
The Little Conemaugh River and its steep valley dominate this landscape of industrial heritage and residential growth east of Johnstown. Evidence of the region’s early transportation and disaster history is preserved at the Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site, including the Staple Bend Tunnel, and the Johnstown Flood National Memorial near South Fork. The map documents a mid-century period of expansion, where suburban developments like Geistown and Salix sit alongside active and former extractive sites, indicated by various Strip Mines and Mine Dumps scattered across the ridges.
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