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Remains of these businesses can still be seen on the river and are sometimes mistaken for the remains of the old Pennsylvania canal. [16] Freeport P.O. appears in the 1876 Atlas of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. [17] Its early history is detailed in Robert Walter Smith's 1883 History of Armstrong County. [18]
State Forest Name County Area acres (ha) Founded Remarks Kittanning: Jefferson: 13,266 acres (5,369 ha) 1919: Summer 2007, renamed Clear Creek State Forest Valley Forge: Chester: 812 acres (329 ha) January 1935: August 2007, renamed William Penn State Forest Lackawanna: Lackawanna 44,743 acres (18,107 ha)
Once called the "Black Forest", the area is famous for its towering white pines and hemlocks. The idea to make Cook Forest a public park originated on McCreight's first visit to the "Forest Cathedral" near the Clarion River in northwest central Pennsylvania. "It was a beautiful day, August 21, 1910, that the writer with a few others were ...
Justus Fire Company (Scott Township, Justus), Station 28 [291] Madisonville Fire Department (Madison Township), Station 56; Mayfield Fire Department [292] Mayfield Hose Company No. 1, Station 59-1 [292] Whitmore Hose Company No. 2, Station 59-2 [293] William Walker Hose Company, Station 59-3 [294] Meredith Hose Company (Carbondale Township ...
The township is in southwestern Greene County and is bordered to the south by the state of West Virginia. New Freeport is the primary settlement in the township, located in the north along the Pennsylvania Fork of Fish Creek, a westward-flowing tributary of the Ohio River.
At this time in history fire was viewed as a threat to timber, an economically important natural resource. As such, the decision was made to devote public funds to fire suppression and fire prevention efforts. For example, the Forest Fire Emergency Fund Act of 1908 permitted deficit spending in the case of emergency fire situations. [4]
The trail's southern terminus is across the Allegheny River from the borough of Freeport in Armstrong County. Its northern terminus is in State Game Lands No. 24, in Forest County near a border with Allegheny National Forest. [2] The Baker Trail is maintained by the Rachel Carson Trails Conservancy. [3]
A large forest fire started near Buttle Lake and burned much of the valley in 1938. Rock Bay, Menzies Bay, and Englewood all were big logging camps. After 1912, Campbell River became a supply point for northern Vancouver Island, Quadra Island, and Cortes Island. [7]