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Detail of the 1914 Lock Haven fire insurance map showing a wholesale tobacco business at 216, in the corner building that later became Assante’s.Inns & businesses

Former Assante’s Hotel

Sal Assante operated Assante’s Hotel on Bellefonte Avenue in Lock Haven before selling it to Paul Mahoney in 1973. Assante died in 1977, aged…

A 2008 aerial of the former McGhee Elementary School and nearby school district buildings along West Fourth Street in Lock Haven.Schools · Aerial view

Former McGhee Elementary School

The former McGhee Elementary School on West Fourth Street in Lock Haven became associated with stories of a custodian continuing to appear after his…

Illustrated interpretation of a young dishwasher finding chairs back on the dining-room floor after closing.Inns & businesses · AI illustration

Furst Corner Restaurant

Furst Corner Restaurant in Beech Creek has stories of a presence that interfered with the work of closing for the night. Former dishwasher Pat Manley…

Durrwachter Alumni Conference Center at Lock Haven; campus context, not Sloan.Schools

Lock Haven

Sloan Fine Arts Building at Lock Haven is the setting of a piano story recalled by a former student writing as the Pennsylvania Rambler. The incident…

Pine Mountain Road crosses railroad tracks beside a low industrial building in a wooded valley.Bridges & railways

Pine Mountain Road at FRA crossing 526933J

Near McElhattan, a railroad-crossing legend says children killed in a school-bus collision still push cars away from approaching trains. The story…

An aerial view of the house and its neighbors on West Water Street, opposite the tree-lined riverfront.Outdoors · Aerial view

The Boy on the Bicycle at 118 West Water

A house at 118 West Water Street in Lock Haven became a stop on the Clinton County Arts Council’s first downtown ghost walk in 2007. Student reporter…

Trees line both banks of Young Womans Creek in this U.S. Geological Survey photograph.Outdoors

Young Womans Creek at North Bend

At Young Womans Creek in North Bend, Clinton County, a mysterious glowing presence became known as the Swamp Angel. Unlike many local spirits, it was…