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Sankanac Village was built in the late 1880s to house workers to mine granite from a nearby quarry. The village consisted of a church, cemetery, train station, houses, stores, etc. The village was abandoned in 1914.   

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church

cemetery

train

Train schedule

Sketch prepared by Jonathan Hoppe

The Quarrymen of Sankanac
            

 

                 

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                                                                         PROPERTY DEEDS

       Date                         From                                    To                           Deed book              Page

   12-13-1885                Davis Knauer                 John Weaver                           B - 10                   148

    4-1-1902               Charles Mayhew            Robert McDougal                       M - 12                   426

    4-1-1919                   John Weaver              Robert McDougal                       C - 15                    571

    6-9-1920                 J. Patterson       (*)            E. Patrick                             W - 15               319 - 322      

   12-16-1920              R. Jones Patrick         French Creek Granite Co.            W - 15                   321

   7-2-1968         French Creek Granite Co.  French Creek Land Trust             G -  38                  310

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                                                     (*) There are three additional deeds included

    

The following sketch was prepared by Robert        Houck and submitted by Dan Barringer

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Houcktown 1800's

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