1969 Map of Brookland

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Susquehannock State Forest blankets the southern half of this landscape, where the headwaters of Pine Creek carve deep valleys through the Allegheny Plateau. The topography of northern Potter County in the late 1960s is defined by a dense network of hollows, such as Raplee Hollow and Big Fill Hollow, which dictated the early settlement patterns of rural communities like Brookland and Gold. The presence of several country schools, including Oak Hall Sch and Buckseller Sch, alongside the Sweden Hill Ch, points to a persistent social infrastructure in these remote uplands.