Ring in the New Year with a breath of fresh air and an invigorating walk in the great outdoors! Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) invites you to join the nationwide First Day Hike initiative on January 1st, offering...
Join the Brockway Center for Arts and Technology (BCAT) for its seventh annual Holiday Artisan Market! This one-night event brings the community together to celebrate and support local artists and makers. Discover unique, handmade gifts from a diverse array of local artisans, including fine art...
On Saturday, November 2nd, from 1-3 PM, Brockway historian Rob Keith and cemetery supervisor Ron Feldman will take participants on a walking tour of Wildwood Cemetery, located at the end of Maple Street in Brockway. Established in 1866 on 10 acres of land owned by Dr. and Mrs....
Ridgway’s annual Chainsaw Carvers Rendezvous, featuring carvers from around the globe, will be held at the RIDGWAY MILLS CAMPGROUND, 206 W. Main Street in Ridgway, Pennsylvania, April 24th – 27th.
It’s hard to believe but on April 30th, we will celebrate our ten year anniversary of owning the property that is now called, The Maple Shade Mansion. With the help of our remarkable contracting team and a very patient husband (thank you Peter), it took nearly...
We thought it befitting to share this remarkable story that occurred well over one hundred years ago about Brockway’s Hose Company, and how our town’s brave and courageous firemen saved what is now known as the Maple Shade Mansion and its precious contents.
Since 2013, Brockway Center for Arts and Technology (BCAT) has been helping students gain the skills, hands-on training, and experience they need to pursue rewarding careers in many high-demand healthcare fields such as Medical Assisting and Pharmacy Technician. For those...
Affectionately known as Cadillac Heaven, home of the world's "largest Cadillac collection" is located at 67 South White St. in Brookville, about a 20 minute drive from the Maple Shade Mansion.
Minutes from the Mansion, guests can enjoy Brockway’s Pickleball courts.
Pickleball, a hybrid of tennis, ping pong and badminton, is quickly becoming the fastest growing sport around. And Brockway’s community sports complex is equipped with an outdoor...
The Pennsylvania Wilds is home to some of the most spectacular wild lands east of the Mississippi and is one of the best outdoor recreation destinations in North America. It covers approximately 25% of the state's land acreage in north central Pennsylvania, yet just 4% of the...
We were recently gifted this beautiful Brockway Glass Company tray. On the lower left in script writing, it reads, “Keep your eye on the Bee”. Wanting to know more about the creation of the Bee – we took a trip to the local Historical Society or - as...
The Brockway Center for Arts and Technology recently announced their spring events scheudle for 2023. The schedule is varied with adult classes, adult workshops, inter-generational workshops, tween workshops and open studios.
The valley of the Clarion River and its major tributary Toby Creek contains extensive history tracing back to the Native American tribes that called this region of Pennsylvania home. Field research and recent archeological studies indicate that the early inhabitants of what became Pennsylvania...
Wendell McMinn August was born in the town of Rew, McKean County ten miles from Bradford, in 1885. His mother, Charlotte (McMinn) August of Brockwayville died in childbirth and her infant son came to her hometown at the age of three weeks, taken in by his uncle and aunt, Daniel...
The Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal Company was incorporated as the Rochester and Pittsburgh Coal and Iron Company in 1881 in Indiana, PA, by the Adrian Iselin family, Swiss investment bankers from New York City. The company's first mines were located in Jefferson County, PA, in an area known...
Thanks in large part to entrepreneur Joseph Veazic of Boston who elicited the help from wealthy and influential East Coast families to invest in the lands in and around Shawmut, nearly ten square miles of coal lands were purchased from Daniel Kingsbury. As explorations commenced, coal was...
Elk viewing is a popular pastime drawing visitors from all over Pennsylvania, out-of-state, and locals alike. And fortunately, the “Elk Capitol of Pennsylvania” or Benezetteis a short drive...
This article of local history has been an amazing adventure undertaken by Bob Imhof of the Elk County Historical Society and Rob Keith of the Brockway Historical Society over a period of several years. This short narrative documents the story of what is likely the first common-carrier railroad...
