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Coal Discovery

Tioga County · dedicated 1975 · William B. Wilson Hwy. (US 15)

While acting as scouts for the Williamson Road party in 1792, Robert Benjamin Patterson discovered coal at present-day Blossburg. The first drift to mine the coal was opened on Bear Creek by David Clemons about 1815.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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