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Posted 10/06/2014   12:44 am  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add I_Love_Stamps to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
wt1 Could you please lend me your knowledge or any help at all with this one pretty please? I'm not sure if all this information below is 100% correct or current? I was sort of hoping that if you had any spare time perhaps you & I could dig a little further into it? It would be VERY much appreciated and maybe even a little something from me in the mail to you for the effort? just a thought? I really want to find out ho long that post office was in business as I'm almost positive it's a D.P.O. -Jeff

WOLF RUN PA.

Wolf Run, Pa.with purple Oval Cancel.
All I could rummage up was that the post office was established there in 1836 bearing that name and only lasted for a few years.
"Muncy Creek Township" 26 FEB 1876 in Wolf Run, Muncy Creek Twp., Lycoming Co., PA

I know it was a saw-mill town and only existed for a few short years;

"Wolf Run, (former Town of Elko post office - 1887) in the southern part of the
Town, derives its name for an early day incident. A Holland Land Company surveyor's dog ran a wolf into a hollow log. Upon chopping the log open, they found the mother and 4 or 5 cubs. First sawmill on Wolf Run was built in 1859. In addition, the settlement of Elko saw several sawmills (the first in 1805), a tannery ,several shingle mills (1831), and schools, both white and Indian. There also existed a blacksmith shop, a store, a post office, a telegraph office
and a railroad station."


info gathered from : http://historicpath.com/history/south-valley

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Wolf run falls into Lycoming creek just below Trout run. The Plank Road fork of Larry's creek falls into the main stream above the borough of Salladasburg. Now known as Larry's Creek and still has one of only a handful of covered bridges left in the state. The post office was established in 1836 bearing that name {Larry's Creek}





[font=Georgia]This was in the [b]"History"
section of a Wikipedia write-up.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_R...ncy_Creek%29

A fortification made of earth known as the "Ancient Fortification" was built at least several hundred years ago on Wolf Run, less than 0.2 miles (0.32 km) north of Muncy Creek. John Franklin Meginness stated in the late 1800s that it was under 300 to 500 years old. The fortification was square and situated in an east-to-west alignment. It enclosed about an acre of land. It had been the subject of much discussion in the early 20th century. It had already been deserted for a long period of time and was in a state of decay when Conrad Weiser reached the area on March 21, 1737. The historian John Franklin Meginness has stated that it is possible that Étienne Brűlé, a Frenchman, visited an area near Wolf Run as early as 1615, but this is not certain.



Here is a map (Google maps) image: F.Y.I.-(all those little runs & creeks merge at one point or another) They're great trout fishing streams too!

Map (Google maps) image

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Posted 10/06/2014   09:42 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wt1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
I'm not sure if all of the information about the Wolf Run, PA post office is quite right. According to Jim Forte's Postal History Website, the Wolf Run, PA post office was in operation from 1841-1889. As of December 27, 1889, the Wolf Run, PA post office was renamed Pennsdale, PA, as documented in this excerpt from the Postal Bulletin:



I did find a connection with the area (Pennsdale) and the addressee M. Alice Good, and the "in care of" D.M. Keller of Williamsport, PA, as documented below:


Quote:
MICHAEL GOOD, eldest son of Daniel and Catherine (Helfrich) Good, was born near Allentown, June 7, 1813. In 1855 he purchased the homestead farm near Penn's Dale, and improved it by the erection of entirely new buildings. He was an active supporter of the public school system, and labored earnestly to promote its efficiency in his district. In politics he was a stanch Republican. He was a member of the Lutheran church, as were also most of the members of his family. On the 28th of October, 1841, he married Sarah, eldest daughter of Valentine Beeber, of Muncy, and they reared ten children: Harriet Elizabeth, deceased; Daniel Franklin, insurance agent, Lock Haven, who served a short time in the war of the rebellion; John Irvin, deceased; George Helfrich; Michael Horace, farmer, Aurora, Nebraska; William Valentine, miller, Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania; Sarah Jane, wife of D. M. Keller, veterinary surgeon, Williamsport; Mary Emma, deceased; Charles Rollin, veterinary surgeon, Look Haven, and Margaret Alice, of Williamsport. Michael Good died on the 6th of June, 1877, at the age of sixty-four years, followed by his wife on the 15th of December following at the age of fifty-eight.


The addressee, M. Alice Good (a/k/a Margaret Alice Good) died in 1930 as documented here:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...id=110212265
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The first post referring to Wolf Run, PA (formerly Elko) is incorrect. The reference shown is referring to a post office in Western New York by that name. It's a completely different location and is not connected to the postmark on the cover.

I did, however, find this further reference to Wolf Run, PA, which fits perfectly with the previously posted information on the post office as contained in Jim Forte's Postal History website:

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It's a bit hard to read, but here's a section of a period map (circa 1872) that shows Wolf Run as part of Muncy, PA:



Another interesting tidbit is that this excerpt from a period Gazetteer suggests that Pennsdale (a/k/a Penn's Dale) and Pennsville (as referred to on the above map) were one in the same and that the Wolf Run post office was at one time a part thereof:

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OH my Thank You wt1 I searched my brains out last evening and actually downloaded a part of that map but couldn't find Wolf Run on it for the life of me!
You know how large that map is too so it was quite frustrating. I'm familiar wit pennsdale and go through it every month on my way to the doctors. Wow hat's amazing because looked for about two hours with a loupe and still couldn't find it! Very Gratefully -Jeff
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And to make matters even more arduous it seems like there is a Wolf Run in every darn county in Pa! Thanks a million wt1!
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