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Must be a misprint How about an eye of an eagle. Never heard that expression on describing a checkers player though.

Rockton is a village in Union Township resting along Anderson Creek at the Brown Springs Trailhead in the Moshannon State Forest. Rockton has natural assets similar to Ohiopyle in Fayette County. The Rockton-Bridgeport corridor compares favorably to the Ohiopyle-Confluence corridor of the Great Allegheny Passage in location, topography, whitewater classification, water trail, vertical drop, put-in, take-out, history, railroad accessibility and nearby assets. The Cumberland-Frostburg corridor of the Great Allegheny Passage features a ride on a steam locomotive with bicycle storage, ascending from Cumberland to Frostburg on a 15-mile trip. The trail downhill to Cumberland is a

About 18 years ago my friend David Spuck and I took a hike from Continental road above Sabula down the ridge to Winterburn and returned up the valley through Hickeyville on the old railroad grade there was seven very nice large beaver dams on the way back, we also seen many bobcat tracks and several Coyotes running away from us. About all that is left of Hickeyville is the big foundation pad the water tower for the railroad used to stand on.

Been there many times, it has to be the coldest swimming hole around..

Yes. Anderson Creek in a Class II-III+ whitewater stream. See www.americanwhitewater.org.

Is Anderson Creek deep enogh to canoe or kyak all the way down to the west branch?

We did water rapids at Ohiopyle in 2008. TONS of fun! We take our pups to Brown Springs to go swimming.