The Legend of the Gnats: The Eternal Bite
Any camper who has spent an evening near the Kinzua Reservoir or hiked the North Country Trail in late spring knows the truth...
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Past Dispatches
The Death Shout: The Eternal Echo of the Allegheny
In the deepest reaches of the Allegheny National Forest (ANF),...
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The Serpent of the Curve: The River’s Last Secret
Before the Kinzua Dam was built in the 1960s, the Allegheny River was a different beast. It was faster, shallower, and held s...
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The Widow Maker: The Cursed Hemlock of Heart’s Content
In the heart of the Allegheny National Forest lies a 120-acre cathedral of ancient wood known as ...
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The Keeper of Western Door: Seneca Legends of the Allegheny
The Seneca are known as the Keepers of the Western Door of the...
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The Leviathans of the Deep: The Allegheny River Monster
If you’ve ever been on the Allegheny at dusk, when the water turns the color of cold tea and the fog rolls off the hill...
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The Giants of the Dam: Fact or Frontier Myth?
When the earthmovers began carving out the foundation for the Kinzua Dam in the early 1960s, they weren’t just moving d...
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