Morrisons Cove (also referred to as Morrison Cove or Morrison's Cove), is an

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valley A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains and typically containing a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over ...

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and

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counties of central

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, United States, extending from

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near New Enterprise, north to the

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. The width of the valley varies from between

Tussey Mountain Tussey Mountain is a stratigraphy, stratigraphic ridge in central Pennsylvania, United States, trending east of the Bald Eagle Mountain, Bald Eagle, Brush Mountain (Blair County, Pennsylvania), Brush, Dunning Mountain, Dunning and Evitts Mountai ...

on the east to the chain of Dunning, Loop and

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Mountains on the west. Almost entirely enclosed by these mountains, the only openings in the cove are at

Loysburg Gap Loysburg Gap is a water gap where Pennsylvania Route 36 and the Yellow Creek pass through Tussey Mountain near Loysburg in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States. Yellow Creek flows eastward through the gap towards its junction with th ...

in the south, McKee Gap in the west, and at Williamsburg to the north. The floor of the valley is mostly level, with many large fertile farm fields. The southern end of the valley drains to the

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via Yellow Creek through Loysburg Gap, and the northern end drains to the Frankstown Branch, via Clover Creek. There are four boroughs and seven townships located in Morrisons Cove: * Roaring Spring * Martinsburg *

* Woodbury * South Woodbury Township, Bedford County * Woodbury Township, Bedford County * Bloomfield Township, Bedford County * Taylor Township, Blair County * North Woodbury Township, Blair County * Huston Township, Blair County * Woodbury Township, Blair County

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is located in Morrisons Cove.

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is the main north/south route through the valley from Loysburg Gap to McKee Gap.

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branches off PA-36 at Woodbury to Martinsburg.

History

Morrisons Cove is often mentioned as a landmark in early wills and records of importance. Wills Creek Valley and Friend's Cove are also in this section of the state and were well known to the early settlers.

Tornado

On May 22, 1949, the same storm system that caused the F1

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in Altoona also spawned an F1 tornado in the Morrisons Cove area. The tornado initially touched down south of Curryville where it downed several large trees and destroyed a barn. The tornado moved northeast, striking

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and Millerstown. Several homes were unroofed and barns were destroyed, in both areas. One of the destroyed barns was a 150-year-old stone barn. Near Henrietta, a long chicken house was thrown a considerable distance before being destroyed. A car was destroyed and a church had several windows blown out and had its chimney ripped off. A 17-year-old girl was injured in Henrietta, when the window she was standing at shattered. The tornado dissipated about east of Martinsburg in the Clover Creek/Fredericksburg area where it downed several

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trees. The damage caused by this tornado is consistent of winds . A map made by Dr. Ted Fujita in 1974, of all of the tornadoes in the U.S between 1930 and 1974, shows this tornado as an F1 on the

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References

External links

Morrison's Cove News, Updated DailyMorrisons Cove Herald's websiteMorrisons Cove's Community Website - News and Information for Morrisons Cove, PennsylvaniaThe Park at Morrisons Cove - 201 S. Walnut St., Martinsburg, PA
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