Thought some of you might be interested in this little bit of info: "Driftwood Once a bustling town" Gleason Tannery Manufactured leather Crescent Wagon Factory The Aluminum Factory Made all kind of kitchen Utensils. Closed up in 1918. Building was later used for a moving picture gallery. Other businesses: Two doctors-Turbett and McAllister Two Barber Shops S.D McCool and George Lane One Drug store Mr. Peeler -Owner One Tailor Shop Mr. Hinsley- Owner One Meat Market Mr. Geist -Owner One Jewelry Store Mr. Becken -Owner Later owned by Mr. Redfoot One Harness Shop- made heavy harnesses for woods work One Men's Clothing Store- Mr. Rothrock -Owner One Ladies Store - Mrs. Dutcher -Owner One Blacksmith Shop Mr. McCloud -- Owner On Funeral Director Bernard Nefey One Livery Stable Mr. Morse -Owner Two Baseball teams . Ball field was on Huntley 's Flat One Private Bank Brookbank and Rothbank were the bankers. They charged $ .25 to cash a $5.00 check Four Lodges- Masonic, I.O.O.F, .P.O.S.of A and Lady Rebekkah One Opera House Mitchells - Owner One G.A.R. Building One weekly Newspaper "The Gazette" John T. Earl owner and editor. Mr Earl was also the J.P One Shoemaker Shop -made and repaired Jonas Speckman was owner and also town constable. One Borough Jail Two Churches - Protestant and Catholic Driftwood had four Hotels - Lafayette - Fred McVickers- owner (Beer's history states that a GORE built the LaFayette. Curtin house- Patrick Kane-Owner Commercial Hotel T. J. Riley ( Fourth Not named here I think it was owned by the McDonald family) Every hotel had a barn and stable. J..O. Brookbank leading mercantile of the area .Mr. Brookbank was also Postmaster No automobiles transportation was horse and buggy. No electricity Kerosene lamps and candles furnished the lights No telephones. Outside communications were sent by Western Union One school- taught 10 grades. Driftwood had a band with about 50 instruments. Big celebrations were held Decoration Day, July 4th and Labor Day. Driftwood was the terminus of the Allegheny Valley Railroad .Three passenger trains ran to Red Bank, Pa on the P.R.R. ,eleven Passenger trains on the Buffalo and Erie to Philadelphia to New York. And Buffalo and Susquehanna RR mad stops there. All told 21 Passenger Trains stops in Driftwood. Yes Driftwood was a Bustling Town from an article in the Cameron County Echo written in 1960 by C. J. Miller titled Driftwood as I remember it 70 years ago. That would make it 1890. _________________________________________________________________ Plan your next US getaway to one of the super destinations here. http://special.msn.com/local/hotdestinations.armx

I added this to the Driftwood page under Gibson Township....thanks Pete! Mike Wennin Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete Bennett" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 1:03 PM Subject: [PA-CAMERON] 1890 Driftwood > Thought some of you might be interested in this little bit of info: > > "Driftwood Once a bustling > town" > Gleason Tannery Manufactured leather > Crescent Wagon Factory > The Aluminum Factory Made all kind of kitchen Utensils. Closed up in 1918. > Building was later used for a moving picture gallery. > > Other businesses: > Two doctors-Turbett and McAllister > Two Barber Shops S.D McCool and George Lane > One Drug store Mr. Peeler -Owner > One Tailor Shop Mr. Hinsley- Owner > One Meat Market Mr. Geist -Owner > One Jewelry Store Mr. Becken -Owner Later owned by Mr. Redfoot > One Harness Shop- made heavy harnesses for woods work > One Men's Clothing Store- Mr. Rothrock -Owner > One Ladies Store - Mrs. Dutcher -Owner > One Blacksmith Shop Mr. McCloud -- Owner > On Funeral Director Bernard Nefey > One Livery Stable Mr. Morse -Owner > Two Baseball teams . Ball field was on Huntley 's Flat > One Private Bank Brookbank and Rothbank were the bankers. They charged $ .25 > to cash a $5.00 check > Four Lodges- Masonic, I.O.O.F, .P.O.S.of A and Lady Rebekkah > One Opera House Mitchells - Owner > One G.A.R. Building > One weekly Newspaper "The Gazette" John T. Earl owner and editor. Mr Earl > was also the J.P > One Shoemaker Shop -made and repaired Jonas Speckman was owner and also town > constable. > One Borough Jail > Two Churches - Protestant and Catholic > Driftwood had four Hotels - Lafayette - Fred McVickers- owner (Beer's > history states that a GORE built the LaFayette. > Curtin house- Patrick Kane-Owner > Commercial Hotel T. J. Riley ( Fourth Not named here I think it was owned by > the McDonald family) Every hotel had a barn and stable. > J..O. Brookbank leading mercantile of the area .Mr. Brookbank was also > Postmaster > No automobiles transportation was horse and buggy. > No electricity Kerosene lamps and candles furnished the lights > No telephones. > Outside communications were sent by Western Union > One school- taught 10 grades. > Driftwood had a band with about 50 instruments. > Big celebrations were held Decoration Day, July 4th and Labor Day. > Driftwood was the terminus of the Allegheny Valley Railroad .Three passenger > trains ran to Red Bank, Pa on the P.R.R. ,eleven Passenger trains on the > Buffalo and Erie to Philadelphia to New York. And Buffalo and Susquehanna RR > mad stops there. > All told 21 Passenger Trains stops in Driftwood. > Yes Driftwood was a Bustling Town from an article in the Cameron County > Echo written in 1960 by C. J. Miller titled Driftwood as I remember it 70 > years ago. > That would make it 1890. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Plan your next US getaway to one of the super destinations here. > http://special.msn.com/local/hotdestinations.armx > > > ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== > Celebrating Our 4th Year! Come check us out! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero >