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	Chapter 10 - Kiskiminetas, History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, Part 1
		The people of Kiskiminetas (at least a majority of them) contended vigorously, and for awhile sucessfully, against the further dismemberant of their township in the erection of South Bend township; they defeated that project once or twice by their ballots, but were finally overcome, perhaps by their own supiness.
		By act of March 26, 1821, the sum of $5,000 was appropriated for improving the navigation of the Kiskiminetas and Conemaugh rivers, and George Mulholland, Jr., Peter Wallace, Andrew Boggs, John Hill and Jacob Drum were appointed commissioners to superintend its expenditure.
		The Pittsburgh coalbed of this section ranges northward and southward from the Kiskiminetas river, and toward Crooked creek is underlaid by the same frosted-looking limestone as seen at Pittsburgh and elsewhere.
	www.pa-roots.com /~armstrong/smithproject/history/chap10a.html (3374 words)

	Bike and hiking trails, river cleanup
		The acts outlined canal routes paralleling the Susquehanna River and its tributaries in the east, and the Allegheny River and its tributaries in the west.
		Sections of river are in constant view during seasons when trees are not fully leafed, and even in mid-summer, flowing water appears on the right wherever the flanking tree cover thins.
		The Kiskiminetas was long considered a lifeless river due to acid discharges from abandoned coal mines in its immediate drainage and in the watershed of its parent streams, the Conemaugh River and Loyalhanna Creek.
	www.roaringrun.org /trail.html (1648 words)

	Rivers and Watersheds, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Resource Guide
		As the Pennsylvania Commonwealth's only statewide river conservation and watershed networking organization, POWR works with a diversity of groups, individuals, agencies, and educational institutions to maintain and enhance Pennsylvania's 83,000 miles of streams and rivers and their associated watershed resources.
		The river runs 444 miles from Otsego Lake near Cooperstown, N.Y., to the Chesapeake Bay at Havre de Grace, Md. The Susquehanna contributes one-half of the freshwater flow to the Bay.
		WVRC is the second largest river conservation group in the country and the largest east of the Mississippi, with over 1,500 members and 46 affiliate organizations.
	www.clpgh.org /subject/environment/rivers.html (2521 words)

	Apollo, PA
		In 1805 the various tracts in what is now Kiskiminetas township were rated or assessed at from twent-five cents to $1 per acre.
		The people of Kiskiminetas (at least a majority of them) contended vigorously, and for awhile successfully, against the further dismemberment of their township in the erection of South Bend township; they defeated that project once or twice by their ballots, but were finally overcome, perhaps by their own supiness.
		Some of the warrants and patents for the tracts of land, which have already been mentioned, are dated as early as early as 1773; still they were not rapidly or densely settled for many years, not, in fact, until after the second decade of this century.
	www.apollopa.org /history/history.htm (973 words)

	Region's rivers ridiculed - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		The many major rivers of southwestern Pennsylvania have all had quite a significant and positive role in regional history, but the Kiskiminetas and Conemaugh rivers were a subject for national derision back in 1878.
		This occurred despite the fact that the Kiskiminetas was the first stream west of the Allegheny mountains to be declared legally navigable.
		The unknown, unmentionable and unpronounceable river was derided with laughter by members of Congress, despite the efforts of U.S. Rep. Harry White of Indiana County.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/living/vignettes/s_372417.html (590 words)

	Stoneycreek River
		From there to its end, sections of river hold some pollution-tolerant species of fish but aquatic life is far less diverse and in times of high acidity, the fish either die or migrate to cleaner streams.
		When the river flow is high, the ratings on several rapids actually go to the highest rating Class 5, promoting even the most experienced kayakers to stay off the water.
		The Stonycreek River is a resource offering amazing diversity, ranging from the urban trail development on its lower end to the excellent trout fishery near its headwaters with highly acclaimed canoe courses and potential bass fishery in the middle.
	www.mltu.org /Fisheries/stonycreek_river.htm (1742 words)

	Conemaugh River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Conemaugh River is a tributary of the Kiskiminetas River, approximately 70 mi (113 km) long, in western Pennsylvania in the United States.
		It is formed at Johnstown in southwestern Cambria County by the confluence of the Little Conemaugh and Stoneycreek rivers.
		The Kiskiminetas-Conemaugh river basin flows through a scenic mountainous country that forms the heart of the historic coal-producing areas of western Pennsylvania.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Conemaugh_River (212 words)

	Stonycreek-Conemaugh River Improvement Project (SCRIP) Achievement AWARDS
		Clapboard Run also contributes some AMD in Franklin Borough and, in Franklin and Johnstown, the river is bordered by steel mills that began operations around the turn of the Century, as well as a densely developed area.
		The drop was created when the course of the river was straightened out by blasting and the valley around the meander was made into an industrial landfill.
		The Conemaugh River flows 52 miles from Johnstown to Saltsburg, where it is joined by Loyalhanna Creek to form the Kiskiminetas River.
	www.scrip.pa-conservation.org /conemaugh.htm (2115 words)

