[4] The Delaware, Iroquois, Mingo, and Shawnee were among the native inhabitants who began establishing settlements, farms, and trails throughout the surrounding valleys and water gaps.

[5] Many of the trails paved by Native Americans are now major roads and highways, including the Kishacoquillas Path, named after a Shawnee chief.

[7] Iroquoian warriors began raiding illegal European settlements resulting in the Big Runaway in the summer of 1778.

[9] Potter Township hosts the Grange Encampment and Fair garnering over 200,000 visitors, 1,000 tents, and 1,500 RV's, bringing in $2.6 million in 2017.

The fair began as a picnic in 1874 organized by Leonard Rhone to inform other grangers of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry.

[11] William Colyer built a sawmill near Tussey Mountain providing lumber for the nearby communities and fueling the local iron furnaces.

In the 1960s a dam was built on Sinking Creek by the Pennsylvania Fish Commission creating Colyer Lake.

Tom Wolf announced that the state would fund a project to replace or upgrade a section of Route 322 in Potter Township.

"[15] Located in Potter Township are the following sites on the National Register of Historic Places: Andrew Gregg Homestead, Egg Hill Church, Maj. John Neff Homestead, Neff Round Barn, Leonard Rhone House, Potter-Allison Farm, and Daniel Waggoner Log House and Barn.

Reverend Philip Vickers Fithian, who stayed at James Potter's home, wrote a detailed account of his experience in Penns Valley.

cleared either by the Indians, or by accidental Fire, hundreds of Acres covered with fine grass, mixed with small Weed and great Variety of Flowers ...[17]Penn's Prairie at Tri-Municipal Park in Potter Township is jointly owned by Potter Township and Centre Hall.

Half of the 165-acre park is dedicated towards plant and wildlife restoration, conservation and a cultural rejuvenation of The Great Plains.