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Potter Township
Haines
Penn
Miles
Gregg
100
Potter Township was created in what year?
1774
100
When was Haines Township founded?
1801
100
Who was Penn Township named after?
John Penn
100
Who is Miles Township named after?
Colonel Samuel Miles
100
Who is Gregg Township named after?
Andrew Gregg
200
The First Centre County Granger's Pic-Nic was held in what year?
1874
200
Who is Haines Township named after?
Reuben Haines
200
When was Penn Township created?
1844
200
What sits in front of the old hotel in Rebersburg?
Memorial for Civil War sign-up
200
Where was the first Penns Valley graduation held?
Where the Gregg Township school is located
300
What town in Potter Township housed the only two- room schoolhouse?
Potters Mills
300
How many creeks are in Haines Township?
3
300
Who was Coburn named after?
James Coburn
300
What is the name of the Bed and Breakfast in Spring Bank?
Centre Mills
300
What happened in Spring Mills in 1996?
A blizzard
400
In 1773, Mr. Joseph McGrew constructed the earliest mills in what area of Potter Township?
Red Mill
400
What was the oldest hotel in Haines Township?
Woodward Inn
400
What is the oldest business in Penns Valley?
Millheim Hotel
400
Why were fences put up around houses?
To keep the cattle out of garden and yards
400
What was Rising Springs used for?
Train Station
500
How many railroad stops were there in Potter Township? Bonus: Name the railroad stops.
Three Bonus Answer: Whistle Stop/ Snydertown, White House Station, Gregg Station
500
What was the first post office in Woodward called?
Liberty Mills
500
What year did the railroad close?
1972
500
Who is Madisonburg named after? Bonus: What year did the name change?
President James Madison Bonus Answer: 1830
500
Who built the first mill in 1773?
George McCormick