The main driver behind the creation of the Allegheny National Forest was to protect the headwaters of the Allegheny River. The economic benefits - timber - were a secondary consideration. Recreation might have not been at the top of the list but the ANF’s first superintendent, Loren ...
Loren Bishop, the Allegheny National Forest’s first supervisor, made a compelling case for the vision and purpose of the ANF. He needed to make that argument because when he wrote in 1925 there were still a couple hundred thousand acres that hadn’t yet been purchased. So while the ...
Timber built this region and oil made it rich. But by the turn of the 20th century, available timber had been nearly tapped out - the ANF was jokingly referred to as the “Allegheny Brush Patch” in those early days. While that kind of over-harvesting may not have ultimately been in the ...
It’s one thing for a President of the United States to declare a National Forest created. He’s not the one surveying the ground, negotiating with property owners and ensuring that the entire project has the support of the communities where the land is being acquired. That ...
There’s a good argument to be made that no mode of transportation transformed life in Warren County more than the railroad. What once was a sparsely-populated frontier town was connected to destinations all over the country as a result of rail expansion, especially in the second half of ...
City of Warren Fire Department members are seeking to erect a memorial in memory of all the firefighters that have served in the city. That includes specifically naming the one individual - Capt. Hartwell Wiley - who died is the city’s fire service. Capt. Andy Moore addressed the ...
