Delaware Valley Orienteering Association

Here is an interesting article relating the history of black communities in our area and the charcoal terraces we have on our maps.

Very interesting read - thank you for sharing!

The name for Governor Dick park is also tied to this history.  Govenor Dick was a slave who worked on the property cutting wood and creating charcoal for the Cornwall iron furnaces during the revolutionary war period (before PA abolished slavery). The hill in the park was named after him and that eventually gave the park its name.

For a bit more detail:  http://www.parkatgovernordick.org/history-of-the-park.html

Yes, thanks for posting.

For me this was riveting for many reasons.

The oversize collier's hut near Six Penny, mentioned near the end of the article,  really struck home.

Somebody else noticed!

It can be viewed here (Big Woods FCN )

https://www.dvoa.org/cgi/gadget/reitti.cgi?act=map&id=479&kieli=

In the northern part of the map, this collier's hut is due east of the Six Penny Lake, now an open uncrossable marsh, roughly halfway to Rte 345, with a dot knoll inside.

Note 9 dots of circumference, compared to the normal 5 dots.