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LOCK HAVEN -- The Annie Halenbake Ross Library at 232 West Main Street in Lock Haven has invited local author Jeffrey R. Frazier to present stories from his latest series of books titled Pennsylvania Mountain Landmarks Volumes 1, 2, and 3 on Jan.13, 2024, beginning at 1 p.m. The lecture will be a PowerPoint presentation featuring the history and legends surrounding local landmarks like Blue Hill, Picture Rocks, Rattlesnake Rock, Lochabar, little-known Native American burial and encampment sites, and many other local spots of equal mystery and interest.
The author has been collecting and writing books on Pennsylvania folktales and legends since 1970 and has compiled his extensive collection in an eight volume series titled Pennsylvania Fireside Tales. His latest books include Pennsylvania Fireside Ghost Tales and a three-volume series titled Pennsylvania Mountain Landmarks. He has often been invited to speak before many different groups to share his tales and the history behind them.
He has spoken to writing classes at Lock Haven University and at Penn State, given addresses to many county historical societies including those in Adams, Northumberland, Clinton, Centre, Lycoming, and Blair Counties, and has shared his stories with Scout troops, high school and junior high school classes, and to numerous clubs, libraries, and organizations all over Pennsylvania. He has also presented his tales for classes at Penn State's OLLI (Oscher Lifelong Learning Institute) organization. He was highly honored in 2016 when Penn State's WPSU public television station featured his books in a program titled "Pennsylvania Legends and Lore."
He has served as a member of the board of directors of the Penn's Valley Area Historical and Museum Association and as a judge at a Pennsylvania Young
Writers competition. He is a member of the Thomas T. Taber Museum in Williamsport, and of the Northumberland and Centre County Historical Societies. His lecture on his tales is titled "Pennsylvania Mountain Folktales and Legends -- Fact or Fancy? At the Ross Library he will be sharing some of the stories he has collected over the last fifty-plus years while exploring the dark hollows, foggy peaks, and little-traveled byways of our fair state.