Journey to the Falls…
Tsuga Canadensis
Background In our 2021 blog “Old Growth Forests,” we discussed how, here in Northwestern PA, the predominant trees in our forest at Howard Falls are Eastern Hemlock, hard and soft maple, red and white oak, cucumber magnolia, white ash, American beech, white pine, and a multitude of less common species. Sheltered from severe weather by…
Thomas Howard – Part Two
Summary of Part One – The Family That Stopped at the Falls In Part One, we began the story of Thomas Howard by tracing his family’s roots back to Grafton, Vermont, where the descendants of Ziba and Mary (Stickney) Howard formed one branch of the extended Howard family. Through a combination of traditional genealogical research…
Thomas Howard – Part One
Part One – The Family That Stopped at the Falls In the late 1850s, a branch of the Howard family bound for the Iowa frontier unexpectedly stopped at Howard Falls for several years. What began as a temporary pause along America’s westward migration would eventually end in tragedy on the Iowa prairie. In previous blogs,…
Erie County Sportsmen’s League Game Farm At Howard Falls – Chapter Four
Nestled in the countryside of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Howard Falls holds a rich history that intertwines natural beauty, community, and conservation. One particularly remarkable chapter in its story began in the late 1930s, when the property briefly served as the site of the Erie County Sportsmen’s League Game Farm. Chapters One to Three Summary: How…
Erie County Sportsmen’s League Game Farm At Howard Falls – Chapter Three
Nestled in the countryside of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Howard Falls holds a rich history that intertwines natural beauty, community, and conservation. One particularly remarkable chapter in its story began in the late 1930s, when the property briefly served as the site of the Erie County Sportsman’s League Game Farm. Chapters One and Two Summary: How…
Erie County Sportsmen’s League Game Farm At Howard Falls – Chapter Two
Nestled in the countryside of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Howard Falls holds a rich history that intertwines natural beauty, community, and conservation. One particularly remarkable chapter in its story began in the late 1930s, when the property briefly served as the site of the Erie County Sportsman’s League Game Farm. Chapter One Summary: How the Game…
Erie County Sportsmen’s League Game Farm At Howard Falls – Chapter One
Nestled in the countryside of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Howard Falls holds a rich history that intertwines natural beauty, community, and conservation. One particularly remarkable chapter in its story began in the late 1930s, when the property briefly served as the site of the Erie County Sportsman’s League Game Farm. Chapter One: How the Game Farm…
Working Girl
One fateful day in the mid-1930s, Edith Lucy Hogan hurried up Peach Street. She was headed to a popular restaurant her friends had been talking about. On her lunch hour, she soon arrived at Howard’s Dinor at 11th and Peach for a quick meal. In her early 20s and single, Edith was a clerk in…
Rocks of Ages
From the mid-1930s onward for over 10 years, a general interest column, “Wandering with Walter Jack,” appeared in the Erie Daily Times. It was a popular feature, often appearing once to three times a week. The column documented local history as well as significant events within the regional community. Walter Eugene Jack (1883–1966) was a…
The Timeless Face of Howard Falls
Part One For the past 200 years, Howard Falls has been visited by many scientists, geologists and ecologists, drawn there by its unique geological features and the ecologically important Gorge below it. As we detailed in our earlier blog, “The Portage Escarpment”, these features were created from the melt-waters of the Laurentide ice sheet as…
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Howard Falls in the News
1996 Ohio Journal of Science: Fossil Fishes (Arthrodira and Acanthodida) from the Upper Devonian Chadakoin Formation of Erie County, Pennsylvania
August 2016 Edinboro University Magazine: Howard Falls Opens Window to the Past
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