Acknowledgments and References:
* Big Shanty, Lafayette Township, McKean County, PA. Residents (4 interviews)
* Local McKean County Old Timers (3 views)
* Andrew & Karen-Rathfon Brooks, Dover, DE.
(Andrew, Illustrator and Photo’s; Karen, Photo's)
* Bradford Landmark Society (www.bradfordlandmark.org)
Molly & Kevin Lindahl, Photo’s
* Warren County PA. Historical Society (www.warrenhistory.org)
Lori & Dan Murphy (Lori, Elementary Teacher, Warren Elem. School Dist )
Morrison Run Culvert Photo’s, Thomas Struthers & Co.
* Mr. Louis Rizzo, Life Time Lewis Run, PA. Resident
* Mr Richard Thurber, Conesus, NY (born in Big Shanty 1924)
* Stone Structures of Northeastern United States (www.stonestructures.org)
Mary Gage, Author & Senior Researcher
James Gage, Webmaster & Researcher
* Stone Quarries and Beyond (www.quarriesandbeyond.org)
Peggy Perazzo
* Railroad Stations (www.west2k.com)
Dan West
* Back to Bradford (www.backtobradford.com )
Angela Nuzzo, Webmaster
* Stone Carver (www.stonecarver.com)
Walter S. Arnold
* Swepi LP, Royal Dutch Shell Oil Company
Operation Superintendent
* Collins Pine Co, Kane Hardwood
Land Manager
* J.D. Northrop Construction Co.
Thomas Reed, General Manager
* McKean County Courthouse, Smethport, PA.
Anne C. Bosworth, Recorder
* Historical Bridges (www.historicbridges.org )
N. Holth
* Tuna Valley Trail Association ( www.tunavalleytrail.com )
* National Fuel Gas Company
Land Department
* Ancestry. Com (www.ancestry.com)
1860-1880 U.S. Census Reports, Newspapers (7), McKean & Warren Counties
* Google maps (www.google.com)
* GNIS, Geographic Names Information System U.S. Government (USGS Maps)
GNIS Manager
* McKean County Historical Society (www.smethportchamber.com)
* Warren County, PA GEN WEB (www.pagenweb.org)
* Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (www.dot.state.pa.us)
Kara Russell, Cultural Resource Eastern region Team Leader
* Brockway Area Historical Society (www.brockwayhistory.com)
Mr. Adam Sabatose & Lawrence W. Kilmer
( Note: Accurate in their research on L.W. Kilmer’s book)
* University of Washington - Special Collections
N. Bromberg, Visual Materials Curator
* Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum (www.rgvrrm.org)
R. Amberger, Secretary
* Erie Lackawwanna Volunteers (www.railfan.net)
Michael Connors (ELRR Lists)
* United Daughters of the Confederacy ( www.hqudc.org )
Betty Luck, Research Librarian
Museum of the Confederacy - Richmond
Teresa Roane, Research Librarian
* Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania (www.rrmuseumpa.org )
Bradley K. Smith, Curator Supervisor
Andy Etman, Custodial Guide I
* Chemung Valley Historical Museum (www.chemungvalleymuseum.org )
( Elmira, NY History)
* Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (www.phmc.state.pa.us)
Kurt R. Bell, Archivist II
C. Nagel, National Registry Program
1856 and 1871 Maps of Lafayette Township
* Johnson Island Preservation Society (www.johnsonsisland.org)
Don Young
* Chicago History Museum (www.chicagohs.org)
Research Center
Books, Reports, and Gazetteers:
* Erie Railroad 1863 - 1976 Bradford Branch
Lawrence W. Kilmer
* Historical Bradford
F.A. Hatch 1901
* History of the Counties: McKean, Elk, and Forest Pennsylvania
J. H .Beers & Company 1890
* McKean - The Governor’s County
R.B.Stone 1919
* Between The Ocean And The Lakes - The Story of the Erie
Edward Harold Mott Collins 1899
* The Philadelphia and Erie Railroad
Homer Tope Rosenberger 1975
* The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society
Railroad History # 131, 1974
Bulletin # 76, 1921
* Railway Life - Buffalo, Rochester, & Pittsburgh Railway Company
Volumes 1- 4
* Residents of Mt. Alton - Erie Railroad Company
* Manual of the Railroads of the United States
Henry Varnum Poor 1868
* Adam’s Express Company - Shippers Guide
1890