Mayor Michael Rinker and the members of the Knox Borough Council 
welcome you to our website.  Knox Borough is located in Clarion County
and known as the “Horsethief Capital of the World”. 

The following article explains how Knox
became the "Horsethief Capital of the World:.

The article was wrote by Jawnie
The page was designed by Jess, Class of 2004 
Editors Note:  The following information came from the articles printed in
the Clarion Democrat and The Clarion Republican Gazette, dated
October 15, 1885 and November 12, 1885.  

"Horsethief Days is a festival that happens in the Borough of Knox,
in Western Pennsylvania.  It happens the week before school goes back
into session.  (last week in August) 
During Horsethief Days there are so many activites you can do. 
For instance, there are all sorts of dances (country line, adult, and teen),
kiddie parade, sidewalk sales, Nickelodeon night, bike races, and
eventually the Horsethief Parade on the last day of the festival. 
The activites are fun and very interesting. 

Horsethief Days started back when Sebastian (Boss) Buck started 
stealing horses and changing them, so when he sold them that
the real owners wouldn't discover that the horses that Boss
was selling were theirs.  He would sell them down South
and then there were other people who were selling them in the North. 
Boss made a lot of money doing this, plus he really rejoyed it. 
He didn't have hardly any education but he was the planner of all the
schemes and had the intelligence, power, and daring,
to be the leader of the horse thieves.     

Stealing horses and making fake money was a vacation for him. 
He loved doing what he did.  He didn't care about what other people
said because he would mostly do all his work at night,
so no one would know about what he did. 

He even had other members of his clan down south steal horses and
bring them here.  The reason it was here was because Clarion County
was the head quarters or the "Horsethief Capital". 
Boss never worked alone.  
He never stole a horse by himself;  he had other people with him.  

When the police found out about this, they went and got a warrant for
his arrest.  He went into hiding for a while and after they gave up on him,
he just came out and started stealing horses and making fake money. 
He was the top criminal of of United States of America. 
Finally he got caught and was arrested. 
He straightened up in jail and when he got out,
he never stole horses again.  

That is how Horsethief Days started,
because it is in remembrance of Sebastian (Boss) Buck
and all the other horse thieves. 
I really enjoy Horsethief Days.

Some of the attractions where you can see when this occurred are
Brady's Bend, Clarion Area Historical Society Museum, Clarion Historical
and Beaver Creek Nature Area.  There are also many hotels you can stay
at if you are just visiting the area.  I really encourage you to go to Horsethief Days. 
It is a lot of fun, and I don't want you to miss out. 
Knox, Pennsylvania is the Horsethief Capital of the World."  

Check back for schedule of events...... 

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Knox Public Library has moved to 305 North Main Street.
Stop in for a visit and check out their new space.

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Knox Farmers Market Session will open with a Farm Tractor Parade
on Friday, May 18, 2012 at 4 pm.
The parade will begin at American Classics on Petrolia Street
and end at the Knox Community Park,
where the tractors will be on display. 
For more information call Tom McCoy at 797-2168


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Knox Civic Club will sponsor  
"A Salute to Veterans and Active Millitary Personel". 
on May 27th at 7pm 
in the Knox Union Cemetery and Knox Community Park
For more information call Shirley at 797-1561.



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