The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-03-08
Cambria Cour,
CHAPTER II.
General Description

thirty-eight miles in length, while it,.
erage breadth is about twenty miles: g.
bracing six hundred and seventy sor.,.
miles.
The parallel of 40 degrees and 80 MI.
utes North latitude; and that of ds,,..
and 45 minutes West longitude from H.,
risburg intersect each other at EbensfB,,
near the centre of the county.
The SHAPE of the county is oblo,~
following the summit of the Al!egbs,-
mountain on the East, and the Isn,i
Hill on the West: which gives acute 81.
giles on the Northeast and Soutb-Waz.
and obtuse angles on the NORTHWEST s,i
SOUTHEAST
The SEAT OF JUSTICE is at Ebensbvr,
in Cambria township; but Johnstowp j
Conemaugh township, situated at the on.
fuence of Stony Greek and ConemavR
/ Is the largest town in the county. II.
name of the county-CAMBRIA-tbs ..
cient name Of Wales-is indicative Of II.
mountainous character of the face Of Il.
county, and was given to the county b7
the Welsh emigrants, who made the fr
settlement in the neighborhood Of Eb.p.
burg.
Cambria may emphatically be called ii.
MOUNTAIN COUNTY. Her Eastern bonn
dary follows the summit of the AIIegbsp7
Mountain the whole length Of the countr
while the Western boundary includes the
laurel Hill The Allegheny IS very i.
regular and broken as you follow its course
Northward-jutting out into irregular
bluffs and rocky procipiccs, with deep l.,
vines dividing them, so that. IN running
the line, great difficulty was experienced
IN ascertaining the true summit. Laurs!
Hill also, as it passes further North, be.
comes depressed and broken, and nav Be
sad to terminate in Cambria count7.-
Many other hills and eminences. mostly
adjuncts Of the two already named. are %
be found in the county, which will be 10
ticed when 1 come to speak of the differ.
ent townships in which they are located.
From her elevated geographical pgs;.
ton, Cambria county could not have any
large RIVERS within her borders; Vet she
Is, perhaps, better supplied with va:ey.
power for machinery than any county in
the State. The West Branch Of the Sq~
quehanna has its spring near the centre oi
the county, and receiving q few triba;a.
ries, leaves the county at Cherry Tree q
Canoe Place. Chest has its source a lev
miles East Of the former, and, passin,
nearly due North, empties into the Sus.
quehanna few miles North Of the county
line; and Clearfcld, rising a few miles
from the Eastern border of the county.
receives the Slate Lick Beaver Dam braz,
ches, and meets the Susquehanna be!oz
the town of Clearfield. The little Cone.
mauGh rises near Ebensburc. and flowing
IN a Sou5h-W esterly direction to Johns,
town, at that point unites with Ston7
Creek, which brings the waters of South
Fork from Richland, and Paint from Son,
erset county. The Blacklick rises Eor;i
OF Ebensburg, and flows West, receiyiu.
North Branch and Dutch Run, passes
through Indiana county, and, with ii.
Conemau2h, forms the Kiskiminetas-
Some of the springs of the Junia,a aLs9
have their source in Cambria county ol
the Eastern crest of the Allegheny The
head-waters OF all these streams inteIlock
near Ebensburg, one portion of them qui-
etly purling on their course to the Chess
peakc Bay, while the other portion seeks
the more distant Gulf of Mexico, through
the bosom of the Father of Waters"
The streams have all an abundance ct
fall for the purpose of machinery, and s.
ready give power to three hundred slF-
mills, besides fouring-mills, and OthaF
machinery. The Susquehanna is declaTs'
public highway by Act of Assembly Is
high up as Douglass (now Garmans
mill, and is considered nayigable Tor rats
to this point. Clearheld creek is also de
clared public highway, but it is n''
safely navigable higher up than Fallen
Timber bridge or Georgetown.
JONATHAN OLDBCCA.
>MoSkDARSs, Sept, 25, 1853
ANOTHER MAN KILLED.-On SundN
morning about two O'Clock, the englne'