Bellefonte, PA

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Bellefonte, Pa., c. h. Centre co. On Spring Creek, a branch of Bald Eagle River. 85 miles W. from Harrisburg. A place of extensive trade in the iron business. Connected with West Branch Canal by Bald Eagle and Spring Creek Canal. (Gazetteer of the United States of America, 1854)

 

BELLEFONTE, c.h., p.b., seat of justice of Centre co., Pa., 85 ms. N.W. of Harrisburg; from W. 117 ms.  Watered by Spring creek.  Pop. 1,179.  (Fanning's, 1853)

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Centre County, PA

Bellefonte, Pennsylvania (Hayward)

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Bellefonte, Pa., c. h. Centre co. On Spring Creek, a branch of Bald Eagle River. 85 miles W. from Harrisburg. A place of extensive trade in the iron business. Connected with West Branch Canal by Bald Eagle and Spring Creek Canal.
John Hayward, Gazetteer of the United States of America… (Philadelphia: James L. Gihon, 1854), 282.
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Andrew Gregg Curtin dies in Bellefonte, Pennslyvania Personal
Andrew Gregg Curtin is born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania Personal
In Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, recently retired Congressman James Tracy Hale dies of typhoid Personal
Stagecoach burns in the middle of its run in central Pennsylvania Crime/Disasters
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