Benutzer:Shi Annan/Allegany State Park

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Allegany State Park ist ein State Park im Westen des US-Bundesstaates New York. Er befindet sich im Cattaraugus County und ist unmittelbar mit dem Allegheny National Forest in Pennsylvania verbunden, der sich am Südrand anschließt. Der Park ist in zwei Areale geliedert: Das Red House Area und das Quaker Run Area. Die Landschaft gehört zur Ökoregion der Allegheny Highlands Forests.

Geographie

64800 acre 262 km2 Das Red House Area ist die nordöstliche Hälfte des Parks. In diesem Gebiet befinden sich die Sehenswürdigkeiten Stone Tower 42.129785, -78.719263Stone Tower42° 7′ 47″ N 78° 43′ 9″ W, Summit Fire Tower, Red House Lake, Bridal Falls und das Art Roscoe Ski Area, sowie das Verwaltungsgebäude des Parks.

Das Quaker Area ist die südwestliche Hälfte des Parks. In diesem Gebiet befinden sich Quaker Lake, Mount Tuscarora Fire Tower, Science Lake, Bear Caves, Thunder Rocks, das Quaker Amphitheater und verschiedene Campingplätze, unter anderem der Cain Hollow Campground.

Allegany State Park wird oft als "Wildnis-Spielplatz von West-New York" bezeichnet.

Geschichte

Die Geschichte des Allegany State Park begann mit einem Erlass der New York State Legislature am 2. Mai 1921, als der Staat den Erwerb von zwei Landstücken im Quaker Run Valley beschloss. Der Act bewilligte $25.000 für den Landerwerb unter der Auflage zuerst den selben betrag aus privaten Mitteln einzuwerben. Das erste Landstück mit einer Fläche von 7020 acre (28,4 km²) wurde für $31.500 am 18. Juni 1921 von den Erben von Amasa Stone erworben. Die nächste Erwerbung umfasste mit 150 acre (0,61 km²) sowie Gebäude in der Umgebung des Stone Estate. Dieses Grundstück kostete bereits $4.300. Der Park wwurde am 30. Juli 1921 formell eröffnet.

Senator Albert T. Fancher wurde vom Gouverneur von New York, Nathan Lewis Miller, beauftragt mit einem Team den großen Park zu planen und zu organisieren, der bis heute noch an Umfang zunimmt. Fancher wurde zum "Father of Allegany State Park". Es gibt sieben "Fancher Cottages", die nach ihm benannt sind.

Am Anfang diente ein ehemaliges Schulhaus als Verwaltungsgebäude und Zelte aus der Ausrüstung des Ersten Weltkrieges auf Holzplattformen dienten als erste Unterbringungsmöglichkeiten, bevor 1925 die ersten Holzhütten errichtet wurden.

Der erste State Park Bond Issue wurde 1924 verabschiedet. Dadurch wurden Mittel bewilligt, die Baumaßnahmen im Redhouse Area ermöglichten, inklusive der Errichtung des Redhouse Administration Building und des Redhouse Dam, wodurch Redhouse Lake entstand.

Science Lake

1926 wurde der Science Lake angelegt und es entstand der erste offizielle Schwimmerbereich im Park. Am See entstand die Allegany School Of Natural History mit 42 Cabins und einem Hauptgebäude mit Bibliothek, Laboren und einem Versammlungsraum. Zwischen 1933 und 1942 wurden im Park viele Baumassnahmen durch das Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) durchgeführt. Es entstanden Straßen, Brücken, Campingplätze, Wanderwege, Picknickplätze und ein Skigebiet. Außerdem wurden Wiederaufforstungen, Gewässerregulierung und Tierschutzmassnahmen durchgeführt.

Später entstand der Quaker Lake, es wurden winterfeste Hütten und Full Service Cottages und weitere Infrastruktureinrichtungen angelegt.

