He had been deeply saddened by the childhood death of Cary, my brother Tom's daughter. This was his way to help prevent others from suffering the same tragedy. When founding the Palmer R. Chitester Fund, I confronted the need for a name that would not be in conflict with trademarks worldwide. Using his name insured such and gave me the opportunity to honor his freedom loving, entrepreneurial spirit. For, whether the mountains and valleys are blanketed with a mantle of sparkling white or dressed in summer finery of green and white and pink, they inspire the imagination, and defy the vocabulary to describe their magnificence.
Beautiful scenery is everywhere in the territory.
To the north and west are farms and orchards and vineyards. The world-renowned Pennsylvania oil fields occupy the central section. Dairy farms and vast potato fields share the area to the east with the famous Black Forest, where nimrod or angler will find a veritable sportsman's paradise. And toward the south are bituminous coal mines. Wherever you go in the territory, people can be seen wresting raw materials and agricultural products from Mother Earth.