Warriors Mark township

A Drink Of Whisky For Every Stone

Did you know? Warriors Mark had a schoolhouse as early as 1790, and an old settler said the stone one that replaced it cost a drink of whisky for every stone in it.

The first schoolhouse was built of logs. Later it was replaced by a stone building. James Thompson, an old settler, put the price this way: "That school house cost a drink of whisky for every stone in it."

When the township was organized in 1798 there were already more than one hundred land owners.

Checked and confirmed. CONFIRMED 2026-10-03 against the sources listed: every factual sentence was tied to a verbatim passage and a script confirmed each passage is in its source. Where sources disagreed on a number, the number was left out.

Sources

John W. Jordan, ed., History of the Juniata Valley and Its People, vol. 1 (1913)

Checked 2026-10-03 · County histories and primary sources, read in full

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