Local History

Bradford County History: A Guide

Description:

This research guide will help you find information on the rich history of Bradford County, Pennsylvania. It includes books, web sites, and community resources.

Resources at the Towanda Public Library:

Search the online catalog from the library or at home through the Internet - use the link at the left The following are examples of subject searches to find local history information:

Bradford County (PA)—History
Bradford County (PA)—Biography

Almost all sources are located on the main floor in the local history collection at Towanda Public Library. All call numbers begin with LH (for local history). A printed list of all holdings in the local history collection is available. We’re sorry, none of the local history books may be checked out.

Useful histories

found at Towanda Public Library:

David Craft’s History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, with illustrations and biographical sketches 1770-1878. This is a reprint by the Bradford County Historical Society in 1992.
H.C. Bradsby’s History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania with biographical selections. Includes historical map, geology, Indians, missionaries and traders, pioneers, early settlers, schools, newspapers, and histories of seventeen townships in Bradford County.
Clement F. Heverly’s History and Geography of Bradford County, Pennsylvania 1615-1924. Includes illustrations, political parties, campaigns and leaders, origin and history of local names.
Melanie Fedorchak’s Images from the Past. This pictorial history was published by the local newspaper, The Daily Review.
Clement F. Heverly’s History of the Towandas, 1770-1886, includes the Aborigines, the Pennamites and Yankees, together with biographical sketches and matters of general importance connected with the County Seat.
J. Washington Ingham’s A Short History of Asylum Pennsylvania founded in 1793 by the French exiles in Pennsylvania.
The Settler, a bimonthly publication of the Bradford County Historical Society.

Useful web sites on Bradford County history:

Area Museums:

Bradford County Farm Museum, Rt. 14 North, Alparon Park,
Troy. PA (570) 297-3410.
Extensive collection of rare implements, tools & artifacts reflecting 200 years of farming.
Home Textile Tool Museum, Orwell, off Rt. 187 North from Wysox, (570) 247-7175.
Tioga Point Museum, 724 Main St., Athens, PA (579) 888-7225
Wyalusing Valley Museum, Grovedale Lane off Rt. 6, Wyalusing. (570) 746-3979.
Bradford County Historical Society, 109 Pine Street, Towanda. (570) 265-2240.
Leroy Heritage Museum