. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 31-33. Forests and forestry. i t » III- 26. THE STATE FORESTS DIFFER ITNSURPASSED FACILITIES FOR A SUMMER HOME AMONG THE TREES ^,1. m^-^ 1 t 1 I 1 i k: ^- k/^r > ^='2?^ ^ i . *i Y^j V ^J 4 ^^S^*' ^;? ^J^V^sdl - â THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS USE THE PUBLIC CAMPS ON THE STATE FORESTS OF PENNSYLVANIA 27 BYRON FOUST KRUMRINE PUBLIC CAMP Bald Eagle State Forest The Byron Foust Krumrine Public Camp (Class B) is a memorial io the late Byron Foust Krumrine, a newspaper man, naturalist, and World War soldier of Harrisburg who spent many delightful day
. Bulletin (Pennsylvania Department of Forestry), no. 31-33. Forests and forestry. i t » III- 26. THE STATE FORESTS DIFFER ITNSURPASSED FACILITIES FOR A SUMMER HOME AMONG THE TREES ^,1. m^-^ 1 t 1 I 1 i k: ^- k/^r > ^='2?^ ^ i . *i Y^j V ^J 4 ^^S^*' ^;? ^J^V^sdl - â THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS USE THE PUBLIC CAMPS ON THE STATE FORESTS OF PENNSYLVANIA 27 BYRON FOUST KRUMRINE PUBLIC CAMP Bald Eagle State Forest The Byron Foust Krumrine Public Camp (Class B) is a memorial io the late Byron Foust Krumrine, a newspaper man, naturalist, and World War soldier of Harrisburg who spent many delightful days among the pines and hemlocks of Penns Creek. Here he whiled away many happy hours. Here he hoped to write his first book, drawing upon his rich store of experience, and weave them into a tale that would speak of his intimacy with the various characters connected with newspaper life. Only a short time after ^Mr. Krumi ine picked the location for his cabin and helped survey it, he drowned in Penns Creek by the place where he had planned to rest and write. On Memorial Day of 1923 the Pennsylvania Alpine Club erected a memorial hut on the camp site in his memory. Since then this camp has been presented to the State by the Alpine Club and the site designated as a Public Camp on the State Forest. It is a beauty spot and a quiet forest retreat in the heart of the mountains. Here the robins live, the ferns grow, the lilies smile, the thrushes sing and the deer wade in the pools at the close of the summer evenings. This public camp is located along IVnns Creek in Centre county about five miles south of Coburn along (he Pennsylvania Railroad. SMITH PLACE PUBLIC CAMP Moshannon State Forest The Smith Place Public Camp (Class A) is named in honor of John Smith, one of the early pioneers of Clearfield County. Here he cleared several fields and established his home in the early part of the eighteenth century. Adjoining the camp is a steel forest fire ob- servation tower standing at an el
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