The Columbia-Montour Visitors Bureau’s popular annual Covered Bridge Puzzle series is returning for the 14th year. This year’s puzzle will feature the Johnson Covered Bridge (pictured below). If you’d like to pre-order one or more puzzles this year, you may do so by submitting the form below. Simply fill in your name, how many puzzles you’d like, your phone number …
Quick Guide to Paddling the Susquehanna River
by Alana Jajko, Director of Communications – Susquehanna Greenway Partnership With the arrival of warmer weather comes increased public access to outdoor recreation opportunities on the water. The Susquehanna River Water Trail is a treasure trove for the paddling and boating public. Not only is it located right in our backyard, but it has a host of landscapes, history, and …
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Learn the History of Villa Sacred Heart
by Nancy Bishop Iconic Tower Dominates Danville Skyline If you’ve ever driven into Danville, you’ve probably noticed the iconic stone tower on a hillside beside Route 11 that dominates the skyline. Perhaps, like me, you’ve wondered about it and how it came to be built. The story really begins in the region’s iron-making and coal-mining past when many Slovak immigrants …
The Iron Furnaces of Danville
by Van Wagner & CMVB StaffPhotos courtesy of Montour Co. Historical Society – Collection of Sis Hause & Lynn Reichen History is all around us, and Danville has an incredibly rich one when it comes to iron furnaces and iron production. You may know Danville from its history as an iron-producing giant. The town played a large part in creating …