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22-791: Dean Ivan Lamb was born on January 25, 1886, in Cherry Flats, Tioga County, Pennsylvania . In 1908 he was working on the Panama Canal He enrolled in the Curtiss flying school in Hammondsport, New York , in 1912. During the Mexican Revolution , according to a Lamb newspaper interview, he was hired as a mercenary pilot to fly for General Benjamín G. Hill 's forces. Phil Rader, a mercenary pilot for opposing General Victoriano Huerta , had supposedly several times bombed

44-470: A loyalist colonel observed a dogfight over their airdrome. The non-flying colonel was impressed when the rebel plane went into a spin and "disappeared over the skyline", with federalist mercenary "Stewart on its tail, firing steadily." The colonel sent a case of champagne to celebrate the victory. When Lamb took Stewart aside to scold him, however, Stewart informed him that, like Lamb's own dogfight in Mexico, it

66-745: A single party. This was due to the success of write in campaigns conducted by Roger Bunn in 2011 and Mark Hamilton in 2015. As reported by EdNA , Pennsylvania Department of Education, June 2010. Public transportation is provided by BeST Transit . There are three Pennsylvania state parks in Tioga County. Under Pennsylvania law, there are four types of incorporated municipalities: cities , boroughs , townships , and, in at most two cases, towns . The following boroughs and townships are located in Tioga County: Census-designated places are geographical areas designated by

88-637: Is one of the most heavily Republican represented counties in Pennsylvania. This has a long history as Abraham Lincoln reportedly received 78.57% of the county's vote in the 1860 Presidential election . Since Abraham Lincoln the county has voted for the non-Republican presidential candidate only two times. The first was Theodore Roosevelt 's 1912 run as a Progressive and the second was Lyndon B. Johnson 's landslide in 1964 . In 2004, George W. Bush received 12,019 votes (68%) to 5,437 votes (31%) for John Kerry . In 2008 John McCain received 62.7% of

110-669: Is record of a Sgt. Dean Lamb (service number 8054) who joined the Royal Flying Corps on August 30, 1915, and was discharged on October 5, 1917. This man is listed as suffering from neurasthenia , and his age is given as 31 years, 8 months (which agrees with Lamb's age on the specified discharge date). Lamb married in England in 1917. Postwar, Lamb worked as an airmail pilot in New York, New Jersey and Maryland from December 9, 1918, to February 6, 1919. Lamb helped to establish

132-506: The New York Evening Post about his claimed downing of a German Gotha bomber over Hainault Forest , in which his gunner was killed and he himself was shot. However, he goes unnoted by such aviation historians as Norman Franks and Christopher Shores, and none of his victories have ever been documented. Lamb supposedly was awarded Royal Aero Club Certificate No. 4543 on April 26, 1917, while an Air Mechanic, 1st Class. There

154-709: The Honduran Air Force in 1921. According to Lamb in another newspaper interview, while in Buenos Aires , he was hired as the "commander of the federal air squadron of 11 planes" in a civil war underway in Paraguay . According to Who's Who in Aviation , Lamb commanded the Paraguayan air force from 1922 to 1923. As Lamb related the tale, it turned out the rebels were also recruiting in the same city at

176-1186: The North Central Pennsylvania region of the state. The county was colonized by people of Yankee stock (colonists from New England and the western part of New York who were descended from the English Puritans of colonial New England). With the opening of a rough wagon road to the source of the Tioga River, New England colonists poured over the Allegheny Mountains. Tioga County resembled upstate New York more than it did eastern Pennsylvania , as its population primarily consisted of colonists from New England. Developers and land speculators laid out roads, established post routes, erected public buildings, and invited people to move there. The original colonists were entirely of New England origins or were Yankees from upstate New York, whose families had recent ancestors in New England, with colonization taking place in

198-559: The U.S. Census Bureau for the purposes of compiling demographic data. They are not actual jurisdictions under Pennsylvania law. Other unincorporated communities, such as villages, may be listed here as well. Tioga County is historically home to several ghost towns for a variety of reasons, chiefly the decline of the lumber and coal industry. Most prominently is Leetonia , a former timber company town . Some small hamlets, such as Mardin and Olde Corner, who relied on Rural Free Delivery for trade met their downfall. Former borough Fall Brook

220-510: The census of 2000, there were 41,373 people, 15,925 households, and 11,195 families residing in the county. The population density was 36 people per square mile (14 people/km ). There were 19,893 housing units at an average density of 18 units per square mile (6.9/km ). The racial makeup of the county was 98.11% White , 0.60% Black or African American , 0.23% Native American , 0.30% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 0.14% from other races , and 0.61% from two or more races. 0.52% of

