Montour County Historical Society

History Speaks Podcast 22: The Mooresburg One Room School and Upcoming Open House

In Podcast 22 of History Speaks Terry Diener takes a look at the Mooresburg One Room School Museum, its history, and upcoming open house. Producer and Narrator: Terry Diener Music: Beach Boys “Be True To Your School” Info: MCHS Website and September 1992 Bicentennial Gazette

By: Terry Diener

Podcast 21: Educator Van Wagner And the History of the Eel Industry on the Susquehanna River

In Podcast 21 of “History Speaks” Terry Diener talks with educator Van Wagner regarding the history of eels in the Susquehanna River and efforts to reintroduce them in Montour County and other areas of the River. Credits: Producer and Narrator Terry Diener Music: Van Wagner

By: Terry Diener

History Speaks Podcast 20: Montour County Inventor and Inventions

In Podcast 20 of History Speaks, Terry Diener takes a look at Montour County Inventors and Inventions from earlier years. Credits: Producer and Narrator: Tery Diener Information: Historian “Sis” Hause and the 1992 Bicentennial Gazette Music: Flintstones Theme/ Wm Hanna, Joseph Barbera and Hoyt Curtin Jetson’s Theme:/ Wm Hanna, Hoyt Curtin

By: Terry Diener

Podcast 19: “History Speaks” Montour County’s namesake Madame Montour and Her Family

Montour County namesake Madame Montour and her family are the focus of this week’s podcast from the Montour County Historical Society Credits: Producer and Narrator Terry Diener Music: Van Wagner References: Pennsylvania Historical Society Daily Stories of Pennsylvania by Frederic Godcharles

By: Terry Diener

Podcast 18 of “History Speaks”: Odd Newspaper Stories from Danville and Montour County

In the latest podcast of “History Speaks” from the Montour County Historical Society, Terry Diener shares newspaper stories from Montour County that are a bit out of the ordinary. Credits: Narrator and Producer: Terry Diener Music: Joe Jackson “Sunday Papers” 1979 Various Newspaper Articles

By: Terry Diener

Legendary College Football Coach Carl Snavely Played High School Football in Danville and Worked in a Local Iron Mill

In this week’s podcast, Terry Diener talks about legendary College Football Coach Carl Snavely, who played two years of high school football in Danville, before embarking on a Hall of Fame coaching career. Credits: Narrator and Producer: Terry Diener Music: Cornell University Big Red Fight Song Information: Danville and Philadelphia Newspapers    

By: Terry Diener

Armed Robbery of Exchange Bank in 1931

In Podcast 16 of “History Speaks” Montour County Historical Society Board member Terry reports on a 1931 bank robbery in the village of Exchange in Montour County and the eventual prosecution and heavy prison sentences imposed on the convicted. Credits: Producer and Host Terry Diener Music: “I Fought the Law” Bobby Fuller Four/Lyrics Sonny Curtis […]

By: Terry Diener

“General” Jacob Coxey grew up and worked in Danville before his famous march on Washington

By: Terry Diener

Podcast 14: Christopher Latham Sholes of Montour County , Inventor of the First Workable Typewriter

Podcast 14: Born in Mooresburg Pennsylvania in 1819, Christopher Latham Sholes built upon his experience t a “Devils Apprentice” for the Danville Intelligencer and later invented a workable typewriter in Wisconsin. Credits: Producer and Narrator: Terry Diener Music: The Typewriter Song by Leroy Anderson Information: Lynn Reichen of the MCHS Shana Smith from a 2015 […]

By: Terry Diener

The story of World War One Pilot Frank W. Sidler of Danville.

The story of Danville native Frank W. Sidler is among hundreds found within the walls of the Montgomery and Boyd House museums.  Franks ancestors were among the pioneer families who made Montour County their home. Frank was a pilot in World War One who paid the ultimate sacrifice for his country.

By: Terry Diener