Ghost of the glacier and other tales . lly are well shaded and gradedand always in fine driving condi-tion. The town is lighted by elec-tricity. On a commanding hillsideto the east of the town is locatedone of the best known of the statesnormal schools, with commodiousbuildings and grounds. The townis well sewered, has a first-classwater-works, and steam-heatingpipes are run through the fine iron bridge crosses the riverconnecting with the rich agriculturalsection in the southern part of thecounty. Here connection is madewith the Bloomsburg & SullivanRailroad, which runs n
Ghost of the glacier and other tales . lly are well shaded and gradedand always in fine driving condi-tion. The town is lighted by elec-tricity. On a commanding hillsideto the east of the town is locatedone of the best known of the statesnormal schools, with commodiousbuildings and grounds. The townis well sewered, has a first-classwater-works, and steam-heatingpipes are run through the fine iron bridge crosses the riverconnecting with the rich agriculturalsection in the southern part of thecounty. Here connection is madewith the Bloomsburg & SullivanRailroad, which runs northwardinto the lumber regions of SullivanCounty, passing through the Fish- ; Detroit Photographic Co. -^^^ ^^^^^ ^^jj^^^ ^^^^ rcachiug Lake Ganoga. This is one of the paradises of Pennsylvaniafor the angler and the hunter, the mountain streams there-abouts being alive with trout. Directory of Hotels and Boarding Houses, giving rates and completeinformation, will be mailed on application accompanied by 2-cent CATAWISSA, PENNSYLVANIA. Catawissa is situated romantically along the north branchof the Susquehanna River in a pocket in the hills at themouth of Catawissa Creek. Above and below are steep LACKAWANNA RESORTS. bluffs, and in the rear rises the Catavvissa Mountains, fromwhose summit there unfolds a magnificent view of field andforest, plain and mountain, fifty miles in either direction. There was an Indian village here two hundred years ago,of which Lapackpitton, a Delaware, was chief. It is an oldQuaker settlement and within its borders still stands an old,vveather-beaten meeting-house erected more than a centuryago and still used by the Friends for their half-yearly meet-ings. This is said to be the first meeting-house erectedbetween Wyoming and Sunbury. Pure mountain water, beautiful scenery and romanticdrives are its principal attractions for summer visitors. Directory of Hotels and Boarding Houses, giving rates and completeinformation, will be ma
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