Loretto

This Irish community was located in Bear Creek Township. The general store and post office, left, served the needs of area farmers. The old St. Patrick's Catholic Church, center, catered to their spiritual needs. Once the largest village in Bear Creek Township, a tavern, school and cheese factory were established there. The Loreto Cornet Band played at picnics and dances during the early 1900's. The postoffice closed in 1900, and the village, except for St. Patrick's Church, was only a memory.