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1947 Map of Short Run

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of Short Run
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1972
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1972

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Cross Fork and Kettle Creek dominate this 1947 landscape in the transition between Abbott and Stewardson townships. The topography is defined by a dense network of steep hollows and ridges, including the prominent Elk Lick Knob and Bunnell Ridge. The mapping reveals a remote region where life follows the drainage of the E Fork Sinnemahoning and various mountain runs.

A network of forestry and logging routes such as the Splash Dam Trail, Horton Road, and Mc Connell Road provides insight into the era's timber or land management activities. Small-scale human markers appear in the named hollows that likely correspond to local families and historical use, from Knickerbocker Hol to Twin Sisters Hollows. The settlement at Short Run remains a focal point in an otherwise secluded stretch of the northern Pennsylvania highlands.