	Mon, Allegheny put on group's list of 10 most endangered rivers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Twelve years ago the state did an aquatic survey of the Kiskiminetas River, a tributary of the Allegheny that forms the boundary between Westmoreland and Armstrong counties, and found a frog.
		According to the group's endangered rivers report, scheduled for release today, failure to reauthorize the federal trust fund, which is financed by royalties paid by mining companies, will short-circuit mine drainage treatment efforts and increase the amount of pollution reaching the two rivers from thousands of abandoned mines.
		Nicholas said the rivers were nominated and listed together at No. 5 on the list of endangered rivers because they are "mirror images" of the abandoned mine drainage threat.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/04105/300663.stm (781 words)

	Leechburg Borough
		Friday, May 18, 1838, was an important date in the history of Leechburg and of still greater economic importance to the residents of the various towns along the Kiskiminetas river, for it was successfully demonstrated on this day that the river was navigable for steamboats.
		In 1886 the Pennsylvania Railroad purchased a quantity of land on the Leechburg side of the Kiskiminetas, built bridges at the upper and lower ends of the borough and expended $2,500,000 in trackage and station houses and improvements.
		A line of pipe was run across the river and under the boilers, the pressure being reduced by a crude regulator devised for the occasion, and the gas was lit by John Cole, the superintendent, who used a long pole with a torch on the end, fearing an explosion.
	www.pa-roots.com /~armstrong/beersproject/history/chap14.html (7430 words)

	Allegheny River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Allegheny River (also spelled Allegany River, especially in New York state) is a principal tributary of the Ohio River, which it forms with the Monongahela River at downtown Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle "point." The river is approximately 325 mi (523 km) long, running through the U.S. states of New York and Pennsylvania.
		The pressure to open the river valley and the surrounding area to settlement is considered by historians to be one of the root causes of the American Revolutionary War in the following decade.
		During the 19th century, the river became a principal means of navigation in the upper Ohio valley, especially for the transport of coal.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Allegheny_River (703 words)

	Paddler Magazine Online : Nation's top river sojourns
		Sojourns on the Delaware, one of the longest-running sojourns in the country, don't usually take place on continuous segments of the river, simply because the 200+ river miles are too difficult to accomplish in six or seven days.
		Designated a Scenic River by the state, the waterway's character changes dramatically over the course of the 71.5-mile trip, which starts in Whitehaven, Pa., and ends at the Delaware River in Easton.
		With the river severely degraded by acid mine drainage from coal extraction, the theme of this year's sojourn was "river revival." The seven-day, 75-mile-long trip took participants from Johnstown, Pa., to the Allegheny River, traversing two gorges and exposing paddlers to both pristine and not-so-pristine sections of river.
	www.paddlermagazine.com /issues/2000_4/article_56.shtml (1736 words)

	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District - Conemaugh River Lake
		Authorized by the Flood Control Acts of 1936 and 1938, Conemaugh River Lake is one of 16 flood control projects in the Pittsburgh District.
		Location: On the Conemaugh River, between Blairsville and Saltsburg, Pa., 7.5 miles upriver from the junction where the Conemaugh River and Loyalhanna Creek unite to form the Kiskiminetas River.
		Up river from the dam, almost 7,000 acres of the reservoir land is leased and managed by the Pennsylvania Game Commission for wildlife management and hunting.
	www.lrp.usace.army.mil /rec/lakes/conemaug.htm (1075 words)

	Community
		The town was the first settlement of any size situated along the Kiskiminetas River in Armstrong County.
		Apollo is located 35 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, on the banks of the Kiskiminetas River.
		The river forms the boundary between southern Armstrong and northern Westmoreland Counties.
	www.apollotrust.com /pages/community.html (285 words)

	PA DCNR - resource - October 2000
		Plucked from their holding net in the shallows of the Kiskiminetas River near Leechburg, no less than a dozen fish species were displayed and discussed before a curious crowd.
		The early September study came 10 years after Lorson conducted a similar survey on the river, and 20 years after another study showed the waterway to be a dead river.
		Ten years after the fisheries biologist first surveyed the river, significant changes were noticed: three times as many fish were netted and released; acidity is down at all four test sites; total alkalinity, or “the water’s ability to grow fish,” is up; and new species are showing up in the waterway.
	www.dcnr.state.pa.us /polycomm/res2000/kiskirebound1000.htm (828 words)

	Rebecca B. Hadden Stone House Museum
		The first survey of Saltsburg, Pennsylvania was made in 1769, when some hardy pioneers, mostly Scotch Irish, settled in the area, but frequent attacks by savages forced people to retire to the older settlements until after the Treaty of 1795.
		At about this time salt was discovered in a pond along the Conemaugh River, and by evaporation, a fair sample of salt was obtained.
		The old wooden bridge, which spanned the Kiskiminetas River, was completed in 1842.
	www.saltsburg.org /Museum (502 words)

	Kiski Area School District : (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The district's northwestern extremity borders on the Allegheny River and the northeast political boundary of Allegheny County.
		All of these municipalities with the exception of Washington Township border the Kiskiminetas River, which is the north political boundary of Westmoreland County.
		Branching to the northeast, in Armstrong County and across the Kiskiminetas River, is Parks Township.
	www.kiskiarea.com /articles/2470 (235 words)

