Post by I.L.S. on Oct 6, 2014 7:21:55 GMT
I "accidentally" bought another very rare ~ purple & oval shaped Lycoming County, PA. postmark from a WOLF RUN PENNSYLVANIA 1887 (Apparently now a VERY "Dead Post Office") and for the life of me, I just cannot just find much mention made of it online -at all?
Is anyone here a Google/Research Wizard by any chance because I could really use your help on this one. Thank you.
OK enough blabbering: I'll just add whatever I candig-up about Wolf Run. Pa. (Lycoming County)
Here is the cover in question:
Front:
Reverse:
This is all I could find:
"Wolf Run, Pa.with purple Oval Cancel.
All I could rummage up was that the post office was established there in 1836 bearing that name and only lasted for a few years.
"Muncy Creek Township" 26 FEB 1876 in Wolf Run, Muncy Creek Twp., Lycoming Co., PA
I know it was a saw-mill town and only existed for a few short years;
"Wolf Run, (former Town of Elko post office - 1887) in the southern part of the
Town, derives its name for an early day incident. A Holland Land Company surveyor's dog ran a wolf into a hollow log. Upon chopping the log open, they found the mother and 4 or 5 cubs. First sawmill on Wolf Run was built in 1859. In addition, the settlement of Elko saw several sawmills (the first in 1805), a tannery ,several shingle mills (1831), and schools, both white and Indian. There also existed a blacksmith shop, a store, a post office, a telegraph office
and a railroad station."
information I gathered from : historicpath.com/history/south-valley
it does indeed run into Larrys creek so the bridge is safe from editing..
I certainly wont take any credit where it isn't due so being true to the stampers code wt1 (BILL) has helped me A LOT with this big time because most of my previous info was intermingled with wrong info...seems there is a Wolf run in a lot of counties in PA!: Here is what he found-
I did find a connection with the area (Pennsdale) and the addressee M. Alice Good, and the "in care of" D.M. Keller of Williamsport, PA, as documented below:
"Quote:
MICHAEL GOOD, eldest son of Daniel and Catherine (Helfrich) Good, was born near Allentown, June 7, 1813. In 1855 he purchased the homestead farm near Penn's Dale, and improved it by the erection of entirely new buildings. He was an active supporter of the public school system, and labored earnestly to promote its efficiency in his district. In politics he was a stanch Republican. He was a member of the Lutheran church, as were also most of the members of his family. On the 28th of October, 1841, he married Sarah, eldest daughter of Valentine Beeber, of Muncy, and they reared ten children: Harriet Elizabeth, deceased; Daniel Franklin, insurance agent, Lock Haven, who served a short time in the war of the rebellion; John Irvin, deceased; George Helfrich; Michael Horace, farmer, Aurora, Nebraska; William Valentine, miller, Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania; Sarah Jane, wife of D. M. Keller, veterinary surgeon, Williamsport; Mary Emma, deceased; Charles Rollin, veterinary surgeon, Look Haven, and Margaret Alice, of Williamsport. Michael Good died on the 6th of June, 1877, at the age of sixty-four years, followed by his wife on the 15th of December following at the age of fifty-eight."
The addressee, M. Alice Good (a/k/a Margaret Alice Good) died in 1930 as documented here:
www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...id=110212265
wt1:
The first post referring to Wolf Run, PA (formerly Elko) is incorrect. The reference shown is referring to a post office in Western New York by that name. It's a completely different location and is not connected to the postmark on the cover.
I did, however, find this further reference to Wolf Run, PA, which fits perfectly with the previously posted information on the post office as contained in Jim Forte's Postal History website:
wt1:
It's a bit hard to read, but here's a section of a period map (circa 1872) that shows Wolf Run as part of Muncy, PA:
Another interesting tidbit is that this excerpt from a period Gazetteer suggests that Pennsdale (a/k/a Penn's Dale) and Pennsville (as referred to on the above map) were one in the same and that the Wolf Run post office was at one time a part thereof:
Is anyone here a Google/Research Wizard by any chance because I could really use your help on this one. Thank you.
OK enough blabbering: I'll just add whatever I candig-up about Wolf Run. Pa. (Lycoming County)
Here is the cover in question:
Front:
Reverse:
This is all I could find:
All I could rummage up was that the post office was established there in 1836 bearing that name and only lasted for a few years.
"Muncy Creek Township" 26 FEB 1876 in Wolf Run, Muncy Creek Twp., Lycoming Co., PA
I know it was a saw-mill town and only existed for a few short years;
"Wolf Run, (former Town of Elko post office - 1887) in the southern part of the
Town, derives its name for an early day incident. A Holland Land Company surveyor's dog ran a wolf into a hollow log. Upon chopping the log open, they found the mother and 4 or 5 cubs. First sawmill on Wolf Run was built in 1859. In addition, the settlement of Elko saw several sawmills (the first in 1805), a tannery ,several shingle mills (1831), and schools, both white and Indian. There also existed a blacksmith shop, a store, a post office, a telegraph office
and a railroad station."
information I gathered from : historicpath.com/history/south-valley
it does indeed run into Larrys creek so the bridge is safe from editing..
I certainly wont take any credit where it isn't due so being true to the stampers code wt1 (BILL) has helped me A LOT with this big time because most of my previous info was intermingled with wrong info...seems there is a Wolf run in a lot of counties in PA!: Here is what he found-
I did find a connection with the area (Pennsdale) and the addressee M. Alice Good, and the "in care of" D.M. Keller of Williamsport, PA, as documented below:
"Quote:
MICHAEL GOOD, eldest son of Daniel and Catherine (Helfrich) Good, was born near Allentown, June 7, 1813. In 1855 he purchased the homestead farm near Penn's Dale, and improved it by the erection of entirely new buildings. He was an active supporter of the public school system, and labored earnestly to promote its efficiency in his district. In politics he was a stanch Republican. He was a member of the Lutheran church, as were also most of the members of his family. On the 28th of October, 1841, he married Sarah, eldest daughter of Valentine Beeber, of Muncy, and they reared ten children: Harriet Elizabeth, deceased; Daniel Franklin, insurance agent, Lock Haven, who served a short time in the war of the rebellion; John Irvin, deceased; George Helfrich; Michael Horace, farmer, Aurora, Nebraska; William Valentine, miller, Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania; Sarah Jane, wife of D. M. Keller, veterinary surgeon, Williamsport; Mary Emma, deceased; Charles Rollin, veterinary surgeon, Look Haven, and Margaret Alice, of Williamsport. Michael Good died on the 6th of June, 1877, at the age of sixty-four years, followed by his wife on the 15th of December following at the age of fifty-eight."
The addressee, M. Alice Good (a/k/a Margaret Alice Good) died in 1930 as documented here:
www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...id=110212265
wt1:
The first post referring to Wolf Run, PA (formerly Elko) is incorrect. The reference shown is referring to a post office in Western New York by that name. It's a completely different location and is not connected to the postmark on the cover.
I did, however, find this further reference to Wolf Run, PA, which fits perfectly with the previously posted information on the post office as contained in Jim Forte's Postal History website:
wt1:
It's a bit hard to read, but here's a section of a period map (circa 1872) that shows Wolf Run as part of Muncy, PA:
Another interesting tidbit is that this excerpt from a period Gazetteer suggests that Pennsdale (a/k/a Penn's Dale) and Pennsville (as referred to on the above map) were one in the same and that the Wolf Run post office was at one time a part thereof:
