Lycoming Creek and the Sheshequin Path played an important role in the early history of Lewis Township.

The path was a major Native American trail that ran between two Native American villages: "French Margaret's Town" on the West Branch Susquehanna River (part of modern-day Williamsport) and "Sheshequin" on the North Branch of the Susquehanna River (modern day Ulster Township in Bradford County).

Conrad Weiser guided Moravian missionaries along the creek and path to reach Onondaga, the capital of the Iroquois Confederacy in 1737.

Colonel Thomas Hartley led the 6th Pennsylvania Regiment up the Sheshequin Path during the American Revolution.

Both Hartley and Sullivan were instrumental in claiming the frontier of Pennsylvania and New York for the forces of the Continental Army.

This road, which stretched from Williamsport to Painted Post, New York, helped open north-central Pennsylvania to settlement.

Much of Lewis Township is covered with steep slopes that were carved into the Allegheny Plateau by the streams that drain into the West Branch Susquehanna River.

In a word, the place is fit for almost any public business, as the great road (Williamson) leading to the State of New York passes through it.

John Allen moved from Northumberland to a section of land along Lycoming Creek between Cogan Station and Hepburnville in Hepburn Township.

Robert Allen sold his share of the farm to his brothers and moved further north along Lycoming Creek and bought the land that was formerly owned by James Kyle.

They rose to a position of prominence as the owners of an inn that was frequently busy with visitors who were moving along the Williamson Road.

He spent several years working for the United States government in the Northwest Territory, especially in what is now Michigan along the Detroit River and Lake Huron.

Her parents Henry and Martha Hews were part of the failed "English Settlement" in Pine Township.

After struggling to survive in Pine Township, Henry Hews cleared and established several successful farms in Tioga County and northern Lycoming County before finally settling near Trout Run, where his daughter met and married Robert Allen.

Pennsylvania Route 14 leads northeast from Trout Run, continuing up the Lycoming Creek valley 25 miles (40 km) to Canton.

[1] Lycoming Creek runs the length of the township from northeast to southwest on its course to the West Branch Susquehanna River at Williamsport.