Peter Herdic Archives - Hands-on Heritage

Peter Herdic: Industrialist, Entrepreneur, Innovator

Peter Herdic If you wrapped Donald Trump, John D. Rockefeller, H.L. Hunt and Benjamin Franklin all into one man, you’d have Peter Herdic. He looms over Williamsport’s “Lumber Boom Era” like a colossus. Herdic arguably has left a greater imprint on the posterity of Williamsport and Lycoming County than any other man. Born

2016-11-29T12:24:56-05:00By Lou Hunsinger Jr.|Lou Hunsinger Jr., News of Yesteryear|

The Herdic Cab: A variation on a transportation theme

When most people think of Peter Herdic they think of an industrialist, a wheeler-dealer and entrepreneur who had much with the development of Williamsport as a major economic center. Most people don't think of him as a transportation innovator.According to an article in the Fall 1973 edition of the Journal of the Lycoming County Historical

2016-11-30T10:34:38-05:00By Lou Hunsinger Jr.|Lou Hunsinger Jr., News of Yesteryear|