Montour County Historical Society

Podcast 12: The Life of Millionaire Griffith J. Griffith raised and educated in Danville schools

Podcast 12: The Life of Millionaire Griffith J. Griffith raised and educated in Danville Pennsylvania

By: Terry Diener

Podcast 11: History Speaks

In this episode of “History Speaks” Terry Diener takes a look at the duties and wages of Ironworkers at Danville’s Big  Mill in 1877 CREDITS: Creator/Narrator: Terry Diener Music: Sixteen Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford

By: Terry Diener

Montour Connections to the Revolutionary War

By: Terry Diener

Podcast Nine: Oscar Sharpless, Soldier,Railroad man, Sheriff

This week’s podcast takes a look at Danville area Civil War soldier Oscar Sharpless who later became a Union Pacific Railroad man and took part in two important pieces in U.S. History

By: Terry Diener

Podcast 8: Aeronaut John Wise Ascends from Danville in June of 1841

By: Terry Diener

Podcast Seven: Dime Store Western Author Ned Buntline And His Link to Danville

By: Terry Diener

Podcast Six: A Look Back at some June Headlines Over the Years

By: Terry Diener

Podcast Five: Creation of Memorial Park in Danville

Episode Five of “History Speaks”  provides the story behind the creation of Memorial Park in Danville.  Its origin dates back to the 1700’s. Producer and Creator: Terry Diener Credits: Sources:  Danville’s Bicentennial Gazette, May 1992, article by Sis Hause; The History of Montour County 1769-1969  by Fred W. Diehl Song My Country! ‘Tis Of Thee […]

By: Terry Diener

History Speaks: Episode Four/ Summer Memories at Sunny Brook Park

By: Terry Diener

Episode 3:History Speaks

In this week’s podcast of “History Speaks” host Terry Diener shares a story on  Congressman-elect John G. Montgomery from Montour County who fell victim to the National Hotel disease in Washington D.C. during the inauguration of President-elect James Buchanan in 1857.

By: Terry Diener