John Smithkontz cleared a parcel of land along Lycoming Creek near the mouth of Pleasant Stream on 1805.

[4] The New York Iron and Coal Company created the first business venture in what was to become McIntyre Township when they constructed a sawmill on Lycoming Creek.

The company also established a charcoal-making operation for the fuel that was needed to keep the furnaces fired.

The reason that several companies attempted to succeed in what proved to be a failing enterprise was the fact that the furnace was within easy distance of the Williamsport and Elmira Railroad, which connected the industrial centers of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and Elmira, New York.

He set up a coal mining operation in the mountains in the northeastern section of McIntyre Township.

Coal mining had taken place on a small scale in the earlier years of the township, but Langdon was the first to open a large-scale operation.

At one time it was home to 300 households, had a church, school, store, sawmill, a boot and shoe shop, and a public hall.

[1] Lycoming Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River, runs through the center of the township.