANSCRIPTS FROM LYCOMING CTY. NEWSP.

12

 

VII

1

1/1/1942

ROAD HALL TAVERN

16

 

VII

1

1/1/1942

JOHN PIATT GENEALOGY

20

 

VII

1

1/1/1942

HIST. SOC. & OPP HOUSE PHOTOS

21

 

VII

2

4/1/1942

ACCOUNT OF MUNCY ABOLITION RIOT OF 1842

29

MARSHALL ANSPACH

VII

2

4/1/1942

MISS SUSAN E. HALL

38

 

VII

2

4/1/1942

INTERIOR VIEWS OF THE COLEMAN & HALL MANSIONS

45

 

VII

2

4/1/1942

OLD GLASS

48

 

VII

2

4/1/1942

SWIVEL GUNS OF THE FRENCH & INDIAN WARS

49

 

VII

2

4/1/1942

SOME LEGENDS OF THE OLD "ROAD HALL" TAVERN

52

COL. HENRY W. SHOEMAKER

VII

2

4/1/1942

A WOODLAND GARDEN

53

 

VII

2

4/1/1942

THE WILLIAM M. RITTER SUMMER HOME

54

 

VII

2

4/1/1942

SPRING SONG

54

 

VII

2

4/1/1942

PIATT GENEALOGY

54

 

VII

2

4/1/1942

HISTORICAL SOCIETY COMMITTEES

55

 

VII

2

4/1/1942

1942 GARDEN CLUB OFFICERS

56

 

VII

2

4/1/1942

NEW MEMBERS

56

 

VII

3 & 4

7 & 10/42

THE LATEST PENNA. BUFFALO HUNT

57

T. K. WOOD

VII

3 & 4

7 & 10/42

HISTORY OF CLARKSTOWN

65

MRS. HOWARD OPP

VII

3 & 4

7 & 10/42

LEGEND OF LEWIS LAKE (EAGLES MERE)

71

 

VII

3 & 4

7 & 10/42

THE FOUNDERS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - MUNCY

75

 

VII

3 & 4

7 & 10/42

TREASURE TROVE

77

 

VII

3 & 4

7 & 10/42

EAGLES MERE - 1886

80

 

VII

3 & 4

7 & 10/42

LETTER TO EDITOR?  MUNCY ABOLITION RIOT

83

 

VII

3 & 4

7 & 10/42

REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE

86

 

VII

5

1 & 4/43

HISTORY OF BLACK HOLE VALLEY & CLINTON TOWNSHIP

89

 

VII

5

1 & 4/43

"WHIRLS END" & THE HERMIT "COOPER'S RETREAT"

94

 

VII

5

1 & 4/43

"THE OLD STONE TAVERN"

102

JENNIE BOYLE

VII

5

1 & 4/43

SUSAN JANE LAMONTE LIFE

104

SUSAN LIFE GREEN

VII

5

1 & 4/43

DIARY OF C. MILTON BATTIN OF FOX TWSP.

106

 

VII

5

1 & 4/43

OUR LAST WORD ON THE "BUFFALO WALLOWS"

110

 

VII

5

1 & 4/43

MISCELLANEOUS BITS OF MUNCY HISTORY - GRANGE BROS.

111

 

VII

5

1 & 4/43

EARLY SCHOOLS IN THE LOWER END

114

 

VII

5

1 & 4/43

GARDEN CLUB

114

 

VII

5

1 & 4/43

THE VICTORY ELM

115

 

VII

5

1 & 4/43

YEARLY BUSINESS MEETING

116

 

VII

6

7/1/1943

HERBARIUMS OF OUR GRANDMOTHER'S DAY

129

MRS. ROBERT S. MERCUR

VII

6

7/1/1943

HOUSE OF MANY STAIRS

132

 

VII

6

7/1/1943

ALGONKIAN INDIAN AXE - 1000 YEARS OLD

136

 

VII

6

7/1/1943

WILLIAM KENT LATHY, MD

138

 

VII

6

7/1/1943

MISCELLANY

141

 

VII

6

7/1/1943

JOHN BARTRAM'S ONONDAGE & ONTARION JOURNAL

143

 

VII

6

7/1/1943

NEW MEMBERS

143

 

VII

6

7/1/1943

FRANKLIN INSTITUTE HONORS VAN DOREN

144

 

VII

6

7/1/1943

COL. HENRY SHOEMAKER ON PENNA. BUFFALO

144

 

VII

6

7/1/1943

ITEMS FROM THE MUNCY LUMINARY

144

 

VII

6

7/1/1943

MUTINY IN JANUARY

149

CARL VAN DOREN

VII

7

10/1/1943

FIRST PERMANENT SETTLERS OF THE UPPER LOYALSOCK

153

FRED M. ROGERS, ESQ.

