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1967 Map of Cooksburg

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Cooksburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1973
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1973

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The Clarion River snakes through this landscape, marking the transition between the dense woodlands of Cook Forest State Park and the rugged upland ridges of northwestern Pennsylvania. In the late 1960s, this area remained deeply defined by its natural resources and conservation efforts, as seen in the extensive boundaries of State Game Lands No 74 and the Allegheny National Forest. The settlement at Cooksburg serves as a gateway to the park, where a Lookout Tower and Cook Tomb stand as local landmarks among the campgrounds and picnic areas.

Local history is preserved in small family and community nodes like Kahletown and Hottelville, and in the sacred ground of St Dominics Ch and its accompanying St Dominics Cem. The terrain is punctuated by family-named peaks such as Thompson Hill and Shawkey Hill, while industrial traces like a Gravel Pit and Strip Mine reflect the extraction history of the Eldred and Millcreek districts. Numerous gas wells are scattered across the quadrangle, indicating the subterranean energy economy that operated alongside the timber and recreation of the surface.