The Karthaus Confederacy (Clearfield County)

A fictional flag of the Karthaus Confederacy

Even before the opening shots were fired that would ignite the Civil War, a battle over secession was already taking place right here in Central Pennsylvania.

Wykoff Run Splash Dam (Cameron County)

    Pennsylvania’s logging era was a fascinating period in the state’s history. It was made possible by the perfect culmination of entrepreneurial individuals willing to take risks and decades worth of technological advancement within the timber industry. Industries boomed and fortunes were made, albeit at the cost of the state’s once pristine forests and waterways.