Pennsylvania Railroad Old Bridge over Standing Stone Creek

Standing Stone Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
accessed August 8, 2011

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of the

Juniata River The Juniata River () is a tributary of the Susquehanna River, approximately long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed August 8, 2011 in central Pennsylvania. The river is ...

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and

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counties,

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

, in the

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.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. Allegedly, when the first European visitors arrived at the creek's mouth, they found a Native American camp whose lodges were arranged in a circle, centered by a 14-foot-high, six-inch-square stone pillar, marked with

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s. When the Native Americans left, they took the stone with them. But the creek's name remains in memory of that monument. Standing Stone Creek begins in Centre County within

Rothrock State Forest Rothrock State Forest is a Pennsylvania state forest in Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry District #5. The main offices are located in Huntingdon in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Rothrock State Forest is located in Centre, ...

, just north of

Penn-Roosevelt State Park Penn-Roosevelt State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Harris Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania in the United States. The park is surrounded by Rothrock State Forest. Penn-Roosevelt State Park is from U.S. Route 322 on either Crowfield ...

. Standing Stone Creek joins the Juniata River in the borough of

Bridges

*The

Pennsylvania Railroad Old Bridge over Standing Stone Creek The Pennsylvania Railroad Old Bridge over Standing Stone Creek, also known as the Conrail Old Bridge over Standing Stone Creek, is an historic, American, multi-span, stone arch bridge that spans Standing Stone Creek and is located in Huntingdon, H ...

crosses Standing Stone Creek at

, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. ''Note:'' This includes

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