Wyalusing

Wyalusing may refer to:

USS Wyalusing (1863), a United States Navy gunboat of the American Civil War, named for Wyalusing, Pennsylvania

Wyalusing, Pennsylvania

Wyalusing is a borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 596 at the 2010 census.

History

The history of Wyalusing dates back centuries. It was originally known as M'chwihilusing. Before 1750 the settlement was known as Gahontoto and was home to the Tehotachsee tribe of native Americans. This small tribe would eventually be completely wiped out by the Cayuga tribe. In 1792 the chief of the Cayugas and about 20 other families rebuilt the town.

In the 19th century the town began to prosper as it became a shipping area for logs and other items on the Susquehanna River. In 1820 the construction of the Welles Mill along Wyalusing Creek made Wyalusing a prime area for people to farm and raise crops. In 1887 Wyalusing became a borough. Many of the buildings constructed in the late 19th century and early 1920s are still part of Main Street today.

Wyalusing is home to one of the biggest beef processing plants on the east coast. Cargill regional beef Wyalusing is located just a couple miles outside of town. This plant was originally started in the late 1970s by the local Taylor family as a small meat processing plant. It eventually grew into a multimillion-dollar business that employs over 1,200 people from the surrounding area. Cargill is one of the biggest suppliers of ground beef to large grocery chains such as Wegmans, Giant, Shop Rite and more. In 2002 the Taylor family sold the business to the Cargill corporation, one of the largest privately owned companies in the United States.