Quintessential Pennsylvania

CONNOQUENESSING - Founded 1792, from a Native American term for "a long way straight". Formerly named Petersville, after founding settler Peter McKinney, the village was renamed Connoquenessing in 1871. The village incorporated as a borough in 1898 and found prosperity from the oil booms of the late 19th Century. At one time, there were over producing 70 oil wells in Connoquenessing. How to Get There: Sources and Links: Connoquenessing Borough - About Connoquenessing Borough

INDUSTRY - Founded 1836. Named for early coal and lumber industries. The borough was carved out of parts of Brighton and Ohio Townships in Beaver County. How to Get There: Sources and Links: Google Books -  History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania: and its centennial celebration, Volume 2 -  Bausman, Joseph Henderson; Duss, John Samuel (1904)

  PAXINOS - Founded 1769. Named for Swanee (Shawnee?) Indian chief. How to Get There:

  Also known as the Millmont Red Bridge, the Glen Iron Bridge or the Red Covered Bridge, the Millmont Covered Bridge is Union County, Pennsylvania's longest covered bridge. Spanning 159 feet across Penns Creek in the small community of Millmont in Hartley Township, the Millmont Covered Bridge was originally built in 1855 and designed with the style of a covered Burr arch-truss. Once the location of an important local crossing over Penns Creek, the bridge was bypassed by a modern bridge capable of handling heavier traffic in 1976. It now serves pedestrian and bicycle traffic, as it closed to motor vehicles in 1998. The Millmont Covered Bridge has seen a few restorations over its history. There was a restoration of the bridge that took place in 1958. Another restoration took place in 2010. As the bridge was posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 8, 1980, the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission required the work to maintain the histor...

  SWEDEN VALLEY - Founded 1807. Named by early settlers from Sweden. The Coudersport Ice Mine is located in the vicinity of Sweden Valley. How to Get There:

  EXCHANGE - Founded 1840. Named for horse exchange on old mail route in coaching days. How to Get There:

One of the shortest covered bridges in Lancaster County is the Bucher's Mill Covered Bridge, or the Cocalico # 2 Covered Bridge. Spanning 54 feet across the Cocalico Creek in Stevens, Pennsylvania (near Reamstown), the Burr arch truss designed covered bridge was built in 1891. The bridge is painted red, the traditional color of covered bridges in Lancaster County, plus features some white trim at the bridge portal. Located in the heart of the Amish country, the Bucher's Mill Covered Bridge was built by Elias McMellen at a cost of $1,167. Then in 1892, the covered bridge was damaged heavily in a flood and was rebuilt by McMellen for $1,025. In 1980, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places and the covered bridge was restored in 1997. Today, the Bucher's Mill Covered Bridge is located just off of PA 272 and is a great stop while cruising the byways of Lancaster County. Cocalico Creek. 4 ton weight limit on the bridge. Inside the covered bridge. Some markings o...

  EAGLES MERE - Founded 1804. Originally Lewis Lake, renamed from "Lake of the Eagles". Long an destination for Philadelphians looking to escape the summer heat, Eagles Mere is a summer resort town, swelling to about 3,000 seasonal residents from about 120 year round residents. How to Get There: Sources and Links: Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania - Home Eagles Mere Historic Villages - History

  One of fourteen covered bridges dotting the landscape of Bedford County, the Hall's Mill Covered Bridge crosses the Yellow Creek and is located just south of PA 26, a few miles north of Everett and a few miles west of Hopewell. Built in 1884 and rehabilitated in 1994, the 99 foot long Burr arch truss designed covered bridge is the seventh bridge built at this location. Surrounded by farmlands, the open walls of the sides of the covered bridge are perfect for admiring the nearby countryside and the quiet creek below. After a number of tries to get a bridge built at this location, they finally got it right and the Hall's Mill Covered Bridge is standing the test of time. How to Get There: Sources and Links: Bridgehunter.com -  Hall's Mill Covered Bridge 38-05-15 Dierks Photo -  Halls Mill Covered Bridge #14846 Bedford County Visitors Bureau - Covered Bridges of Bedford County Uncovering PA -  Visiting the Historic Covered Bridges of Bedford County, Pennsylvania Update...

  MILLVILLE - Founded 1772. Named for grist mill erected on site of town. John Eves, an Ireland native living in Mill Creek Hundred, Delaware, is thought to have been one of the first white men to visit the Greenwood Valley and Little Fishing Creek area in 1770. Although he returned to Delaware after this initial visit, he returned the following year with his son Thomas and built a log cabin on the property. The Eves family arrived in 1772 and began tilling the fields adjacent to the cabin as soon as they could be cleared. Thomas Eves succeeded his father in ownership of the grist mill and built the first house in what is now Millville Boro. How to Get There: Sources and Links: Millville Borough - History