The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-08-02
canbrda County.
CHAPTER XXI.
CarreIi TO,snsflip.

BY Chest and Susquehanna, West By Irdi
ana County, and South by Biackl;ck anC
Cambria Townships. Area, about - squar
miles
! This Township has no mountains, prop
erly SO called, but its surface is hiily, som,
Of them very rrecipitous.
Its streams are, the Chest which fow'
in Northern direction throu- IN he East
ern portion of the Township; the Biacklicb
which flows in a South-We>tern direction
! from the S. ". corner of the Township
: aud tia" SUsquehanpa whose fountain arises
on the farm of Jacob Luther, Esq, near
the center of the Township.
I he soil Of this Township is genera i,
good, aud nearly all the land suscel ble
OF cultivation Coal is tie only mineral
found in any considerable quantity.
Carrolltcwn, the principal point in the
Township, has recently Leen erected into
a borough and shall be treated Of in a
separate chapter. Thee are, however,
other hamlets; tampbcilstown, immediate.
ly North of Carroiltown; Ery Gap y
Roads; and Luther's y Roa!s
Its public improvements are, the Ebens-
burg and SusTu, hanna lank Road, only
completed to CarroiItOwn from Ebcnsburg;
the Try Gap Road, VIII. passes through
the North Eastern corner cf the Township
to the Cherry Tree; the Old Indian Road
which runs " estwardy through the
Southern portion of the Township; the
Loretto Road; the Clifford Road; the Litz-
myers Mill Road; and several other pub
lie highways.
The population in 1859, was ll29-5S4
males, 5i5 females. ] his incll ded Car
roiltown, not then erected into IL borough.
The population OF the Township now, ex-
elusive ot the borough, is some Hoo
Indeed but few agricultural! reig hborhoods
have had more rapid growth than this
Township. .-..-.-
/ ne first settlers of this Township were
mostly lerEsylvanians fan,il;arly known
as "bac but at present there
Is vast lrelonderance Of the Germans
anu Their descendants. Their Princi Ial, !
might say their o"ty pursuit is agriculture F.
he principal productions are wheat.
oats, and buck hwhea;; horses, cattle. anu
SWINE There are Two iuc Touring mills, /.
both Oh Chest, known as luck ; AnIi, ana .
LitzInScr's Mill. here me also n.an, /
saw mills, a tannery, and two or thee
shops for the manufacture Of shook
rovi>ion Tor education is found in SIX .
school houses under the Common School
- stem. he inhabitants. tho the German
is the language OF their tiiesides, manifest
4 pralseworthy desire to give their children
Il good E"yt,ah education
Carroll Township was erected by Tie
DIVISION of SuSquchanna 1owrShip i'll 1910,
and received her maine from the venerable
harles Carroll OF Carrolltuwn, the last
signer OF the Declaration Of In
dependence. Her territory prior to that
lne was mostly wilderness, her rr,nci-
al ''ciear!ngs' being known as the "Lu.
her Settlement and the "Wcaklaud
'ettlomemt.' Since that time the torcsts
lave been fclled, and the greater pant of !
he 70" nship blooms like a garden.
The "Wcakland Settlement" WAS also
,nown as "Iialt's Sleeping lace" from
he fact Of the celebrated indian trader.
Ohm Hart, in his trading excursion, with
he indians, Always stopping tor the niy ht :
nGer large white OAK, on the DIV Can i
load, Il short distance North of the rrcs- {
1T residence Of William Weakland ESQ. 1
his manner of giving names to locality
lay appear strange, but Iiurtslog valley, a
Huntingdon County, obtained its name [
l precisely similar manner. :
HE prevailing religious sentiment of :
he people Is Roman Catholic-perbane =
lne-tenthS of the people belong to thi, {
nth. In addition to the large cdiiice IN .
hieh they worship in Carr ol!town, there
venerable wooden building some two
llcS farther North known as the .Uart's
leePing lace Church." where services :
e still had, at stated intervals, and always f
'nducted in English.
The celebrated Benedictine Niss;onarv
ev. PETER HENRY LEMKE. h. d for many :
ears, his home in Carroll Towns hin; and s
his means, labor and il fuence may ho a
the rapid growth and present =
condition of this neighborbood p