The Invisible Line: Crossing the Terminal Moraine
There is a place in the Allegheny National Forest where the world changes in the span of a single step. To most drivers on Ro...
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A chronological record of stories, dispatches, and histories from across the Allegheny Plateau.
Past Dispatches
The Night Shift: Following the Owls of Tracy Ridge
When the final rays of sun dip below the Rimrock Overlook, and the boaters and hikers retreat from the Kinzua Reservoir, a se...
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The River of Piracy: The Ancient Rebirth of the Allegheny
To stand on the Rimrock Overlook and watch the Allegheny River snake through the deep, timbered throat of the Kinzua Valley i...
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The Black Gold Rush: How Oil 150 Created the Modern Plateau
When standard histories discuss the "Birth of the Oil Industry," they focus almost exclusively on Drake’s Well in Titus...
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The Day the Earth Spoke: The Great Kinzua Earthquakes
The Allegheny Plateau is defined by its ancient, unshakable foundation. We live on a landscape carved by wind and water over ...
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Deep-Time Foundations: The Ancient Deltas of the Allegheny Plateau
The towering steel of the Kinzua Viaduct may be the most famous landmark in our region, but the true architects of the Allegh...
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The Skywalk Sentinel: Standing on the Edge of the Kinzua Valley
It was once hailed as the "Eighth Wonder of the World." Stretching 2,053 feet across the gorge and standing 301 ...
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The Edge of Eternity: How the Ice Age Rebuilt the Allegheny Plateau
## **THE EDGE OF ETERNITY: How the Ice Age Rebuilt the Allegheny Plateau** **WARREN, PA** — To the casual hiker trekking through the dense black ...
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