St. Marys – Pennsylvania’s Second Largest City
Covering more than 100 square miles, St. Marys has the second largest city footprint in Pennsylvania, only behind Philadelphia, and a population of 13,000. It was founded on December 8, 1842. In 1994, the Borough of Saint Marys and Township of Benzinger consolidated...
COOK FOREST…MEMORIES MADE HERE
By John Straitiff Cook Forest State Park holds special memories for so many people. For me, as a young child, “The Forest” was a fun and magical place. My mother would often take me and my brother to the swimming pool by what is now the Sawmill Center for Arts. On...
Who Bought The Lighthouse?
Who’s buying the Sherman Memorial Lighthouse and the island? Last year, these words were often uttered as the news of the sale of the Lighthouse Island property in Tionesta spread across Forest County and the entire region. Shortly after that, the rumor mill kicked...
Jerome Powell Home of the Ridgway’s Lily of the Valley National Register Historic District
In honor of Ridgway’s Bicentennial, we continue our monthly series highlighting homes in Ridgway’s Historic Lily of The Valley Historic District in the words of local historian Bob Imhof. Biography of Jerome Powell Original Owner of “The Towers Victorian Inn” Built in...
2024 Photo Contests
The Pennsylvania Great Outdoors Visitors Bureau is pleased to announce their lineup of photo contests for 2024. The four quarterly themes are Let it Snow, Big Fish, Good Old Summertime, and Stargazing. The Let it Snow photo contest runs now through March. Our annual...
