7mm,
We may have discussed this, but have you ever seen the trenches on top of
Snake Spring Mountain. Supposedly there are similar earthenworks up by Claysburg and somewhere in Morrison's Cove (Cove Mtn I think)?
I found this one day Turkey hunting. Just bumbling around up there, i got myself twisted around, and kinda lost. Found a house, followed the driveway out, and found a little pavilion with info on it. Cool as hell. Pass over there all the time, never noticed those "ditches". There is a historical marker, but it's right on top, in the turn. You can begin to read it.
The fear was, Lee would use those mountain passes to access Altoona and
destroy the railroads.
Funny you mention this, the July 2021 issue of the Pa. Game News has an article about Game Lands #73. There's a picture of both the entrenchment and the historical marker in the article which mentions they are near Snake Spring.
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