The Coolidge examiner., 1937-08-26

Prepared by National Geographic Society.
Washington. d. C.-WNU Service.
AFTER having visited the
n sixty-seven counties of
Pennsylvania, trod the streets
of all its teeming cities, gazed
on it's noble mountains, saun-
tered through all its glorious
highland valleys, motored
along all its fine rivers, trav-
eled through its dense, young
forests. inspected its finest
farming areas and studied it's
amazing industries, it be-
comes easy to understand
how Kipling, after a trans
continental trip, could write:
They are there, there with earth
immortal
(Citizens. l give you friendly
warning):
The things that truly last when men
and time have passed,
They are all in Pennsylvania this
morning."
From the heart of Market street
in Philadelphia to the famous
Point" in Pittsburgh and Logs
town down the Ohio; from Easton
and Bethlehem to New Castle and
Sharon; from busy Chester on the
Delaware to thriving Erie on the
lake; from Matamoras, farthest
east community. to Greene, the
southwesternmost county; the his
toric, the eye-delighting. and the
industrial are bound together in
every prospect.
Where the commerce Of Philadel-
phia throbs. William Penn lived;
Benjamin Franklin wrought and
philosophical; the Declaration Of In
dependence had its birth; and the
federal Constitution was created.
Where Braddock fought and was
fatally wounded now lives a teem-
ing population. and hard by are
some Of the principal industrial
plants of the world. The Edgar
Steel mills. the Westing-
house Electric, and scores of others
stand on ground that was within
earshot o; the fateful battle; and it
is stated that a heavier tonnage
moves within twelve miles of Brad
docks field than in any other area
of its size.
Vast Industries Are There.
The coal that comes down the
Monongahela; the ore that moves
from the Great Lakes; the iron and
steel fabricated in the Pittsburgh
districts scores of mighty plants;
all the commodities bound east and
west and north and south by rail
and river-an these, the most con-
centrated tonnage in the world, pass
by or within dozen miles of the
spot where the hostile savage
turned back the English forces.
On the Ohio between Economy
and Baden, where Dam No. 4
stretches across the river. is the
vast plant of the Byers company,
mania cturers of wrought iron. In
front of the plant offices is a marker
which proclaims the site of Logs
town, where George Washington,
carrying the greatest message to
Garcia" of all our history, negotiat-
ed and bargained with the Half King
and his confreres for an escort to
Fort LIE Bouef.
Across the bridge, stones throw
down the highway, is a smaller
marker proclaiming the site where
Gen. Anthony Wayne had his win
ter camp.
In sight across the river is the
Aliquippa had her cornfields.
Here where Indian conferences
created tribal agreements and
wampus belts sealed bargains be-
tween redskins and paleface. giant
furnaces and mills now mix Stag
and purified iron and produce more
than half of the nations wrought
iron pipe.
Almost Forgotten Romance.
Everybody knows the stories of
Gettysburg and Valley Forge, but
how many know the story of Ole
Bull and his castle in the wilds of
the big woods of the Kettle creek
country? Every travel folder and
historical map tell of the chief
points of interest in Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh, and Erie,
but who hears of the birth and boy
hood days of Robert E. Peary spent
at Cresson, of Prince Gallitzin's su-