Walker township

It Was Called A Sleeping Place

Did you know? The ground where McConnellstown stands is mentioned in very early records as a sleeping place.

The route of travel in 1748 and before ran through what is now Walker Township. The town was later laid out by Alexander McConnell of Huntingdon and named for him. The township itself was named for Jonathan Walker, at one time President Judge of the judicial district that took in Huntingdon County.

The 1876 county history adds that the township held considerable iron ore, all of it controlled by manufacturers whose works were far from Huntingdon County. They got leases on the ore rights, it is said, on the pretext that furnaces would be built nearby. The ore went mainly to Danville and Johnstown.

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Sources

Milton Scott Lytle, History of Huntingdon County (1876)

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The house at Robb Farm in Walker Township.Generic1139 · stg05

The barn at Robb Farm, a historic home and farm located at Walker Township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.Photograph by Generic1139, 2014-09-06. Licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; reused with credit, and the same licence travels with any derivative · Robb Farm barn.jpg

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