. Pennsylvania Railroad System ... a description of its main lines and branches, with notes of the historical events which have taken place in the territory contiguous .. . the mountain side and the summit above the tunnel. It is named forPrince Gallitzin, a Russian noble, who renounced his rank, enteredthe priesthood and settled on the mountain slope to the west in 1789,where to-day stands the little town of Loretto, marking the scene of hislabors. Leaving Gallitzin, the descent of the western slope of the mountainsbegins on a gradually lowering grade to the valley of the
. Pennsylvania Railroad System ... a description of its main lines and branches, with notes of the historical events which have taken place in the territory contiguous .. . the mountain side and the summit above the tunnel. It is named forPrince Gallitzin, a Russian noble, who renounced his rank, enteredthe priesthood and settled on the mountain slope to the west in 1789,where to-day stands the little town of Loretto, marking the scene of hislabors. Leaving Gallitzin, the descent of the western slope of the mountainsbegins on a gradually lowering grade to the valley of the of the industrial activity of this section multiply as the mineshafts, coke ovens and miners settlements indicate the sources of the rawmaterials that supply the energy to the mills and furnaces in the PittsburghDistrict. Cresson, the first station west of Gallitzin, is a prosperous town ofabout fifteen hundred people, and was for many years a noted summerresort. The old Cressons Springs Hotel, still standing on the mountainjust west of the station, was the summer home of men and women promi-nent in society and business, who came hither to drink the waters ofCresson
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