242-638: The "present whereabouts of Colonel Thiele in order that he may be interviewed in connection with these allegations." He died in Tucson, Arizona, in November 1955. Lamb was a member of the Quiet Birdmen and the Early Birds of Aviation . Lamb wrote a book about his alleged exploits, The Incurable Filibuster. Adventures of Colonel Dean Ivan Lamb (Farrar & Rinehart, 1934, ASIN: B000QRALGU). It

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264-804: The Director of Intelligence, General Staff, Department of the Army, The Pentagon, reports that "Colonel Dean Ivan Lamb" was "recently interviewed" at the Federal Bureau of Investigation 's New York office. In the interview, Lamb was asked about his information-gathering work for Alger Hiss (accused in 1948 of spying for the Soviet Union) in 1933. Lamb claimed he reported his activity to "Colonel Thiele of G-2 in Washington, D. C. in about March 1934." The memo requests any records of this notification and

286-625: The aftermath of the Revolutionary War. Tioga County was largely culturally contiguous with New England culture, which was influential across the Northern Tier of the United States through its migrants. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the county accepted more immigrants from Ireland, Germany and eastern Europe, who came to work in the coal mines. A number of them were Roman Catholic, introducing more diversity into

308-675: The mixture of religions here. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has a total area of 1,137 square miles (2,940 km ), of which 1,134 square miles (2,940 km ) is land and 3.2 square miles (8.3 km ) (0.3%) is water. It is the fourth-largest county in Pennsylvania by land area and fifth-largest by total area. It has a warm-summer humid continental climate ( Dfb ) and average monthly temperatures in Wellsboro range from 22.8 °F in January to 68.2 °F in July. As of

330-510: The population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. Residents of Tioga County were of 31.9% English , 23.1% German , 10.1% Irish , 6.0% Polish and 5.3% Italian ancestry. There were 15,925 households, out of which 30.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.80% were married couples living together, 8.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.70% were non-families. 24.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.30% had someone living alone who

352-451: The same time. An Italian friend named Mazzolini was selected to lead "the revolutionists' air squadron". The two got together, rounded up unemployed World War I veteran pilots in the city, and split them up, with Lamb first choosing two, then Mazzolini one (as the rebels had only six aircraft). The two groups then set out for Paraguay on the same train, carousing together all the way. In that same interview, Lamb claimed that on one day, he and

374-610: The town of Naco, Sonora , Mexico, held by Hill's forces. The two pilots were reputed friends, and staged a mock pistol battle in the sky often labeled the first dogfight in history. Lamb purportedly joined the British military in World War I and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps as a sergeant pilot , supposedly becoming an ace with either five or eight victories. Lamb was interviewed by Arthur Howden Smith of

396-458: The vote. In 2020, despite the state's slight leftward swing, the county swung further right to give Donald Trump the best Republican result since 1956. In 2006, Rick Santorum and Lynn Swann both had significant victories in Tioga County despite their defeats statewide. The last two sitting Board of Commissioners have been all Republican candidates, and Tioga County is the only county in Pennsylvania with all three sitting commissioners being from

418-520: Was ghostwritten by John Eoghan Kelly. Tioga County, Pennsylvania Tioga County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania . As of the 2020 census , the population was 41,045. Its county seat is Wellsboro . The county was created on March 26, 1804, from part of Lycoming County and later organized in 1812. It is named for the Tioga River . The county is part of

440-449: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.93. In the county, the population was spread out, with 23.70% under the age of 18, 10.60% from 18 to 24, 25.40% from 25 to 44, 24.20% from 45 to 64, and 16.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.80 males. Tioga County

462-516: Was a site of coal discovered in 1856, and Landrus first was settled to build a sawmill. The population ranking of the following table is based on the 2010 census of Tioga County. † county seat 41°46′N 77°15′W  /  41.77°N 77.25°W  / 41.77; -77.25 Quiet Birdmen Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include

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484-510: Was all a sham. By the time the rebels were defeated, Lamb's squadron had claimed 48 victories over the six enemy aircraft. On December 1, 1944, Lamb was jailed, accused of stealing either $ 19,000 or $ 38,000 worth of jewels. He denied the grand larceny charge and was released on $ 5,000 bail. According to an Early Birds of Aviation article, he was cleared of the charge in May 1945. A declassified memo dated April 15, 1949, from "John Edgar Hoover" to

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