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Aughwick creek flows through the area and offers good 
fishing. The stream will be stocked with fish by the Department of 
Forestry in cooperation with the Department of Fisheries. 
There are two permanent camp sites in this region, and it 
is regarded as a good hunting country. 
Forest hanger J. V. Carlin, Cowans' Gap, Post Office 
address, Metal, Pa., is in charge of this tract. 
The Bear Valley area comprises 4,500 acres in Bear Valley, 
three miles west of Upper Strasburg. In the tract are eleven miles 
of roads, and twenty-one miles of trails. Bear Valley stream flows 
through the valley and offers good fishing. Hunting is good in this 
territory. There is one permanent camp site lease in the tract * 
Forest Ranger J. F* Smith, Chambersburg, R.D. #4, is in 
charge. 
BUCHAUAN MONUMENT 
This Monument consists of sixteen acres of forest land 
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surrounding the birth-place of James Buchanan, 15th President of the 
United States. It is situated in Peters township, Franklin County, 
near the town of Foltz, one-fourth of a mile from the Mercer sburg 
Pike. A large pyramid of stones has been erected by Miss Harriet 
Johnson, niece of President Buchanan. The Department of Forestry 
manages and maintains the area. On the site of Buchanan's birth-place, 
Norway Sprtice was planted in 1915. 
