Corydon - A township and a village. Named for Corydon township in McKean county. As it has been impossible to track down how the McKean county township received it's name, it seems likely Corydon was adopted from Greek and Roman poetry, as this was the name of the shepherd in Theocritus's Idyls and Vergil's Eclogues, and became virtually standardized as the typical name for an enamored rustic. The boundry line between Warren and McKean counties was in dispute and by act of the legislature April 16, 1845, a commission was appointed to settle the matter. Andrew H. Ludlow of Warren and John Williams and Jonathan Marsh of McKean county constituted the commission with authority to establish the new line. On March 20, 1846, the new boundry having been established, part of Corydon township of McKean county became the newly-formed Corydon township of Warren county. The first settler was Philip Tome who came from Lycoming county in 1827 although he had resided briefly at Kinzua as early as 1815 and probably before that date. Tome was a famed hunter and interpreter for Chief Cornplanter and Governor Blacksnake for fifteen years. In 1854, with the aid of a relative, believed to have been Miss Juliet L. Tome, first teacher in the State school on the Cornplanter Indian Grant, he wrote Pioneer Life, or Thirty Years a Hunter. This is an excellent account of early hunting and thrilling experiences in northwestern Pennsylvania. The book was published at Buffalo, New York, on rather poor paper and copies are scarce today. The village of Corydon really boomed in 1881 with the grading of the Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia Railroad past the place. The business section was destroyed by fire in 1892. In the winter of 1918, an ice jam in the Allegheny River caused considerable damage to many houses in the town. With the building of the Kinzua Dam and Allegheny River Reservoir, Corydon was wiped off the map in 1965 in preparation for the waters of the dam. Deerfield - A township. Named because deer were in great abundance in this region. Organized by the court March 8, 1821, and first called Number Eleven. Donaldson's - A small settlement in Sheffield township. Named for Andrew Donaldson who owned a large farm in this area and came here from Kittanning, Pennsylvania, in 1848. During 1881, an oil excitement started on the farm with some twelve productive wells having been drilled. The place is marked today by several crude oil collection tanks owned by the Valvoline Oil Company Division of the Ashland Oil & Refining Company. Dugall - A small settlement located halfway between Pittsfield and Wrightsville, in Pittsfield township. Orginally the vicinity was known as The Dugway as most of the houses were located along a dug road. Gradually the name was slurred and abbreviated and became Dugall. The post office was so named and operated from 1886 into 1903. East Branch - A small settlement located on the East Branch of the stream Spring Creek, in Spring Creek township. To be continued.......... Dennis R. Davis R8459@aol.com