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Month: September 2017

What is Hickory Creek Wilderness

Marsha Watson September 14, 2017May 17, 2018 Main

Covering an area of over 8,600 acres, the Hickory Creek Wilderness is one of only two specifically designated wilderness areas in the state of Pennsylvania with the entirety of its property located within the state borders. It was designated Hickory…

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Ultimate Wilderness Hikes

Marsha Watson September 12, 2017October 5, 2017 Main

In an age where the world seems like such a small place and everyone is so closely connected thanks to technology and the Internet, sometimes all you want to do is get out to the middle of nowhere so you…

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Otis G. Pike Fire Island High Dune Wilderness

Marsha Watson September 10, 2017July 9, 2018 Main

When you have one of the smallest wilderness areas in the world, it only makes sense to have one of the longest names for a wilderness area to fill the space, both in words and in syllables. Fire Island is…

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Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

Marsha Watson September 8, 2017September 19, 2017 Main

If you believe everything told to you, we have some swampland in New Jersey to sell you. We always laugh over that joke, making fun of some of our ability to be deceived and willingness to believe even the most…

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The Wilderness in Texas

Marsha Watson September 6, 2017August 15, 2017 Main

Texas is such a big state that it can easily be its own country (and yes, for a time it was its own country). And while it does have a lot of land, and it is one of the most…

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How Did West Virginia Attain Statehood in 1863?

Marsha Watson September 4, 2017August 7, 2017 Main

West Virginia, today bordered by Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Maryland, is a somewhat peculiar state with a peculiar history. While some states made their way into the Union with a whimper, West Virginia did it with a bang based…

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These Are The Best Historic Landmarks in West Virginia

Marsha Watson September 2, 2017August 7, 2017 Main

West Virginia has sixteen very beautiful and noteworthy historic landmarks, but some exceed the rest. Most are relatively new and have been created only in the last few decades. Each is a historic landmark for different reasons of varying importance.…

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