
Hours of Operation
Year Round
Monday - Thursday 9AM - 5PM
March-November
*Saturday 10AM - 2PM during 3rd Weekend in Montrose
(*This is the Saturday immediately following the 3rd Friday of each month.)
** While we do everything we can to maintain the above hours, weather, limited staffing and other events/holidays may affect our hours. Please keep an eye out on our website and Facebook for anything that may temporarily change our hours. You can also call or email us to confirm if there are any changes.
Due to weather we will be closing at 3:45PM today (2/20/2025).
2024 Volume 35
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Beach Mfg Co. employees, including Dawson Edwards, circa 1900
Letter From the Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 03
Alford By Bonnie Yuscavage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 04
Richmond Hill School Becomes National Historic Site By Bonnie Yuscavage . . . . . . . Pg 12
Seven Joyous Days are Here: Montrose Chautauqua Will Begin
Saturday Afternoon at 2:30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 15
Chautauqua Is A Great Success: Contract Guarantee Exceeded,
Season Tickets Being Oversold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 17
Chautauqua Coming Again: Next Year’s Contract is Willingly
Signed by 102 Guarantors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 19
Old Buildings on “The Green”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 21
Helen Churchill Candee By Lisa Forba. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 26
A Brief Early History of Montrose By Bonnie Yuscavage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 35
Images of Montrose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 38
Newsy Jottings: Montrose Democrat November 1919 - January 1920 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 44
The Irish Of Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania 1825-1860. Part 1.
By Connie M. Snedeker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 48
A Gruesome “Cure” for Consumption By Bonnie Yuscavage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 65
A Plea for the State’s Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 67
Dawson Edwards By Bonnie Yuscavage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 68
South Gibson Woman Passes Century Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 76
Centenarian Passes Away Mrs. Sabra Carpenter,
of South Gibson, Aged 101 Years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 77
Items For Sale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pg 78