. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 51-55. Forests and forestry. Scenic Views Are Part of Pennsylvania's Forest Heritage of those in authority. With the return of better times, funds which will permit the purchase of additional park lands will doubtlessly be forth- The second indication of the present trend was in 1933 when the pro- posal to create the Bucktail State Park received legislative and guber- natorial approval. Under this act a large area extending along the Sus- quehanna River from Lock Haven to Emporium, and from mountain rim to mountain rim across the
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters), no. 51-55. Forests and forestry. Scenic Views Are Part of Pennsylvania's Forest Heritage of those in authority. With the return of better times, funds which will permit the purchase of additional park lands will doubtlessly be forth- The second indication of the present trend was in 1933 when the pro- posal to create the Bucktail State Park received legislative and guber- natorial approval. Under this act a large area extending along the Sus- quehanna River from Lock Haven to Emporium, and from mountain rim to mountain rim across the valley, is to be set aside as a State Park Si tin Q/^.P'^'^f^" ^^""^ T"""' ^'^ '^^"^"^ t^ cooperate in per- mitting the State to administer the entire area as a State park for the bXldu^^^^^^^^ "^'"""^ communities as a whole without regard for 32 The third is the comparatively recent donation of one tract of land and the oflfer of two others by owners who are actuated entirely by a desire to further the park movement and have nothing whatever to gain personally except perhaps the satisfaction of aiding what they deem to l3e a worthy cause. The property of which the Department of Forests and Waters has already taken possession is the Ralph Stover Tract which has been described. The other two are in the opposite end of the State, in Fayette County. A number of months ago the Fort Necessity Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, Uniontown, offered two proper-. Beautiful Promised Land Lake in the Delaware State Forest ties to the Department of Forests and Waters, with the provision that they be developed as State Parks within a reasonable time. The one was an area of about 44 acres containing the grave of Jumon- ville, the young ensign who commanded the French soldiers in the brief skirmish in which George Washington was first under fire several days before his first real battle at Fort Necessity. This area has ad
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