Echoes in the Hemlocks: Modern Myths of the ANF
The dense, second-growth forests of the Plateau have a way of playing tricks on the mind. Once the sun dips below the ridge o...
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A chronological record of stories, dispatches, and histories from across the Allegheny Plateau.
Past Dispatches
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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Ghost Towns Under the Glass: The Atlantis of the Allegheny
If you boat across the glass-calm waters of the Allegheny Reservoir on a quiet morning, you are floating over a lost world. S...
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The "Lost Silver" of Tionesta: Fact or Frontier Fiction?
If you spend enough time in the taverns of Tionesta or around a campfire in the Allegheny National Forest, the conversation e...
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The Tree Army: The CCC’s Living Legacy in the Kinzua Country
In 1933, the Allegheny Plateau was a scarred landscape. Decades of aggressive logging and unchecked forest fires had left the...
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The "Wolf Mouth" Mystery: The Caves of Jakes Rocks
To most visitors, Jakes Rocks is a place of breathtaking vistas—a series of stone balconies overlooking the shimmering ...
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The "River Piracy" Part II: The Mystery of the Glacial Border
We have previously explored how a colossal Ice Age dam blocked the northward flow of the ancient Allegheny River, turning it ...
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