1965 Map of Allenwood

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Allenwood Prison Camp and the surrounding valley landscape characterize this mid-1960s survey along the Susquehanna River. The terrain is dominated by the massive east-west stretch of White Deer Ridge and South Mountain, which divide the valley's agricultural lands from the forested expanse of the Bald Eagle State Forest and State Game Lands No 252. The river corridor itself is a corridor of infrastructure, featuring the Reading railroad line and settlements like Allenwood, Dewart, and West Milton. Locally significant landmarks such as the Devitt Home and White Deer Valley Camp are captured alongside rural parish centers like White Deer Ch and St Johns Ch. To the south, the landscape transitions into the smaller valleys of Little Buffalo Creek and the Spruce Run Reservoir, revealing a pattern of crossroads hamlets like Kelly Crossroads that defined the area's rural social structure before modern expansion.