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.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. Shaver's Creek joins the Juniata River at the borough of

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. The creek gives its name to the

Shaver's Creek Environmental Center Shaver's Creek Environmental Center is located between State College and Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, in the Stone Valley Recreation Area. This is part of the Penn State Experimental Forest. The center operates on and contains , freshwater Lake Per ...

History

The creek was named for Peter Shaver, an original settler in that area within the Juniata Valley. Family genealogy research show "Hans Pieter" arriving in America aboard the ship, Loyal Judith in 1732. He was licensed as a fur trapper/Indian trader in Fredericktown, MD by the PA Colony Council in 1744. Little is known of his life, but he was described as dying in “a most singular manner” after being found decapitated near his home. His murder proved to be a significant mystery at the time because his head was never recovered after extensive searches of the area. During the

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, an energetic settler in the area named Samuel Anderson, who had also married Peter's widow, Rhoda, erected a

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fort on the flat near the mouth of the creek which was occupied during the war.

References

*Jones, U.J. ''History of the Early Settlement of the Juniata Valley'', Philadelphia: H.B. Ashmead, 1856 {{authority control Rivers of Pennsylvania Tributaries of the Juniata River Rivers of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

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