Buffalo Run Valley

	Buffalo Run Valley Buffalo Run is a stream, creek in Centre County, Pennsylvania, Centre County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It flows from Skytop, Centre County, Pennsylvania, Skytop to Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, Bellefonte through the communities of Waddle, Pennsylvania, Waddle, Fillmore, Pennsylvania, Fillmore, Continental Courts, Pennsylvania, Continental Courts, Hunters Park, Pennsylvania, Hunters Park, Chemical, Pennsylvania, Chemical, and Coleville, Pennsylvania, Coleville. The Bellefonte Central Railroad, Bellefonte Central Railroad's main line followed Buffalo Run. References Rivers of Pennsylvania Tributaries of the West Branch Susquehanna River Rivers of Centre County, Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Bellefonte, Pennsylvania The Borough of Bellefonte is a borough in and the county seat of Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is approximately 12 miles northeast of State College and is part of the State College, Pennsylvania metropolitan statistical area. The borough population was 6,187 at the 2010 census. It houses the Centre County Courthouse, located downtown on the diamond. Bellefonte has also been home to five of Pennsylvania's governors, as well as two other governors. All seven are commemorated in a monument located at Talleyrand Park. The town features many examples of Victorian architecture. It is also home to the natural spring, "la belle fonte". bestowed by Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord during a land-speculation visit to central Pennsylvania in the 1790, from which the town derives its name. The spring, which serves as the town's water supply, has since been covered to comply with DEP water purity laws. The early development of Bellefonte had been as a "natural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Skytop, Centre County, Pennsylvania Skytop is a neighborhood and an unincorporated community in Patton Township and Huston Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is partially in Happy Valley and the larger Nittany Valley Nittany Valley is an erosion, eroded anticline, anticlinal valley located in Centre County, Pennsylvania, Centre County, Pennsylvania. It is separated from the Bald Eagle Valley by Bald Eagle Mountain and from Penns Valley by Mount Nittany. The va ..., and partially in the Bald Eagle Valley. Geography The neighborhood lies atop the Bald Eagle Ridge locally known as Skytop Mountain. The Skytop wind gap has been a route of passage between the Nittany and Bald Eagle Valleys originally traversed by the first inhabitants of the valleys, currently being utilized by Interstate 99 and Skytop Mountain Road. Skytop is north of Gray's Woods, east of Stormstown, west of Waddle, and south of Steel Hollow, Bald Eagle Creek, and Martha Furnace. Skytop is home to the Skytop Mountai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Rivers Of Pennsylvania This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Delaware Bay Chesapeake Bay ''Elk River (MD)'' Elk River (Maryland), Big Elk Creek Elk River (Maryland), Little Elk Creek ''North East River'' (MD) *North East River, North East Creek Gunpowder River Susquehanna River Susquehanna River Deer Creek (Maryland), Deer Creek Octoraro Creek West Branch Octoraro Creek Stewart Run (Octoraro Creek tributary), Stewart Run East Branch Octoraro Creek *Muddy Run (Octoraro Creek tributary), Muddy Run Conowingo Creek Fishing Creek (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania), Fishing Creek (Lancaster County) Muddy Creek (Susquehanna River tributary) *North Branch Muddy Creek South Branch Muddy Creek Tucquan Creek Otter Creek (Susquehanna River tributary), Otter Creek Pequea Creek Big Beaver Creek Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Bellefonte Central Railroad The Bellefonte Central Railroad was a shortline connecting Bellefonte and State College, Pennsylvania. Constructed in the late 19th century to haul local iron ore to furnaces in the Bellefonte region, it later hauled freight traffic to Penn State and lime for steelmaking from local quarries. The line to State College was abandoned in 1974, and most of the remaining railroad in 1984, but a small portion is still used by the Nittany and Bald Eagle Railroad. History Predecessors The railroad was originally incorporated on September 21, 1882, as the Bellefonte and Buffalo Run Railroad. The purpose of this line was to connect Bellefonte with Pennsylvania State College, and to tap the iron ore deposits along Buffalo Run. This would replace the inefficient wagons used to haul ore to the iron furnaces at Bellefonte. The local iron and agricultural interests who chartered the road contracted out construction to Frank McLaughlin, a Philadelphia businessman, in exchange for a majority of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Coleville, Pennsylvania Coleville is a hamlet mostly in Spring Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a part of Buffalo Run Valley and the larger Nittany Valley. Geography Coleville is north of Bush Addition, west of Bellefonte, south of Sunnyside, and east of Chemical and Valley View. Buffalo Run converges with Spring Creek in Coleville. The Coleville Caves are approximately 100 feet long. History In the 1880s Coleville grew as a railway town on the main line between of the Bellefonte Central Railroad The Bellefonte Central Railroad was a shortline connecting Bellefonte and State College, Pennsylvania. Constructed in the late 19th century to haul local iron ore to furnaces in the Bellefonte region, it later hauled freight traffic to Penn Sta .... The hamlet featured an engine house, shop, brickyard, iron furnaces, saw mills, and a woolen mill. References Unincorporated communities in Centre County, Pennsylvania Unincorporated communities in Pennsylvania {{Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Chemical, Pennsylvania Chemical is a hamlet in Benner Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a part of Buffalo Run Valley and the larger Nittany Valley. Geography Chemical is west of Coleville, south of Valley View, and east of Continental Courts. History In 1907 the Chemical Lime Co. opened two limestone plants along the Bellefonte Central Railroad. A third plant was opened in 1937 with the country's longest rotary kiln at 400 feet. In 1940 the National Gypsum Company, headquartered in Buffalo, New York, took over operations, and closed the older plants while expanding the newest plant, nicknamed the "Gyp". The limestone mined at the plant had relatively few imperfections due to a high concentration of calcium carbonate. The three largest limestone companies in Centre County, Standard, National Gypsum, and Warner, extracted over a million tons of limestone and employed nearly a thousand workers at their peak. In the 1950s Centre County was Pennsylvania's largest producer of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Hunters Park, Pennsylvania Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, and killing wildlife or feral animals. The most common reasons for humans to hunt are to obtain the animal's body for meat and useful animal products (fur/ hide, bone/tusks, horn/antler, etc.), for recreation/taxidermy (see trophy hunting), although it may also be done for resourceful reasons such as removing predators dangerous to humans or domestic animals (e.g. wolf hunting), to eliminate pests and nuisance animals that damage crops/livestock/poultry or spread diseases (see varminting), for trade/tourism (see safari), or for conservation biology, ecological conservation against overpopulation and invasive species (commonly called a culling#Wildlife, cull). Recreationally hunted species are generally referred to as the ''game (food), game'', and are usually mammals and birds. A person participating in a hunt is a hunter or (less commonly) huntsman; a natural area used for hunting is called a game reserve; and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]