17. TUSCARORA TOWNSHIP. F 9 . 361 



17. Tuscarora township. 



This township borders on the Juniata county line. Its 

 greatest length is parallel with the mountain range which 

 has determined its outline and is about eleven miles east- 

 northeast to west-southwest. Its breadth seldom exceeds 

 three miles. Its area, consequently, measured on the flat, 

 is about thirty-three square miles. 



Tuscarora is one of the most mountainous townships in 

 Perry county being traversed through its entire length by 

 four ridges of more or less importance. The Tuscarora 

 mountain occupies its northern edge and its crest is the 

 county and township line from the Juniata river west to 

 Saville township. Parallel with this runs Ore ridge, com- 

 paratively low. On the other side of Raccoon valley is 

 Raccoon ridge. Hominy ridge lies on the southern edge of 

 the township, parting it from Juniata and Miller. All these 

 are cut through by the Juniata river and most of them con- 

 tinue under different names on its eastern bank. 



All the northern waters of Tuscarora township flow down 

 to the south-southeast, or nearly at right angles with the 

 axis of the Tuscarora mountain. Meeting in Raccoon val- 

 ley rhey turn to the east-northeast and form Raccoon creek 

 which falls into the Juniata river a little below Millerstown. 

 In like manner the waiters from the southern slopes of Rac- 

 coon ridge and the northern slope of Hominy ridge meet in 

 the intervening Buckwheat valley and flowing parallel with 

 the ridges under the name of Sugar run reach the Juniata 

 about a mile below the mouth of the last named creek. 



The northern valley of the township is level and open and 

 its ->il is good. It is by far the best part. Buckwheat 

 valley is very narrow and lying for the most part on the 

 Hamilton Upper shale, Genessee, and Portage the land is 



