.  Clermont in the 21^st Century

Clermont in the 21st century is very different then it was around 1900. It is mostly camps now as can be seen with the following pictures.

Even some of the homes are being sold as camps. This is a realty sign for the sale of the old Frank Rizzo house where the Snyder family lived also. Recently the Yeager family occupied it.

The house was sold to a family in 2003 and they have moved in. From the appearance of a huge wood pile in front of the house it is apparent they are heating with wood.

 Even the former Alfieri family home shown here is used primarily as a hunting camp.

Each year the Alfieri boys and I come here hoping to bag a deer like this one shown here.

There are a few houses that are occupied by local residents all year. One of these is the Aloi home where Esther (Sample) Aloi lived until she became ill. In 2004 she is living in a nursing home in St Marys,PA.

All of the family farms are gone. Evidence of this is can be seen at the former Fred Anderson farm where there are numerous camps. The Clermont Sportsman Club as seen here uses one field for a rifle sighting range.

There have been some new things in recent years such as streetlights. Even street signs have been installed for the first time to enable 911 services to the town. Names were given to so called streets for the first time. Here are some of the signs.

Here are some views of some of the streets as they appear now. The first is the lower part of Circle Drive looking past the Cecchi house toward the Alfieri property.

The next view is of the upper part of Circle Drive taken near the Alfieri property looking east. The realty for sale sign in front the former Rizzo house can be seen on the right. The former gas company house that is owned by the Schnepp family is next past the for sale sign.

Next some views of present day King row is shown. Some of the original company houses can be seen. All have been remodeled over the years.

Next is a view down North Street as it appears today.

Next is a view of the road that leads to Wilcox from in front of the old Post Office building.

The building that was once Emil Erlandson's grocery store, later Walker 's garage, is in very bad condition as seen here.

Clermont Lodge 749 of the International Order of Odd Fellows was very popular in the early 1900's. The old Odd Fellows Building still stands even though it has deteriorated. The upper portion was a dance hall and used for meetings. The lower portion served as a home for various families over the years including the Finn family. Here is a recent photo of the building.

The gas companies, United Natural Gas Company and National Fuel Gas Supply Co, at one time had an extensive work force in Clermont. Now the men who work for National Fuel work out of an office in Bradford , Pennsylvania .

There are several new things in Clermont. The fire department is now located just east of the Aloi house.

Here is a picture of one of their trucks.

One of the local residents serves as a fire warden but the job is not directly connected directly to the fire department.

The Mc Kean County Solid Waste Landfill and a particleboard industrial plant have been built in Sergeant Township . This has given the township an excellent source of income. The Sergeant Township Supervisors have been able to provide some improvements for Clermont. The streetlights, street signs and a new building for their equipment are new additions. Here is the new building.

They also provide free garbage pickup for the residents and campers. People use boxes like this one for their trash.

Since the post office has been closed, people get their mail by rural delivery from Mt. Jewett . Here is Lenore Kane's mailbox.

This is a picture of Lenore(Cecchi) Kane on November 22, 2001(Thanksgiving Day).

Some former Clermont residents think that National Fuel Supply Company has set up a dummy corporation, Seneca Resource Corporation, to harvest the timber on the land and thus avoid lowering the natural gas bills to their customers. There are many no trespassing signs in the Clermont area now and this one set up on the old Shawmut grade.

In addition trespassing signs are found in many places that were not there for many years. It would seem that large companies have acquired much of the land in the Clermont area. Here are a two signs that appear in various places.