6. JACKSON TOWNSHIP. F\ 229 



6. Jackson township. 



Jackson township like Toboyne and Madison extends 

 across the whole county from West Tuscarora mountain on 

 the northwest to the Blue mountain on the southeast, and 

 is bounded on the east and west by two straight lines drawn 

 from mountain to mountain. 



It is eight miles long by four miles wide and being nearly 

 rectangular measures about 32 square miles. 



• It is divided into three parts by natural barriers which 

 isolate these parts almost completely from one another. 



1. Horse valley is enclosed between West Tuscarora and 

 Conecocheague mountains over neither of which is there 

 any road in the township. This portion is almost entirely 

 covered with forest and its eastern end is one of the wildest 

 parts of Perry county, where a bear may still be occasion- 

 ally met with. 



2. The second part is the wide, comparatively open valley 

 in the middle of the township consisting for the most part 

 of cleared and cultivated land, though towards the south 

 are several low ridges covered with wood, the foot-hills of 

 Bower mountain. 



3. The third part is a long, narrow valley contained be- 

 tween the Blue and Bower mountains, accessible by a road 

 over the latter nearly three miles long and requiring at least 

 two hours for passage. The highest point of this road is 

 1350 feet above Landisburg, 950 feet above the valley at its 

 foot, and nearly 2000 feet above the sea. 



Shaeffer** valley as it is called in its lower, or Henry 

 valley in its upper part, is a long, narrow strip the mount- 

 ain-walls of which meet in the middle. It is sparsely settled 

 and for the most part covered with wood. AM' ' s ta,nnery 

 occupies the middle of it, from which a road passes over 

 the Blue mountain into the lower part of Doubling hollow. 



