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Beaver Meadow CCC Camp S-71, near Philipsburg was home to CCC Company 359, which built the structures in the three historic districts between 1933 and 1937. Black Moshannon State Park opened in 1937, and over the years some of the CCC-built structures have been lost or replaced, including the dam that forms Black Moshannon Lake.
The CCC-built beachhouse on the shores of Black Moshannon Lake near the bridge, where Antes Tavern and village were once located. Prior to the arrival of William Penn and his Quaker colonists in 1682, an estimated 90 percent of what is now Pennsylvania was covered with old-growth forest: over 31,000 square miles (80,000 km 2) of white pine, eastern hemlock, and a mix of hardwoods. [15]
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An apple tree and meadow at Bald Eagle State Park, October 2009 Black Moshannon State Park, December 2011. There are six Pennsylvania state parks in Centre County. Bald Eagle State Park is the largest state park in Centre County with 5,900-acre (2,400-hectare). It is on Pennsylvania Route 150 between Milesburg and Lock Haven.
The state began the massive project of reforesting the land. The forest has since recovered and is part of Moshannon State Forest. [1] The park is named for the Honorable Simon B. Elliott. He was a member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and a conservationist who promoted the idea of replanting the forests in order to limit erosion and ...
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Black Moshannon Creek, just downstream of the dam in Black Moshannon State Park. Black Moshannon Creek is a 22.9-mile-long (36.9 km) [1] tributary of Moshannon Creek in Centre County, Pennsylvania in the United States. [2] The name Moshannon is said to be derived from the Native American "Moss-Hanne," meaning "moose stream."