	Pennsylvania Kayak & Whitewater, Tips, Resources and River Information
		Rivers do not always fit easily into one category and there may be regional interpretations.
		Slippery Rock Creek is a Class II to IV river, depending on water level.
		The idea is to paddle the boat into a spot where the river pushes the bow down, thus lifting the stern into the air.
	www.bigdamfish.net /kayak.html (4407 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The next map recording the presence of coal was made by Benjamin Winslow late in 1736, subsequent to his survey of the Potomac River for the Fairfax grant.
		This same information is given on the map of the "Northern Neck of Virginia," made by Jefferson and Brooke 1746, from which the boundary lines of the Lord Fairfax grant were laid down, the information being from the survey and map of 1736.
		The Fry and Jefferson map published in 1751, shows a "cole mine" along the Potomac River, again the data was taken from the 1736 map.
	www.gbl.indiana.edu /archives/miamis9/M49-50_36a.html (2464 words)

	DEP says drinking water is safe after train derailment - PittsburghLIVE.com
		The track, which runs along part of the Kiski River at the foot of a large hill, is part of Norfolk Southern’s Conemaugh line and carries 20 trains per day.
		Mallison said the river’s fast currents helped move the fuel that spilled into the water through the area quickly.
		She also credited absorbent booms that were stretched across the river in helping to contain the fuel.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/leadertimes/s_173394.html (537 words)

	SALTSBURG RIVER & TRAIL : Saltsburg, Pennsylvania : Printer Friendly Directions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Saltsburg Borough is located on PA Route 286 where it intersects with Route 981, at the point where the Conemaugh River and Loyalhanna Creek meet to form the Kiskiminetas River at the south-west corner of Indiana County where it borders with Westmoreland County.
		Cross the bridge over the Kiskiminetas River and turn right at the end of the bridge at the Citgo station onto Water Street.
		At Saltsburg, cross the bridge over the Kiskiminetas River and turn right at the end of the bridge at the Citgo station onto Water Street.
	www.rivtrail.com /directions_print.htm (277 words)

	Westsylvania \| Stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Kiskiminetas Path diverted from this route in the present neighborhood of West Lebanon and then proceeded southwest to a meeting with the Kiskiminetas River in present Armstrong County.
		The Frankstown Road was built in 1788 and 1789 to connect Frankstown in Blair County with the Conemaugh River at its head of permanent navigation near the mouth of Blacklick Creek.
		The canal tunnel at Tunnelton survives, though the portal is sealed and the eastern portion inundated by Conemaugh River Lake.
	www.westsylvania.com /cfm/ccc.cfm?mode=story&id=11 (3523 words)

	PA DCNR - resource - February 2000
		The sojourn often consists of traveling on the river by raft, canoe and kayak, and by bicycling on trails along the river corridor.
		Environmental, historical, and cultural aspects of the river and its surroundings are the focus of sojourn educational programs in natural settings that offer new perspectives on the river.
		The Kiski-Conemaugh River Basin starts with the Stonycreek and Little Conemaugh rivers that form near the top of the Allegheny Ridge and meet in Johnstown, creating the Conemaugh River; the Blacklick Creek joins the Conemaugh west of Blairsville; finally, the Kiskiminetas River begins where the Conemaugh meets Loyalhanna Creek at Saltsburg.
	www.dcnr.state.pa.us /polycomm/res2000/kiskiconemaugh0200.htm (755 words)

	The History of Boswell
		As the U.S. rivers flow West and then South to the Gulf of Mexico and finally into the Atlantic Ocean, Boswell's streets are named in that order; From Main Street to the West, there is Allegheny Street (river); Ohio Street (river); to Mississippi Street (river); (Gulf of) Mexico Street; and finally Atlantic Street (ocean).
		East from Main Street (in 1900) Main street was known as Kiskiminetas (river); Center Street (in 1902, called Conemaugh) (river); Stonycreek Street (river); Juniata Street (river); and Susquehanna Street (river).
		These rivers are in the Eastern part of Pennsylvania.
	www.boswellpa.com /History.htm (676 words)

	Kiskiminetas River (greenpittsburgh.net) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Loyalhanna Creek confluences with the Conemaugh River at Saltsburg to form the Kiskiminetas River.
		The Kiskiminetas River flows northwest and has a length of 27 miles, with an average slope of 3.5 feet per mile.
		The Kiski River is part of the upper Kiski-Conemaugh River Basin, one of the most critical flood producing areas in the nation.
	www.greenpittsburgh.net /viewnode.py?uuid64=R01-MDExMGI1MTZhMDMyY2YxMWQ1ODAxMTZlMTA2ODc4NWEzOQ__ (170 words)

	Clarion University News
		The images chronicle more than 200 years of history from the frontier wars of the 18th century to the rise and growth of the industrial revolution in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
		The Allegheny River of western Pennsylvania and New York rises in Potter County and flows 320 miles to its confluence with the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh.
		Williams is a scientist, writer, and environmental historian whose work focuses mainly on forest ecology, river ecology, landscape history, and human environment interactions.
	news.clarion.edu /News/10955.html (276 words)

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