The rocky vistas shown here include volcanic andesite and sedimentary limestone, deposited over two and a half million years ago. But it wasn’t until after the 1850s, when American Indians in the region had been mostly conquered, that the isolated and rugged terrain became interesting to investors for mining purposes.The image shown here includes the […]
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The Schuylkill and Susquehanna railway corridor formed the basis of one of America’s first rails-to-trails, and exists today as a nearly 20-mile path across isolated woodlands. The history of this valley, which lies adjacent to the Appalachian Trail, is a microcosm for much of the coal country of central Pennsylvania.In the 1740’s, Moravian Christian missionaries
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In the most remote parts of central Pennsylvania there are a string of state game lands that go by the name of “St Anthony’s Wilderness”. And on a mountain ridge, accessible only by hiking in, are the ruins of a small coal-mining community around the village known as Yellow Springs. An identifying sign along the
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