The story of Johnstown : its early settlement, rise ... - JohnstownCafe

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HOMES IN
THE WILDERNESS.
Beyond the Allegheny Mountains a Centvrv Ado
Picturesque Features— Nature's
Lavish Beauties—\\HEkE Indians Roamed and Wild Beasts Lukkeu— Early AVhite
Settlers— Ebenseurg, Beulah; Loretto — Curious Advertisement to Attract Immigration—
Struggles and Privations — Father Gali.itzin's Grand Work— His
Extraordinary C\kler— Historic Meeting— A New Name on the Mat oe Pennsylvania—
First Beginnings of Camekia Coumty.
" My soul fantastic meafiiircf; troti
O'er lairy tields; or luoiiriied alo(i>: llic gloom
Of paihless uoods; or down llifcray-v stctp
Hurl'd he.idlom;. ^":un ^vUll |..im tlu niantkd po..I,
Or scaled the- cUti."—Vol sc.
A PIONfctR Ca
O BACK in imagination a centur\' nnd picture
the region iiiimciliateh' bc\onil the chief
mountain-range o[ Pennsyh'ania. Surelv
the Spanish navigator's enraptured
vision
of the broad Pacific crjuld not have surpassed
the charming prosjiect.
scattered ideal beauties lavishly.
Nature lias
Mills and
dales, ra^•iu^JS and rivulets, frowning cliffs
and wooded slopt-s dot the landscape thicklw
Few whites have penetrated the dense wilderness,
the abode alone of wikl beasts or
still v,ilde-r IIldian^. Although the eastern
part of the State has been settled fur three
generations, this romantic section continiRs almtjst unexpluied. W ithout a
disturbing fear of the Caucasian intruder, -who is suon to dri\e him hence, the
dusk}' bra\e in buckskin and nioci.asius roams at will. W'ohes and iianthers