Otzinachson

On the remote West Branch of the Susquehanna, cabins stood like outposts against wilderness, war and uncertainty. John Franklin Meginness gathers the voices, battles and losses of this 18th century Pennsylvania frontier into a single, commanding history of settlement, conflict and endurance. These stories still feel near. From the first clearings along the river to the terror of Indian raids, abductions, massacres and the desperate flight known as the Big Run-Away, Otzinachson traces how ordinary families carved out lives at the edge of empire.Blending painstaking research with a keen sense of place, Meginness offers one of the classic works of Pennsylvania local history and colonial frontier warfare history. He records the early townships, forts and homesteads of the West Branch Susquehanna Valley, the informal Fair Play System, now a touchstone of Fair Play System history, and the grinding frontier pioneer hardships that shaped Lycoming County and its neighbours. Rich in names, dates and local detail, this colonial Pennsylvania history book has long served as a trusted Lycoming County history reference and a foundational resource for genealogy and local research, a regional American history volume prized by historians, genealogists and readers of Pennsylvania Indian wars history alike.Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today’s and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector’s item and a cultural treasure, Otzinachson returns as an essential reference for historians and genealogists and an engrossing chronicle for anyone drawn to America’s early frontier.