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Moraine State Park. Moraine State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 16,725 acres (6,768 ha) in Brady, Clay, Franklin, Muddy Creek, and Worth townships in Butler County, Pennsylvania. The park includes a man-made lake, Lake Arthur, formed by impounding Muddy Creek, which is 3,225 acres (1,305 ha) and is used for recreational purposes.
June 11, 1982 [1] Butler County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 193,763. [2] Its county seat is Butler. [3] Butler County was created on March 12, 1800, from part of Allegheny County and named in honor of General Richard Butler, a hero of the American Revolution.
Pleasant Valley is located on Quakertown Road, also known as Pennsylvania Route 212, at coordinates 40°31′16″N 75°17′34″W, approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Richlandtown. Coopersburg is located 5 miles (8.0 km) to the west. Its elevation is listed as 472 feet (144 m).
Butler is a city and the county seat of Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States. [4] It is 35 miles (56 km) north of Pittsburgh and part of the Greater Pittsburgh region. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,502. Butler is named after Major General Richard Butler, who died in the Battle of the Wabash in 1791. It was first settled in ...
Pleasant Valley, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Coordinates: 40°23′45″N 76°08′03″W. Pleasant Valley is an unincorporated community on the north side of Blue Marsh Lake in western Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The town sits along Route 183 (Bernville Road) in southern Penn Township.
Cowans Gap State Park. Cowans Gap State Park is a 1,085-acre (439 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Todd Township, Fulton County and Metal Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is largely surrounded by Buchanan State Forest in Allens Valley just off Pennsylvania Route 75 near Fort Loudon.
Caledonia State Park is a 1,125-acre (455 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Greene Township, Franklin County and Franklin Township, Adams County in southern Pennsylvania. The park is named for the Caledonia Furnace, an iron furnace that was owned by Thaddeus Stevens beginning in 1837. Today the park is known for its recreational activities and the ...
Early history (1908–1950) One of the earliest Scouting groups in Pennsylvania began in 1908 in Pottsville, when a Superintendent with the Pennsylvania State Police, Lynn G. Adams, formed a troop using Baden-Powell 's handbook, Scouting for Boys. The troop was made up of two patrols, one sponsored by the Pottsville Mission and the other by the ...