
In this birds-eye view of Hughesville, a field
near the edge of town is filled with standing shocks of corn.
Corn binders were used to cut the stalks of corn and tie bundles
together into shocks with the ears of corn still attached.
These shocks would be positioned like a teepee so that the
ears could dry. (Courtesy of Elizabeth “Sis” Rogers
Knyrim.)
Getting to the fair was determined by the most
convenient and available mode of transportation available.
It could have been a cart pulled by an ox, as seen on the
front cover, or it could have been a wagon or carriage pulled
by a horse or two, but by the 1930s, the parking lot at the
fair would look like this – filled with motorized automobiles.
(Courtesy of Kenneth D. Poust.)
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Kenneth D. Poust Sr. is pictured here at the door of his drugstore,
which he established on October 25, 1925 at 17 North Main Street.
Although the store and the Siegfried Hotel (formerly the American
House Hotel) next door were separated by only a two-foot air
space, the store survived with only water and smoke damage after
fire completely destroyed the hotel in 1931. (Courtesy of Kenneth
D. Poust Jr.)
The W. & N.B. train depot at Hughesville which was located
a block behind Main Street, was the major point for deliveries
and travel between the 1880s and the 1930s. (Courtesy of East
Lycoming Historical Society.)
Also known as the Biddle Bridge (no doubt named for early town
councilman Gersham Biddle), this covered bridge on Water Street
at the east end of town was replaced in the early 1920s with
a cement bridge during a road paving project which was done
at the time.(Courtesy of Kenneth D. Poust.)
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