Show declarations OF SAME DATE on july 4 1776 another patriotic body resolved they should do be free end and independent in hl stoil 4 of t lie ie united states wl which fell tire me part III ly exact ono one nels after tile alio tory story s of tile alio atlon of lil independence dependence tit nt philadelphia on oil july ff 4 1770 mention of another dechira y tion annile that same saine tiny day find and year by it body of frontiersmen lit in the central part of pennsylvania pann ivanca A single pnra paragraph graph disposes of tills most interesting and remarkable of historic coincidences one reads of ft a persistent legend that a group of hardy pioneers known us its fair piny sien men gathered on july 4 1770 near pine creek on the west brunch branch of river and declared es free thereafter from arlt ish rule jamiat is 18 nil all that tile most diligent search in histories brings out for the proofs of tile the story ns as well ns as its do de gnus were believed until recently to have been lost in ili the mists of the past henry IV shoemaker a 0 newspaper man of altoona a des descendant of some of the signers of this pine creek declaration la spent ten years in collecting the legends and stories of early life in pennsylvania ho was particularly interested in tile tho story of the declaration anti interviewed ter viewed many old people in the con can part of the state whose ancestors were among the early settlers with the help of some of the oln pioneers lie brought the legend with its many variations to a point whore where lie believes that its authenticity and many if not all of its details are well established the scene of the pine creek declaration la Is according to sir mr shoemakers rese researched archee near pine station clinton county about lt 19 miles above the flourishing city of William williamsport sport |