“The Big
Spring” plaque was presented by the Blair County
Historical Society in 1918. It reads:
“ ‘THE BIG SPRING’ —
Near this spring for many years resided
Thachnectorus, “THE SPREADING OAK,” alias
Captain John Logan (1718–1820), eldest son of
Shikellemus, vice-gerent of the Iroquois Federation
in Pennsylvania and tried friend of white men in the
Juniata Valley during the Revolutionary War.”
In 1976, John Ketner (left ) and Ed Keys Sr.
are holding the plaque after it was removed from the wall
above the former spring and before it was mounted on
a large boulder across Washington Ave. near 10th St.
Photo by
Virgie Werner