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Allegheny Mountains

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1 The hawks and ________ are the most common birds of prey.

2 Dr Martin Luther King referenced the Allegheny Mountains in his famous "________" speech (1963), when he said "Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!"

3 Where does Allegheny Mountains come from?

4 The very rugged terrain, however, was not amenable to a large-scale maneuver war and so the actions that the area witnessed were generally ________ in nature.

5 What state is Allegheny Mountains associated with?

6 These include ________, slugs, leech, earthworms and grub worm.

7 It has a northeast-southwest orientation and runs for about 400 miles (640 km) from north-central Pennsylvania, through western ________ and eastern West Virginia, to southwestern Virginia.

8 Some of the ________ birds visit the mountains as well as the hermit thrush and wood thrush.

9 What entity owns Allegheny Mountains?

10 ________, a scenic upland valley of eastern West Virginia.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Indiana Historical Society (pictured) is the oldest state historical society west of the Allegheny Mountains?
  • the Romney Expedition, led by Stonewall Jackson, cleared Union forces from the lower Shenandoah Valley and surrounding Allegheny ranges during the early part of the American Civil War?
  • the oldest courthouse west of the Allegheny Mountains is in the historic district of Greensburg, Kentucky?
  • legend says a quart of Bourbon whiskey rests under each of the six columns on the front of Giddings Hall (pictured) at Georgetown College, the first Baptist college west of the Allegheny Mountains?
  • in the 1770s, Thaddeus Dod became the second minister to settle west of the Monongahela River and the first to establish a presbytery west of the Allegheny Mountains?
  • John McMillan's Log School, a Latin school that eventually developed into Washington & Jefferson College, is regarded as the oldest educational building west of the Allegheny Mountains?
  • at 1,328 feet (405 m) above sea level, Brockway Mountain Drive in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is the most elevated road between the Rockies and Alleghenies?
  • Cincinnati, Ohio, architect Rudolph Tietig designed a Jewish country club and two synagogues, including Temple K.K. Bene Israel for one of the oldest congregations west of the Allegheny Mountains?
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