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Article of the day for June 26, 2020 is Black Moshannon State Park . Black Moshannon State Park is a 3,480-acre (1,410 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Rush Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is just west of the Allegheny Front, 9 miles (14 km) east of Philipsburg on Pennsylvania Route 504, and is largely surrounded by Moshannon State Forest. The park surrounds a lake formed by a dam on Black Moshannon Creek. A bog in the park provides a habitat for diverse wildlife not common in other areas of the state, such as carnivorous plants, orchids, and species normally found farther north. The Seneca tribe used the Black Moshannon area as hunting and fishing grounds. European settlers clear-cut the vast stands of old-growth forest during the late 19th century. The forests were rehabilitated by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression in the 1930s. Many of the buildings built by the Corps stand in the park today and are protected on t...

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By BY ALAN COWELL from NYT Books https://ift.tt/3i4h2KL

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By BY LAUREN CHRISTENSEN from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2YvOgL2

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By Unknown Author from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2YwCe4h

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By BY JACEY FORTIN from NYT Books https://ift.tt/3hWSGlY

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By BY ELIZABETH A. HARRIS from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2NuOOL6

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By BY ELISABETH EGAN from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2B0fe4R

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By BY JENNIFER WILSON from NYT Books https://ift.tt/3dsosnj