Brady

Did you know? Sand for bottles, fruit jars and window glass was quarried out of a ridge near Mill Creek.

The Juniata Sand Company had a quarry in the bottom beds of the Oriskany sandstone, below Mill Creek village. A steam crusher and washer prepared 35 tons of sand a day for shipment to Pittsburgh, Wheeling and Bellaire. The sand was called second class and was used for bottles, fruit jars and certain grades of window glass.

The sand rock is 125 feet thick, but only the lowest 30 feet was being used, the purest and softest beds. A little stream breaking through the ridge supplied plenty of water for washing the sand and carrying it down a small flume to the railroad.

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From the county histories, on Brady township. The passage below is printed exactly as it appears in 1876, including the spelling of the day and the errors the scanner made. It has not been rewritten, summarised or added to.

Brady township was named in honor of Hugh Brady, a distinguished General of the United States Army, who is said to have been born within the walls of Standing Stone Fort. He entered the army at an early age and received various well-merited promotions until he attained the high rank he held at the time of his death. Other members of the Brady family lived in the vicinity of Huntingdon before the Revolutionary war. The father of the famous scout and spy, Capt. Samuel Brady, resided at the mouth of Crooked creek, on the opposite side of the river. During the war all of the Bradys removed to the West Branch of the Susquehanna. The township is bounded on the northeast and southeast by Mifflin county, on the south and southwest by Union, on the west by Henderson, and on the northwest by Henderson and Barree. It has Jack's mountain on the east, Standing Stone mountain in the centre and the Juniata river on the south. Its principal village is Mill Creek, on the Pennsylvania railroad and canal, laid out October 12th,1848,for the proprietors, Messrs. On the stream of Mill creek, from which the village takes its name, is Mill Creek Furnace, out of blast for a number of years. The place has considerable trade from Kishacoquillas valley and the adjoining townships of Union and Henderson.Milton Scott Lytle, History of Huntingdon County (Lancaster: William H. Roy, 1876) · character 620,662 of the scanned text

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United States Route 22 looking south, just north-east of Mapleton in the far south of Brady township, with Jacks Mountain standing across the background. Photographed in April 2015 and placed in the public domain by the photographer.

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Did you know? The Haun brothers of Juniata Township worked so hard and saved so much that their wealth drew robbers to the house, and one brother died of his injuries.

Their father was born in Germany in 1768. He lived for a time in York County, came to live near Mill Creek, in what is now Brady Township, before 1795, and died there in 1805. Afterward the family, all but a son named Michael, moved to Woodcock Valley and about 1829 to Juniata Township. Of the brothers Jacob, John, George, David, Daniel, Peter and Isaac, only Jacob ever married.

The county history says the Hauns were very industrious and amassed considerable wealth, which led to a robbery of the mansion and attempts on the lives of some of the family. John died from the injuries he received.

Michael stayed at Mill Creek. One of his sons, also named Michael, was a boatman who died of cholera on one of his trips down the river.

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