# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Bradford County Historical Society Annual Book Sale
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 06 Dec, 2025 at 10:00 am – Sat, 06 Dec, 2025 at 02:00 pm
- **Event Description**: BRADFORD COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO HOLD ANNUAL BOOK SALE, DECEMBER 6TH

The annual holiday book sale will be held at the Bradford County Historical Society in Towanda on Saturday, December 6, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The sale will be held in the museum located at 109 Pine Street in the heart of Towanda’s Historic District.

This event has become a tradition with local history buffs that are looking to add to their collections. It is the only time each year that the society offers a discount price on all of its books. Books range from $7.50 to $70.00.

The book, “Barclay Mountain Coal Mining” written by Malin D. Martin tells the detailed history of the coal mining industry on Barclay Mountain. It features 400 pages, 35 maps, 176 photos, 16 illustrations, 28 charts, a 1,329 surname index, and 349 GPS map waypoints.

The book, “LAQUIN: The Rise and Fall of a Pennsylvania Lumber Town” written by Matthew Carl and published by LeRoy Heritage Museum, will be available. The book is 512 pages and contains over 600 images, maps, and original documents. The book is filled with new research and approximately 95% of the images have never been published in any previous book. A surname index with over 1,100 family names will assist readers in finding references throughout the book.

The 1869 Atlas of Bradford County, which has been completely rescanned and each page restored from the original hand colored book, will be available. The atlas features the locations of all the major buildings in the county in 1869 along with the name of each owner. The book is completely indexed by full name, making it simple to quickly find the map where the name appears. Even if you already have the previous black and white reprint of this atlas, you will find this new release to be a far superior reproduction with fold out maps and binding that does not cover any of the map images. This is certainly a publication worth adding to your library.

The World War I history which was printed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the war will be available at the sale. The Bradford County Historical Society’s publication “Defending Democracy: Bradford County in World War I, A Centennial Remembrance” is the largest new publication released by the Society in over 20 years. Unlike any book previously published by BCHS, Defending Democracy has a beautiful full cover glossy cover with amazing graphics. The book contains 516 pages; 18 chapters with added appendix; 280 previously unpublished black and white photographs; a full list of over 2,100 Bradford County World War I soldiers; a complete surname index; a section to record your own family’s participation in the war; and so much more.

Karen Tuton’s book “Jail Birds” a delightful story of her time as a child growing up living in the sheriff’s quarters of the jail is available this year.

The reprint of “History of Bradford County, Pennsylvania-1770-1878,” will be available at the sale. The book was produced using cover material and paper like the original book, making this a collector’s edition for all local history fans and researchers alike. The production of this history in 1878 by Rev. David Craft was the first major project done by the Bradford County Historical Society after it was formed in 1870. Craft was appointed by the society to write the history; it is considered one of the best county histories ever published for that period. The Craft history (as well as all other reprints of the society) contains an added index which makes finding your ancestor or subject much easier as the originals did not include indexes.

The book, “Barclay Mountain-A History,” will be available. The 359-page book published in 2007 features 32 chapters that are full of historical documentation, interviews and transcriptions of oral history with 400 plus photos of people and places over two centuries.

The Bicentennial photo history of Bradford County is for sale at this event. The Bradford County Historical Society put together a book that contains 653 photographs of towns and townships throughout the county.

Reprints of local history such as the “Romance of Old Barclay” along with writings of other local historians will be available at the sale.

Some of the other books that will be available include “Our Boys in Blue” Clement Heverly’s history of Bradford County in the Civil War. The new “History of Bradford County.” 1995, which features 1,400 submitted family stories and the histories of town and townships, churches, schools and businesses, industry, military, cemetery, and Century Farms. Please note this book cannot be reprinted so when the supply available at the museum is depleted it will no longer be available.

Other local histories published by the LeRoy Heritage Museum, Wyalusing Valley Museum and the Camptown Civic Club will be available for the sale.

A great stocking stuffer are the Bradford County Playing Cards. There are three versions of the playing cards that have images of famous Bradford County people and places with a succinct history of the image on the card. The SS. Peter and Paul playing cards and the Wysox Presbyterian Church cards are available as well.
Plan on visiting the Bradford County Historical Society, 109 Pine Street, Towanda, on Saturday, December 6, to complete your holiday shopping. If you’re unable to attend, you may also shop online at www.bradfordhistory.org.

The Bradford County Historical Society is funded in part by the Bradford County Room Tax Fund, the Bradford County Tourism Promotion Agency, the United Way of Bradford County, and the Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission.
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## Ticket Details

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Towanda
- **state**: PA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 109 Pine St, Towanda, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 18848
- **lat**: 41.76615
- **long**: -76.44389
- **full address**: 109 Pine St, Towanda, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 18848

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 06 Dec, 2025 at 10:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 109 Pine St, Towanda, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 18848
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Bradford County Historical Society
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