Bloody Run Historical Society

Important Dates

1738 - First known house built in Bedford County, by trader John Patton. The house still stands in present day Everett.
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1750 - Robert MacRay establishes a trading post along the river. It becomes known as Raytown, now Bedford.
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1758 - Forbes Road
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1758 - Fort Bedford built by the British army, commanded by General Edward Forbes.

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1760 – Bloody Run Massacre

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1770- Betsy Tussey’s tavern established

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1771 - Bedford County officially formed.

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1774 - Public road opened from Standing Stone (now Huntingdon) to Bloody Run (now Everett). This road is now Route 26.

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1787 - Michael Barndollar of Frederick County, Maryland, was given a deed from John Musser of Lancaster, PA, for 400 acres of land, the present site of Everett.

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1791 - Public road opened from Shippensburg to Pittsburgh. It followed the route of Forbes' Road

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1795 - Michael Barndollar lays out the town first called Waynesboro, but the post office was called Bloody Run. (Presently Everett)

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1801 - First iron production in Bedford County begins at Hopewell Furnace, with iron ore from Warrior Ridge near present day Everett.

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1802 - Michael Barndollar built a tavern and store at present day Everett.

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1805 - Charles McDowell begins publication of the Bedford Gazette newspaper. Today it is the oldest newspaper in continuous publication in Pennsylvania.

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1807 - Everett glass plant begins production.

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1814 - Post Office established at Bloody Run (Everett) with Philip Compher as postmaster

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1817 - Davey Lewis escaped from Bedford County jail. He won the public's admiration as the "Robin Hood of Bedford County" after robbing a sheriff
of a poor widow's tax payment and returning the money to the widow.

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1854 - Providence Township divided into East Providence and West Providence Townships.

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1854 - The Foundry was established - Rebuilt in 1874

1860 - The Borough of Bloody Run is incorporated. (Present day Everett)

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1866 - Schoolhouse built on North Spring Street

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1868 - Bedford County Press published at Bloody Run (now Everett) by J. C. Long. Later named the Everett Press, then the Bedford County Press again,
then the Bedford County Shopper's Guide.

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1870 - The Bedford County Bank in Everett was founded.

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1873 - Bloody Run officially changed its name to Everett, in honor of statesman and orator Edward Everett.

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1880 - Everett Volunteer Fire Company established, with Gen. D.S. Elliot as chief engineer, and assistants D.V. Ott and John A. Gump.

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1884 - A blast furnace for ironmaking began in Everett with ore from Black Valley. (The Earlston Furnace)

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1885 - North Spring Street high school built

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1885 - The Everett Glass Company founded

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1885 - The Everett Bank is founded.

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1889 - First two Everett High School graduates - Mary Pattigrew & S. Howard Gump

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1894 - The Cottage Planing Mill Company was founded.

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1894 - J. C. Chamberlain begins publishing the Everett Republican. The weekly newspaper stopped publishing in 1951.

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1902 - First National Bank of Everett is founded.

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1902 - Everett Railroad Station built

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1904 - First automobile built in the county by A.M. and W.C. Karns of Everett.

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1905- Hugh Tate first Everett baseball player to play in the major leagues.

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1908 - Fire destroys the Tecumseh Tannery, a major industry in Everett.

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1908 - Everett Bottling Company founded

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1913 - Everett Cash Mutual Insurance Company is founded
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1914 - Thropp RR Bridge was completed.
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1919 - 400 county residents die in influenza epidemic.

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1923 - The Everett free Library Assoication was formed.
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1923 - The Stuckey Theatre opens.

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1924 - J. E. Thropp Co., a major blast furnace and foundry, stunned Everett by declaring bankruptcy.

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1926 - The Everett High School Alma Mater written.

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1930 - Fire destroys a block of downtown Everett.

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1930 - Everett Hospital

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1936 - St. Patrick's Day Flood, the worst disaster in Bedford County history. Hardest hit was Everett, with much of the town flooded by the waters of the Juniata River and Bloody Run.

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1937-1938 - The present-day Everett Post Office built.

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1938-1940 - Building of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Pennsylvania Turnpike opens on October 1. The "father of modern highways" has interchanges

in Bedford and Breezewood.

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1941- Everett VFW Band wins National Championship.

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1941 - The Thropp Railroad removed.

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1946 - Helen G. Barnett purchased the Everett Press.

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1947 - Drenning Diner becomes Reed's Romar
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1947 - Memorial Field built
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1947 - Gulf Station built on the corner of Main and North Spring street.
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1947 - McFarland's Furniture opens on West Main Street
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1951 - Memorial Hospital of Bedford County opens on Route 30 between Bedford and Everett.
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1951 - Acme Market opens on Main Street.

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1955– New Everett Southern High School

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1955 – South Penn Speedway opened. Closed in 1971. Ownership was changed and reopened in 1972 for two season.

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1959 - The four-lane between Everett and Breezewood was opened.
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1961 - Tatesville Sand Plant closes.
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1961 - United Telephone Company implements a dial-tone telephone service in Everett.
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1962 - The Polly Clean Laundromat opened on the corner of Main and Water Street

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1962 - The A&P building replaces the McClure building. Penn Hardware moves from the McClure building to the former Caro Motors building on South Street

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1962 - Swiming area at the Sportsmen Club opens.

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1963 – March 15, 1963 -Everett’s first radio station - WWDS

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1963 - Everett Landmark (Gump/Farber building) was torn down
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1965 - H-P Stores buy Maurices.

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1966 - Ground breaking for the Rivers Bend Golf Course

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1966 - The Everett VFW was formed in June 6 and was named in honor of Medal of Honor recipient Ellis R. Weicht

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1967 - Grand Opening of Wolf Furniture
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1967- The US Hotel on West Main Street is torn down.