 Some settlers soon returned, only to flee again in the summer of 1779 in the "Little Runaway".Sullivan's Expedition helped stabilize the area and encouraged resettlement, which continued after the war.Isaac and William McKinney, father and son, built the McKinney Iron Works along Lycoming Creek in western Loyalsock Townshop between 1825 and 1830, when they built a forge, in an area known as Heshbon Park.