part 1

Cover

illustration - Map of Eagles Mere and the Sullivan Highlands

The Pennsylvania State College Library seal

Eagles Mere and The Sullivan Highlands

Eagles Mere and The Sullivan Highlands, origin and history of the region. Illustrations and descriptive text of this vacation-land of Pennsylvania

illustration - An eagle, flying from the north, would get this view of the Lake of the Eagles.

List of Illustrations

How Did Eagles Mere Happen?

illustration - As the air traveler sees Eagles Mere from the south

Wapaleechen - Lewis Lake - Eagles Mere

illustration - old photograph, showing ruins of the Lewis Glass WOrks about 1880

illustration - The Lewis stone barn, situated where the Post Office now stands on Eagles Mere Avenue.

illustration - At Tivoli, rock cliffs rise sharply about the valley of Muncy Creek

How to Reach Eagles Mere

part 2

illustration - The west escarpment of North Mountain looms majestically above the valley

Railroad Connections to Eagles Mere

By Motor Car to Eagles Mere

illustration - Eagles Mere from the north, looking across the Bathing Beach

Eagles Mere Today

illustration - Safe fun for children on the beach and sport for swimmers at the pier

Bathing and Swimming

Analysis of Lake Water

illustration - Eagles Mere is ideal for all kinds of water sports

Boating and Canoeing

illustration - It´s fun to sail on the Lake of the Eagles

illustration - Pioneer, Iroquois I, Iroquois II and the present unnamed Navy motor lauch have provided lake bus service to all landings at Eagles Mere

illustration - Fat Man´s Squeeze on the East Laurel Path

Forest Walks of Eagles Mere

part 3

illustration - Part of the Fern Rocks on the Red Arrow Path

The Arrow Paths

illustration - The Cathedral Pines on the White Arrow Path near the Athletic Field

The Wnonah Trail

illustration - The falls of Wenonah Glen reached by the Wenonah Trail

illustration - Horseback rides canter along an open ridge

The Bridle Paths

illustration - A section of the Bridle Path east of the lake

Living at Eagles Mere

Municipal Eagles Mere

illustration - The Lakeside, rising above the south shore of the lake

The Lakeside and Cottages

The Forest Inn and Eagles Mere Park Cottages

illustration - The Lakeside recreation room and the terrace overlooking the lake

part 4

illustration - The Forest Inn, nearest the Bathing Beach, is set among tall forest trees

illustration - From the Forest Inn porches, lake vistas are framed by trees

illustration - One of the delightful cottages of Eagles Mere Park

illustration - The Crestmont crowns the highest point at Eagles Mere

The Crestmont Inn

illustration - The breathtaking North Mountain view from The Crestmont

The Smaller Eagles Mere Hotels

The Church at Eagles Mere

Baseball, Tennis, and Golf at Eagles Mere

part 5

illustration - Good golf and gorgeous views are found at the Eagles Mere Golf Course

illustration - The tenth green and fairway is cut through the forest

illustration - Along Shanerburg Run, typical of the Sullivan Highlands streams

Glens and Waterfalls

illustration - Lower Monarda Falls on Big Run

illustration - One of the delightful falls in Windeck Glen on Mosey Run

illustration - Amber Falls on Dutchman Run near Laporte

Though the Sullivan Highlands By Motor Car

illustration - Between Eagles Mere and Laporte, Highway 42 is a charming woods road

illustration - Lake Mokoma at Laporte - a place for pleasant living and wholesome recreation

part 6

illustration - From Wright´s View, looking southwest past North Mountain toward the distant Susquehanna

illustration - Along the pleasing valley road between Sonestown and Muncy Valley

The Falls of Dutchman Run

Essick Heights and Highland Lake

illustration - The Rock Run Road abounds in charming alpine views

Hunters Lake, Keystone Observatory, Rock Run Road and Ticklish Rock

illustration - Here one of the most extended views of the Sullivan Highlands may be enjoyed

illustration - From Keystone Observatory a magnificent panorama spreads from North Mountain to the east, through a full half circle to the hills across the Susquehanna far to the west

illustration - Ticklish Rock - Why does it stand?

