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• n  the western part of the Appalachian Mountains; extending from northern Pennsylvania to southwestern Virginia
• n  a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River

• Alleghenies
• Allegheny Mountains
• Allegheny
• Allegheny River

News & Articles

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• Interns aim to make a difference
  Four recent high school graduates have been selected as summer interns for a new program that will help the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies carry out its mission.
  June 23, 2013 - The Tribune-Democrat

Quotes

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• Frederick Jackson Turner in National Review Online
  The western wilds, from the Alleghenies to the Pacific, constituted the richest free gift that was ever spread out before civilized man,Frederick Jackson Turner wrote in his paper, "The Significance of the Frontier in American History"...