Industry on Negro Montain - Forbes State Forest - Savage, PA
N 39° 47.157 W 079° 10.597
17S E 656132 N 4405589
This Sign is located at Mount Davis State Forest Monument on South Wolf Rock Road in Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania within the Mount Davis Natural Area of Forbes State Forest
Waymark Code: WMW9MT
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 07/30/2017
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“Industry on Negro Mountain
Logging on a large scale began in 1879 The following firms have cut timber on Negro Mountain: Pinkerton’; Markleton; J.R. Droney; McSpadden; Cook & Sechler; Cook & Duncan; Maust; Whites Cree and Muncy Lumber Cos.. The last to shut down and leave the mountain was Muncy, in 1923. A number of logging and mining railroads crisscrossed the slopes. Deposits of coal and limestone were found shortly before 1800. A gristmill operated on Tub Mill Run from 1872 until 1940. A brick and tile industry was born when suitable clay was discovered on the mountain.”
Group that erected the marker: Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, Bureau of Forestry
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
South Wolf Rock Road
Fort Hill, PA USA
15540
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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