Silver in Elk Run ????

[gods country girl]

I found this in a book called the History of Elk Run , printed in 1929.Later in the book it says the silver is up Brace Run/Bloody Run which as far ias i know is part of the Elk Run area

Elk Run is up past Watrous Pa

not sure if this could be used as a lead but, i'm posting it anyway

GCG

 

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[simonds]

Hi,
Isn't there an Elk Run near Emporium, which this might be referring to ?

 

[lumbercamp]

Elk Fork.

 

[gods country girl]

no this Elk Run is just up past Watrous PA.It got it's name back in the day when the indians used hunt the elk they would run them off the cliffs .

 

[simonds]

Hi country girl,
Do you know if the schoolhouse is still there up in the marshlands or elk run. I have been all over on the three sides of that area but never rode up thru the marshland area for some unknown reason. I did some work on a house just a ways past the bridge from Watrous, but that is as far as I ever went. I may put that in my plans for this summer. I enjoy taking a Sunday ride on those forestry roads.
Later, Clayton

 

[simonds]

From the book “History of Tioga County Pennsylvania 1897”

Marshfield,
Named in honor of Danforth K. Marsh, who settled on its site in 1847, is situated on Elk run, about two miles and a half above its mouth. A post office was established here in 1860, and Mr. Marsh appointed postmaster. He has held the office without interruption for over thirty six years and is one of the oldest postmasters in years of continuous service in the United States. In 1876 Mr. Marsh opened the first store in the place. In 1885 DeWitt Smith started another store, which was afterwards was run by George and Charles Frick, and later by W. H. Brownell. In 1895 it closed, leaving Mr. Marsh the only merchant in the place. The village now contains two churches, a school house, a grange hall and a blacksmith shop, the latter carried on by N. L. Hanscom

It would be a good detecting area,
Clayton

 

[gods country girl]

yes the schoolhouse is still there,it is now a township building.