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Historical
Landmarks &
Attractions
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Wayne's History of The Huntingdon & Broad Top Mountain Railroad and
Coal Co.
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Historical walking tour of Huntingdon Borough
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Standing Stone - The Standing Stone is located at
Penn & William Smith Streets in Huntingdon Borough, Huntingdon County,
PA
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Juniata College
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The Huntingdon County Courthouse(s)
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The
Hunt Signal Tower
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Broad Top Area Coal Miners
Museum - The museum contains many of the historic papers
and artifacts relating to the East Broad Top Railroad and
surrounding industries and culture which the FEBT has in its
collection. Each year the museum collection grows in quantity and
quality of presentation.
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Keystone Foundry - The
Keystone Foundry Museum is located in the Borough of Hopewell.
Information call 814-928-5322 or 928-5111 or Write to: Hopewell Area
Senior Citizens, Keystone Foundry Committee, P.O. Box 12, Hopewell,
Pa. 16650.
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Natural Wonders
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Sunday Rock - Enter
Saxton Borough from the north west you can see a sandstone out crop
along the ridge.
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Coke Ovens -
Riddlesburg, PA. The 48 brick, beehive coke ovens were a part of a
much larger iron-making industry.
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Trough Creek State Park - The American Indians knew the Great
Trough Creek Valley as a peaceful place to live and hunt, but were
displaced by colonists who came to harness the natural power of the
moving water......
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Saxton Nuclear Power Plant,
Saxton - From 1962 to 1972, the Saxton Nuclear Power Plant was the
second privately owned nuclear reactor in the United States. Currently
being decommissioned.
Article written by the Post-Gazette
- Purple Heart Highway
- 1-866-767-1990 - The Purple Heart Highway, PA Route 45, honors all wounded veterans
and especially Lt. George H. Ramer, posthumous recipient of the
Congressional Medal of Honor and the MOPH. The 100 mile
corridor spills over to Raystown Lake and Danville, encompassing
covered bridges and caverns, streams and lakes, museums and monuments,
ethnic festivals, food and farmers markets, as well as camps and
trails for all seasons.
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East
Broad Top Railroad - PO Box 158 814)-447-3011 Oldest and most
complete narrow gauge railroad in North America, Original equipment on
original right of way. info@ebtrr.com
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Huntingdon County Heritage
Committee, Huntingdon (814) 643-5091
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Greenwood
Furnace: A walk through historic Greenwood Furnace creates images of
the community that flourished here from 1834 to 1904. Greenwood Furnace
was a busy industrial complex, with all the noise and dirt of a 19th
century ironmaking community. The Greenwood Furnace National Historic
District features many buildings from the town and a costumed interpreter.
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Whipple Dam State Park
Museums
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Swigart Antique
Auto Museum, Huntingdon
(814) 643-0885
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Juniata
College Museum of Art Huntingdon, PA
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Broad
Top Area Coal Miners Historical Society - Robertsdale, Pa. 16674,
Phone: (814) 635-4120 Handicap
accessible. ebtminer@nb.net
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Swigart
Antique Auto Museum, Huntingdon
(814) 643-0885 location
map Handicap accessible.
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Hartslog Heritage Museum, P O Box 3,
Alexandria, PA 16611 (814) 643-3682
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Hartslog Heritage Museum,
P O Box 3, Alexandria, PA 16611 (814) 643-3682
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Huntingdon County Historical Society,
Huntingdon (814) 643-5449
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P.O. Box 382, Orbisonia, PA 17243 (814) 447-5492
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Hunt Tower, Huntingdon (814)
643-6308
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Rockhill Trolly Museum
PO Box 203, Rockhill Furnace PA 17249 (814) 447-9576
Railroading
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Rockhill Trolley
Museum - P.O. Box 203 Rockhill Furnace, PA 17249 Phone:
814-447-9576 weekends only 610-437-0448 other times - The Rockhill Trolley
Museum is dedicated to preserving the history of the trolley car. The
museum has built a 1 1/2mile demonstration railway to operate restored
trolleys on. Volunteers staff all phases of the museum.
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Allegheny
Portage Railroad National Historic Site,
Info
Request
Railroaders
Memorial Museum,
Altoona, PA Directions,
Click to
request a visitor packet, Take
a Ride
- Shade Gap Electric Railway,
Rockhill Trolley Museum, PO Box 203, Rockhill Furnace PA 17249 (814) 447
9576. Take a Ride, Info
Request, Directions
- Coal Miners Museum
- The Broad Top Area Coal Miners Historical Society is located in
Robertsdale, Pa 8 miles from Saxton, Pa. on RT913. We are approx. 12 miles
from Lake Raystown.
- The Hunt
Signal Tower, Museum
Hours.
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Huntingdon County Stations
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