In the early part of 1859, S.B. Row and Lewis Krans conceived the idea to compile the history of Clearfield County's first settlers. The two gentlemen visited every township and settlement in the county and secured correct data from original ancestors and surviving settlers. Mr. Row published the historical record of Clearfield County in a series of weekly articles in the "Raftsman's Journal," beginning in the May 4, 1859 issue and ending in the December 28, 1859 issue, titled Clearfield County: Or, Reminiscences of the Past.

This 2000 publication is the first time Row's History is in book form. The only additions to the original text herewith are 56 illistrations, 3 maps, 6 documents, 68 original signatures, and completely indexed by place, township and name. The name index contains over 950 names. The documents are from 1822 to 1846 and include original oaths of office for Samuel Fulton, Lebbeus Luther, Ludwig Snyder, James McGhee, and David Mitchell. Original signatures are as early as 1822 and include Arthur Bell, Abraham Kyler and Hugh Jordan. Several of these people had towns and townships named after them.This publication is copyrighted and hard cased bound. The book will be available for sale June 1, 2000 at the Historical Society and would be of great interest to those who are working on genealogy. We believe this book will be an excellent compliment to our existing history book collection we offer for sale at the museum. With almost 1,000 ancestral county names from across the county included, the writings give the reader an excellent insight into the early settler's lifestyle, adventures, sufferings, and fate.

Compiled by Cathie Hughes and Sara Stephenson, the supporting maps and photos took almost one year to gather. The renderings, photos, signatures, and maps compliment Row's discussions. Several of the photos were retrieved from ancestors of those mentions and historic courthouse documents supplied many original signatures. Photos of historical structures and cemeteries are also included.

131 pages, Hardback, Measures 8 3/4" x 11 1/4"