Progressive Pennsylvania; a record of the remarkable industrial development of the Keystone state, with some account of its early and its later transportation systems, its early settlers, and its prominent men . n the streams of Penn-sylvania and are still caught. Herring are still takenin the Delaware. In the Ohio river below Pittsburgh cat-fish, sturgeon, and some other fish of large size are lessnumerous than formerly. Eels are still found in the Sus-quehanna and Juniata rivers and in some other streamseast of the Alleghenies. In the streams west of the Alle-ghenies in Pennsylvania few eels
Progressive Pennsylvania; a record of the remarkable industrial development of the Keystone state, with some account of its early and its later transportation systems, its early settlers, and its prominent men . n the streams of Penn-sylvania and are still caught. Herring are still takenin the Delaware. In the Ohio river below Pittsburgh cat-fish, sturgeon, and some other fish of large size are lessnumerous than formerly. Eels are still found in the Sus-quehanna and Juniata rivers and in some other streamseast of the Alleghenies. In the streams west of the Alle-ghenies in Pennsylvania few eels have ever been efforts are being made to replenish the streamsof Pennsylvania with bass and other fish. As relevant to the industrial history of Pennsylvaniathe foregoing summary of the native food products whichcontributed to the support of the Indians and afterwardsto the support of the early settlers and of the pioneerswho pushed into the central and western parts of theprovince, and also such mention as we have made ofthe fur-bearing animals, properly find a place in thisvolume. In the next chapter the most interesting of allthe animals of provincial Pennsylvania will be 96 PROGRESSIVE PENNSYLVANIA. CHAPTER IX. BUFFALOES IN PENNSYLVANIA. It is a curious fact that the existence of the buffaloin Pennsylvania in colonial times or at any time beforethe coming of the white settlers can not be proved byany evidence based on the preservation of buffalo skullsor whole skeletons which have been found within theborders of the State. They are not to be seen Spencer F. Baird has mentioned the existence offossil remains found near Carlisle which he says may havebeen buffalo bones. Other authorities definitely record thefinding of buffalo bones in Pennsylvania. In RhoadssMammals of Pennsylvania and New Jersey (1903) he men-tions buffalo bones which have been found in Pennsylva-nia and are preserved at the Academy of Natural Sciencesin Phi
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