VII

7

10/1/1943

WILLIAM KITCHEN OF HUGHESVILLE

161

 

VII

7

10/1/1943

RAMBLES AROUND EAGLES MERE W/ A FRIEND

163

 

VII

7

10/1/1943

MUNCY HOUSES BUILT BEFORE 1800

167

 

VII

7

10/1/1943

"LIBERTY HALL" & INNKEEPER EDWARD J. ELDRED

169

 

VII

7

10/1/1943

WORLD'S END VERSUS WHIRL'S END

172

 

VII

8

1/1/1944

A PEDIGREED ANTIQUE - CORNER CUPBOARD

177

 

VII

8

1/1/1944

GENEALOGY - APP FAMILY

180

 

VII

8

1/1/1944

TRIAL OF JOHN EARLE

182

MARSHALL R. ANSPACH

VII

8

1/1/1944

A LETTER FROM ENGLAND

188

LAWRENCE FOUST

VII

8

1/1/1944

THE PASSING OF JOSEPH HERGSHEIMER'S DOWER HOUSE

190

 

VII

8

1/1/1944

THE ROCK PICTURES OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN

191

 

VII

8

1/1/1944

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S SECRET

193

CARL VAN DOREN

VII

8

1/1/1944

THE RED PINES OF SULLIVAN COUNTY

195

 

VII

8

1/1/1944

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT

197

 

VII

9

4/1/1944

PEDIGREED ANTIQUES -CHIPPENDALE DINING TABLE

201

 

VII

9

4/1/1944

ORIGINS OF LYCOMING COUNTY PLACE NAMES

202

E. P. BERTIN

VII

9

4/1/1944

EARLY GUNSMITHS OF LYCOMING COUNTY

213

GEORGE M. BUSCH, JR.

VII

9

4/1/1944

AN ADDENDUM ON RIFLES

215

MARSHALL R. ANSPACH

VII

9

4/1/1944

SOME MUNCY BANDS

216

 

VII

9

4/1/1944

MILITARY PASSES OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

217

 

VII

9

4/1/1944

RE:  JOSEPH HERGESHEIMER

219

LETTER TO EDITOR

VII

9

4/1/1944

MEMBERSHIP LISTS - 1/1944

221

 

VII

10

7/1/1944

TOOL BOX LID FROM CONESTOGA WAGON BED

226

 

VII

10

7/1/1944

CHIEFLY OFF THE RECORD

226

CHARLES BIDELSPACHER

VII

10

7/1/1944

OLD HOUSE

228

ISABEL FISKE CONANT

VII

10

7/1/1944

HOMEMADE FISHING LINE OF COLONIAL DAYS

229

 

VII

10

7/1/1944

OLD MILITIA DAYS

231

MARSHALL ANSPACH

VII

10

7/1/1944

A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WEST BRANCH CANAL

239

PAUL N. RICKOLT

VII

10

7/1/1944

EARLY COLONIAL GAME OF LONG BULLETS

240

 

VII

10

7/1/1944

WORLD WAR II CALTRAPS

241

 

VII

10

7/1/1944

A CHANDLEE GRANDFATHERS CLOCK

241

 

VII

10

7/1/1944

ITEMS FROM THE LUMINARY

245

 

VII

10

7/1/1944

FRANKLIN FAHRENSTOCK

245

 

VII

10

7/1/1944

INDIAN SOAPSTONE UTENSILS

246

 

VII

11

10/1/1944

THE LEGEND OF SPOOK HOLLOW/ DIMM LOG TAVERN

249

GEORGE G. WOOD

VII

11

10/1/1944

A PARTIAL LIST OF MUNCY'S FOUNDERS

255

GEORGE G. WOOD

VII

11

10/1/1944

SPOOK SWAMP

259

 

VII

11

10/1/1944

MAJOR JOHN ADLUM

260

 

VII

11

10/1/1944

THE SAMUEL WALLIS TEAPOTS

264

 

VII

11

10/1/1944

THAT NOBLE BEAST THE BUFFALO

264

 

VII

11

10/1/1944

ABANDONED FARM

265

 

VII

11

10/1/1944

LEST WE FORGET

266

 

VII

11

10/1/1944

FORT SWARTZ

267

 

VII

11

10/1/1944

EAGLES MERE AND THE SULLIVAN HIGHLANDS

268

 

VII

11

10/1/1944

OLD MILITIA DAYS

269

MARSHALL R. ANSPACH

VII

12

1/1/1945

HISTORY OF JOHN PENN'S "MANOR OF MUNCY"

273

 

VII

12

1/1/1945

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE THREE MAPS OF MUNCY MANOR

275

 

VII

12

1/1/1945

THE PENN-WALLIS EJECTMENT SUIT

279

 

VII

12

1/1/1945

OLD MILITIA DAYS

282

MARSHALL R. ANSPACH

VII

12

1/1/1945

THE YEAR OF OUR SOCIETY - 1944

283