I have to confess here I didn't really know the "whole" story behind this park- The Allegheny Portage was a scheme to move cargo and tow boats over the Allegheny Mountains for a stretch of some 30 miles so that the State of Pennsylvania could compete with the westward movement of the 1840's to almost 1860, when it lost out to more powerful steam engines on the railroad.
That pretty much sums up the park and its purpose.
They had a really pretty visitors center- I hit the mother lode here for stamps, they had a box underneath the register with about 8 old stamps that had expired, dating back to the 90's.!
Also got a pin and medallion, postcards, and Civil War Trading Cards for my Roanoke Buddies.
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