illustration - Shadows on ´billlows of hills´ as seen from High Knob

High Knob and Loyalsock Canyon Vista

part 7

illustration - Loyalsock Canyon vista overlooks World´s End State Park and the narrow gorge of Loyalsock Creek

illustration - From the ridge road beyond Mt. Zion Lutheran Church are seen many great views

Beaver Lake and Mt. Zion Church View

illustration - World´s End State Park, a recreational area developed in the Loyalsock Canyon

World´s End and the lower Loyalsock Valley

illustration - From the valley beyond Hillsgrove. High Knob with its circling road dominates the skyline. (Upper Left.)

´Shower Bath´ Falls on Wolf Run

Inter-Valley Roads

The Little Loyalsock, Dusbore, and the upper ´Big Sock´

illustration - From the bridge near Barbours - typical of the lower Loyalsock valley

illustration - The ´unblastable´ Haystack Rocks in the upper Loyalsock, three miles west of Ringdale

illustration - Overlooking middle Loyalsock valley from the road to Lincoln Falls and Estella

part 8

Lincoln Falls and Northwest Sullivan County

illustration - Lincoln Falls - a sheer cataract in a rocky gorge

illustration - North Mountain Crossings

To Wyalusing and Towanda on the North Branch

illustration - Overlooking the site of Asylum and the North Branch of the Susquehanna from near Rummerfield

A West Branch-North Branch Motor Ramble

illustration - Harrison Wright Falls in the main glen, Ricketts Glen State Park

Ricketts Glen on Kitchen Creek

illustration - Sheldon Reynolds Falls in Ricketts Glen State Park

illustration - Ganoga Falls, 100 feet high, in Ganoga Glen, Ricketts Glen State Park

illustration - Ganoga Lake on North Mountain - the highest lake east of the Rocky Mountians

part 9

illustration - Benjamin Reynolds Falls in Glen Leigh, Ricketts Glen State Park

illustration - Murray Reynolds or Pulpit Falls, also in the main glen of Ricketts Glen State Park

illustration - Maidenhair Fern - one of the rarer ferns of the Sullivan Highlands

Native Ferns and Flowers of the Sullivan Highlands

illustration - Jack-in-the-pulpit, Maianthemum, Indian Pipes - common and uncommon, Adder´s Tongue, Clintonia

illustration - Three Sullivan Highlands woods orchids: Goodyera or Rattlesnake Plantain, Cypripedium or Lady-slipper and Habernaria or All Heal

illustration - Mountain Lauel - state flower of Pennsylvania - at its glory in the Sullivan Highlands

part 10

illustration - The Rosebay or Rhodedendron - aristocrat of native shrubs - at Eagles Mere

illustration - In the autumn - Monarchs at teh edge of a field and New England Aster by a quiet stream

illustration - as Joe Pye grows along Little Muncy Creek

illustration - Primeval Hemlocks - state tree of Pennsylvania - as they grew along Double Run

The Forests of the Sullivan Highlands

illustration - A mature White Ash of the Sullivan Highlands forest

illustration - The American Beech is easily identified by its smooth gray bark

part 11

illustration - A well-buttressed trunk of a giant Yellow Birch

illustration - Mature Sugar Maples in the deep forest

The State Forests

illustration - The Big Maple (Red Maple), for years a landmark at Eagles Mere Park

illustration - A huge Lindenor Basswood has its ´chest measure´ taken

illustration - Deep snow and clear dry cold provides a setting for winter sport

Winter at Eagles Mere

part 12

illustration - The glow of sunset reflects its colors in the Lake of the Eagles

A First and Lasting Eagles Mere Impression

Index

circulation notes

illustration - Eagles Mere area map