Historical Map, Sullivan County,
Towanda, PA, 1944
Publisher: L. E. Wilt
Historical Map, Sullivan County, Scale
1cm=1mile.
This map, as published, bears
a series of handwritten block-letter notes in the right-hand margin from an unknown commentator.
The notes read as follows:
Sullivan County was formed on Mar. 15, 1847 from Lycoming Co. Named for
Charles C. Sullivan,Penna Senator from Butler. First settler was Daniel
Ogden in 1786, on Ogdonia creek. First court held at Cherry Hill in June 5,1848,
second at Laporte on Dec 5, 1848. The Courthouse was built in 1852. First Newspaper was
Sullivan Eagle in 1860.
First church was The Friends Meeting House in Elkland Twp. 1805, second in Cherry Twp.
(German) "Peace Church". First school was in Forks twp. 1816.
State Line & Sullivan Railroad from
Towanda to Bernice in 1871,extended to Lopez in 1886. Williamsport &
North Branch RR from Halls to Sonestown 1885, to Satterfield Junction in
1893, abandoned in 1937. Eaglesmere RR Narrow Gauge built in 1892,
abandoned in 1928.
Genesee Road built from Muncy to Towanda in 1824. The road was used by
Emigrants going to Genesee Valley. Wallis Pack horse road to Forksville
opened in 1780, extended to French settlement in Asylum in 1794.
The Berwick & Tioga turnpike built through Cherry and Colley Twp.'s in
1819-1820.
Celesta- A second Adventist colony established in 1862 by Peter E.
Armstrong. Flourished for several years . The land was deeded to God in
1864.
In 1795, the Asylum company which laid out the French town of Asylum
purchased 100,000 acres on the land of the Loyal Sock. Aristide Du Petit
Thouar (Founder of DuThouar, now called Dushore), patented 400 acres
(land Dushore is built on) in this tract and cleared some of it (Main
and German St.'s). Dushore is named for him. In 1796, Charles Boulogne, an
Asylum land agent, was drowned while crossing the Loyal Sock at
Hillsgrove.
The following additional comments were provided in June 2000 by Chris Kelley at the time this
map was posted:
It is known that Charles Boulogne is buried in Hillsgrove cemetery.
Aristide Du Petit Thouar (Founder of Dushore) was a French naval captain
with a very famous background. He was employed by Marie Antoinette and
Louis XIV, to be sent over to America to explore the Loyalsock Creek
valley at what is now Dushore on the Asylum land tract. He only spent
two years here in a small cabin at what local folk call Frenchman's
Spring. He later returned to France and became a naval captain of a
French ship. While engaged in the Battle of the Nile, he was killed. The
story goes like this. While on the deck of his ship, he received a mortal
wound, and was carried below deck by the crew, but he refused,
and made his way back up to the deck and continued to fight until he
died from his injuries. He is a man that is overlooked, and little
known to local residents for his enormous contribution to all of us. I
feel that people should know who he was, and what he did.
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