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| Victorian Warren |
| It's gone, but we have a beautiful painting to remember it by! Just a block upstream from Point Park and in the middle of Warren behind Pizza Hut is a popular spot for evening angling. The dam, in a variety of forms, is about 140 years old and was first constructed when Warren was a lumber town. It held the water back so the timber could be ferried downstream to the Allegheny River and on to Pittsburgh. The state's Department of Environmental Protection will soon remove the dam which will allow fish species to migrate up the creek and canoeists to drift to the Allegheny River. The dam is located at the original site of a 17th century Seneca fishing village. Recent efforts to save the dam may be bolstered by a recent discovery that removing dams like this could actually cause pollution, harming flora and fauna for many years to come. See article |
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| Night fishing right in the middle of the city. the Conewango Dam site of a pre-colonial Seneca Fishing Village |
In nearby Sugar Grove the
anti-slavery movement held its
first national convention, which
was re-created in past years at
a celebration called
"Juneteenth." If you want to see
what the underground railroad
really looked like, walk through
the tiny, quaint downtown of this
northern Pennsylvania village.
The whole county was involved
in a conspiracy to harbor
runaway slaves. A state of Maine
housewife named Harriet
Beecher Stowe based her
history-changing book, Uncle
Tom's Cabin, on an escapee
who farmed here in the county.
The book shocked the nation
and precipitated the War
Between the States.
So did the Civil War start here?
In colonial days this area was
known as "The Northwest
Territory" and a local, regional
bank headquartered here,
Northwest Bancorp, still retains
a portion of that name.
(Tour Continued on next page.)
anti-slavery movement held its
first national convention, which
was re-created in past years at
a celebration called
"Juneteenth." If you want to see
what the underground railroad
really looked like, walk through
the tiny, quaint downtown of this
northern Pennsylvania village.
The whole county was involved
in a conspiracy to harbor
runaway slaves. A state of Maine
housewife named Harriet
Beecher Stowe based her
history-changing book, Uncle
Tom's Cabin, on an escapee
who farmed here in the county.
The book shocked the nation
and precipitated the War
Between the States.
So did the Civil War start here?
In colonial days this area was
known as "The Northwest
Territory" and a local, regional
bank headquartered here,
Northwest Bancorp, still retains
a portion of that name.
(Tour Continued on next page.)
| Short History (continued from previous page) architectural styles, reflecting its storied past. At one time there were more millionaires per capita here than anwhere else in the state. Colonel Drake came to a blacksmith in Warren to manufacture the first oil drill and a strong manufacturing industry for this field continues to this day in Warren. |
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