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This is a list of Native American archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania.. Historic sites in the United States qualify to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places by passing one or more of four different criteria; Criterion D permits the inclusion of proven and potential archaeological sites. [1]
Halfway Creek, Halfway Lake: Park has first cement and stone dam ever built by the Civilian Conservation Corps. Raccoon Creek State Park: Beaver County: 7,572 acres (3,064 ha) 1945: Little Traverse Creek, Raccoon Lake: Park was built by the CCC and WPA as one of five National Park Service Recreation Demonstration Areas in state. Ralph Stover ...
Located off Timms Lane in Rostraver Township, the site lies on a bluff above the Youghiogheny River. [2]: 1, 2 Local archaeologists knew of the site in the early part of the twentieth century; the best records of the site are from amateur George Fisher, who studied the area from 1900 to 1950.
Rostraver Township has eight land borders, including Elizabeth Township in Allegheny County to the north, West Newton to the northwest, Perry and Washington Townships in Fayette County to the south, North Belle Vernon and Belle Vernon (the latter in Fayette County) to the southwest, Monessen to the west-southwest, and Forward Township in Allegheny County to the northwest.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 16.1 square miles (42 km 2), of which 16.1 square miles (42 km 2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km 2), or 0.12%, is water. It contains the unincorporated communities of Eastbrook, Lakewood Park, and Briar Hill.
Southeast of Westmoreland City on Brush Creek Road 40°19′09″N 79°39′30″W / 40.319167°N 79.658333°W / 40.319167; -79.658333 ( Brush Creek Salems Hempfield Township
The highway heads northwest and meets up with PA 51 twice at two separate locations and Interstate 70 (I-70) in Rostraver Township. The northern terminus is at PA 136 in Rostraver Township. PA 201 was designated in September 1964 replacing a longer section of PA 711 from Connellsville to Rostraver Township.
The Hickory Creek Trail is an 11.6-mile (18.7 km) hiking trail in Allegheny National Forest in northwestern Pennsylvania. [1] The trail traverses remote areas of the Hickory Creek Wilderness ; [ 2 ] its route includes a large loop and a short entrance trail that must be completed in both directions.