| Poe Paddy lies on the site of Poe Mills, a prosperous, but short-lived, lumbering town of the 1880s & 1890s. Poe Mills had a population of over three hundred in 1890. Built in 1879, the main railroad ran very near Poe Mills & a spur track ran to Poe Paddy area. Many small temporary timber railroads were built through most of the mountain valleys. Poe Creek was dammed to provide H2O to the steam-powered sawmill. In the early 1900s, a scenic excursion train ran a loop from Milroy to Poe Paddy & back.
In the mid-1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps had a camp in the valley & built Poe Paddy & Poe Valley state parks & many of the roads in the area. |
Poe Paddy State Park Campground Web Site
Driving Direction GPS Coordinates:
40.722937, -77.475323
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Campground: Poe Paddy State Park in Milroy Pennsylvania *