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1963 Map of Cresson

Name: 1963 Topographic Map of Cresson
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

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The Pennsylvania Railroad corridor dominates this 1963 landscape, threading through the high Allegheny terrain via the significant engineering works at Gallitzin and Tunnel Hill. This era captures the region's industrial and institutional identity, marked by numerous Strip Mines and local coal tipples that sit alongside established religious and educational centers like the St Francis Seminary and Mt Aloysius Jr College.

Evidence of the area's specialized social history is visible at the Lawrence Flick State Hospital and the surrounding cemeteries including St Francis Xavier Cem and Union Cem. To the east, the descent from the summit is marked by distinctive rail features like The Muleshoe, while the rugged southern terrain remains largely protected as State Game Lands No 198, preserving the headwaters of Poplar Run and Blair Run.