RAMBLINGS IN THE VALLEY OF JACOBS CREEK
SOUTH HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

WRITTEN 1932 BY A. L . ROWE and O. P. MEDSGER
Recompiled in 1970 by Della Reagan Fischer
Recompiled in 2004 by Bill Lee
CONTENTS

THE VALLEY OF JACOBS CREEK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

THE NAME JACOBS CREEK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

EARLY INDUSTRIES SALT WORKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 - 3

THE ALLIANCE FURNACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - 10

AN ATTEMPT TO FIND OIL AND MANUFACTURE SALT . . . . . .10 - 11

NATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 - 14

THE HONEY COMB ROCKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 - 15

THE CONIES OF THE ROCKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 - 16

THE FALLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 - 17

THE MURDER OF LUCINDA SECHRIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 - 19

FLORA OF THE JACOBS CREEK VALLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 - 22

THE ANCIENT BURIAL PLACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 - 23

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