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Birch Island Run reaches the wooded west bank of the West Branch Susquehanna River, with the tip of a river island downstream.Outdoors

Birch Island Run at the West Branch Susquehanna River

The lost silver mine associated with Birch Island Run comes from a story recorded in D. S. Maynard’s 1875 history of Clinton County. Its setting is…

Detail of a 1911 map showing a coal tipple over the railway and Sommerville’s general store on Main Street in Winburne.Bridges & railways

Coalward Street at the former railroad grade

Winburne grew around coal mining and the railroad, with Sommerville & Company operating mines and a general store. The former rail grade at Coalward…

The Curwensville school campus from above, with the junior/senior high school at the southern end of the building complex.Schools

Curwensville Area Junior/Senior High School

Curwensville Area High School's auditorium has a phantom tradition remembered by performer Bridget Bellmore and her father, who worked on sets and…

Aerial view of the Hospital Avenue campus and the former Catholic school site in DuBois.Schools · Aerial view

Former Central Christian High School and DuBois Regional Medical Center West

The former Catholic school and convent on the DuBois Regional Medical Center's west campus generated two sets of night-shift stories. In an account…

Federal aerial of the former Clearfield Middle School on Mill Road in June 2010, showing its long classroom wings and central open ground.Schools · Aerial view

Former Clearfield Area Middle School

The former Clearfield Area Middle School on Mill Road has a custodial ghost story about a music teacher still playing in its auditorium. Night…

Aerial photograph of the Stanley Road crossing where the railroad passes between wooded slopes.Bridges & railways · Aerial view

Stanley Road railroad crossing

Stanley, south of DuBois in Clearfield County, once had a railroad station built in 1912. Its name remains associated with the rail crossing on…