Editing Montgomery, Pennsylvania (section)

==History==
[[File:Pennsylvania - Montgomery - NARA - 68148338 (cropped).jpg|250px|thumb|left|Montgomery in 1930]]
'''Montgomery''' was incorporated as a [[Borough (Pennsylvania)|borough]] by the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania on March 21, 1887, from part of [[Clinton Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania|Clinton Township]]. The history of the settlement of Montgomery begins in 1783 when John Lawson established a homestead there. Nicholas Shaffer built a [[gristmill]] in Montgomery in 1795. A [[sawmill]] and a [[wool]] [[carding]] mill were other early industries found on [[Black Hole Creek]] which flows through Montgomery.{{citation needed|date = October 2013}}

P. M. Barber opened a [[distillery]] in 1859 and later a [[planing mill]] in 1869 on the site of the distillery which maintained sustained success. Barber with his partners, A.B. Henderson, Jesse Rank, and Nathan Fowler laid out a town around their mill in 1870. The town was further expanded by the success of Montgomery Machine Shops which started in 1873, under the supervision of Levi Houston, and built woodworking machinery sold to clients throughout the United States, [[Canada]] and [[Australia]].{{citation needed|date = October 2013}}

Montgomery was previously known as '''Black Hole''' for the creek that flows through it and the post office established in 1836 bearing that name.  It was also known as '''Clinton Mills''', again named for the post office. The name Montgomery stems from another name for the same post office, '''Montgomery Station'''.{{citation needed|date = October 2013}}