Major Isaac Lyman, an American Revolutionary War veteran was one of the first permanent settlers in Potter County.

She sought out the Major, traveled to Potter County, with the help of her son, Burrell who was 18 at the time, and settled.

[2] The Lyman Run area was part of the massive lumbering operation that occurred in most of north central Pennsylvania in the 1880s and 1890s.

The Goodyear brothers owned a railroad and lumber company that harvested the old-growth white pine and hemlock.

These logs were floated down Lyman Run to the log boom at Williamsport by way of the West Branch of Pine Creek, then Pine Creek itself, and finally the West Branch Susquehanna River.

[4] In the 1930s, a Civilian Conservation Corps camp was built at what later became Lyman Run State Park.

[5] Camping at both modern and rustic campsites is available at Lyman Run State Park.

The STS runs 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the park, and is reached via an access trail from the southwest end of the lake.

[6] Hunting is permitted on about 505 acres (204 ha) of Lyman Run State Park.

The common game species are ruffed grouse, squirrels, wild turkey, white-tailed deer, and black bears.

[4] Boating with gas powered motors is prohibited on Lyman Run Lake.