Shaver Creek (Pennsylvania) facts for kids

Shaver's Creek is a 19.6-mile-long (31.5 km) tributary of the Juniata River in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania in the United States.

Shaver's Creek joins the Juniata River at the borough of Petersburg.

The creek gives its name to the Shaver's Creek Environmental Center.

History

The creek was named for Peter Shaver, an original settler in that area within the Juniata Valley. Family genealogy research show "Hans Pieter" arriving in America aboard the ship, Loyal Judith in 1732. He was licensed as a fur trapper/Indian trader in Fredericktown, MD by the PA Colony Council in 1744. Little is known of his life, but he was murdered near his home.

During the American Revolutionary War, an energetic settler in the area named Samuel Anderson, who had also married Peter's widow, Rhoda, erected a blockhouse fort on the flat near the mouth of the creek which was occupied during the war.