LANTERN WALK ATTRACTS 143 PARTICIPANTS

October 28, 2011
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              When the high winds that swept the DuBois area earlier in the day abated, 143 people took the opportunity to attend the 4th Annual DuBois Area Historical Society Spirit of DuBois Lantern Walk.             “The historical society is quite pleased with the.....

Penn State Volunteers Service Time

September 08, 2011
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Seven incoming Penn State DuBois students, their student facilitator, accompanied by Chancellor Anita McDonald and faculty facilitator Karen Fuller spent the morning of August 19 helping with general cleaning and clean u.....

Photos from inside Historical Society

August 30, 2011
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Railroads & Trolleys

July 06, 2011
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First Railroad         This section of the country enjoyed tremendous natural resources in the way of lumber, coal, oil, clay and natural gas, but it was not until the 1860s that we had any way to export our wealth to outside markets.         The er.....

Henry Shaffer

July 06, 2011
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             The central part of DuBois including the areas of Brady Street and Long Avenue grew without planning, and as a result developed with narrow streets and even narrower alley ways.             Ownership of large .....

DUBOIS WAS THE BIRTHPLACE OF A WORLD WAR II ACE              DuBois, March 4, 2002, was just like any other day in the life of DuBois residents.  And that’s as it should be unless you were aware of the fact that on that day World War II Army Air Corps Ace died in DeFu.....

MANSION TO COLLEGE An Historical Sketch of the DuBois Center Written by Samuel A. King             It was a happy day inn February, 1938, when the faculty and students of the Penn State Center moved into their new classrooms in the remodeled DuBois mansion.  For.....

            The DuBois Area Historical Society concluded it spring speaker series at 7:30- p.m. Thursday with the annual program by Galen Kilmer, “DuBois Area High School Local History Projects.”  The program in the E. D. Reitz Museum, 30 W. long Avenue, DuBois, is free and .....

DISSATISFACTION SPURRED SANDY TWP. ORGANIZATION   In 1872 the center of population of Brady Township was around Luthersburg.  All of the officials of the township, viz: Justice of the Peace, Tax Collector, School Directors, Overseer of the Poor, Cons.....

MATTHEW IRVIN WAS FIRST MERCHANT IN LUTHERSBURG             Whenever a few people settle in a new country and show evidence of prosperity, their pioneer efforts are rewarded by being followed by the “butcher.....