In den 1960ern war der Park so groß geworden, dass er fast das gesamte Gebiet der Gemeinden Red House und Elko umfasste, sowie ein großes Gebiet der Gemeinde Carrollton. Der Bau des Kinzua Dam und des Southern Tier Expressway waren Versuche, sowohl Elko als auch Red House verschwinden zu lassen. Bei Elko, welches 1965 aufgelöst wurde, war der Staat erfolgreich, aber viele der Einwohner von Red House, unter anderem die Familie des Footballspielers Marvin Hubbard, kämpften gegen die Vertreibung. Bis heute gibt es im Nordwesten des Allegany State Park eine kleine Exklave mit 14 Häusern, in denen 38 Einwohner leben. Der Staat behält sich ein Vorkaufsrecht vor, wenn die Häuser verlassen werden sollten.

Das Bova Ski Area musste 1980 geschlossen werden.

Einrichtungen

Dance halls

Among some of the park's rich history is the Old Quaker Dance Hall. The dance hall was located off ASP 3 across the creek from the Quaker Inn, near the Brow Cabin Trail and the Quaker Maintenance Area, and was torn down in 2002 due to its poor condition. Many dances occurred here through the Great Depression era into the mid-20th century. Bands would play live music at the hall while scores of people danced on the large dance floor.

The Redhouse Dance Pavilion was located along Redhouse Lake, near the beach parking lot. The old dance hall was built upon the concrete barn floor of a farmer,(John Sharpe), that formerly owned the land. As with the Quaker Dance Hall, weekend dances were held at the Redhouse Dance hall throughout the summer, from the 1920s through the rock & roll era.

The Redhouse Dance Pavilion was last used for an Independence Day dance in 1973. The building then housed a game room until it was torn down in 1984. The Redhouse Miniature Golf Course was later built on the same concrete floor; that facility was torn out in the late 2000s and the site is currently a vacant lot, with only the overhead lights remaining.

New Ireland

Also a part of the history is the settlement of New Ireland (Carrollton, New York) which was formed in the early 20th century near Limestone. The village since was incorporated into Limestone, and no longer exists. Ruins of the old village are still visible and are accessible from the Limestone Run Road.

Park fire towers

Due to the danger of forest fires, and the damage caused by them in New York State Parks, three fire lookout towers were constructed. The first; Summit Fire Tower; was completed in 1926. It stands 66 ft (20 m) tall. The other fire towers were at Mt. Tuscarora Fire Tower located in the Quaker Area, and the Mt. Irvine Fire Tower, located in the Rice Brook (Limestone) area. The Mt. Tuscarora Fire Tower still stands today, near Quaker Lake. The Mt. Irvine Fire Tower, however, was disassembled by the park and moved near the Bradford, Pennsylvania entrance. When all the fire towers were abandoned in favor of aerial surveillance in 1971, the Mt. Irvine tower was the only one taken down by park personnel in the early 1970s. It was saved however, when reassembled by a BOCES class in Ellicottville.

Gas lease

Contained within the park off France Brook Road is a large storage pool for natural gas. Formerly a large gas well, the Limestone Storage Pool is operated by National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation. National Fuel leases rights to maintain and operate over 20 wells it uses to store and regulate the natural gas it stores in the massive underground sandstone deposit. The storage pool is connected to the "K" line, which is a 16 in (41 cm) diameter gas pipeline that runs from Buffalo, New York to Eldred, Pennsylvania. The pool is regulated by equipment located in a compression station situated on the access road near the Bova Ski Area and Camp Allegany. The gas stored in this pool is used by the park (which it receives for free as part of the agreement), and by local industries requiring high-pressure, high-volume gas supply. The rest of the gas is used on the K line for distribution in New York and Pennsylvania.

A master plan, adopted in 2010, provides protection from oil and gas drilling within the park.

Wegenetz

The park uses a system of three main roads linking the Red House area and the Quaker Run area, and serving as major thoroughfares in the Red House and Quaker Run Areas.

• Allegany State Park Route 1 (ASP Route 1) runs north-to-south through the middle of the park. ASP Route 1 runs between the park's entrance from exit 21 of the Southern Tier Expressway (Interstate 86 and New York State Route 17) in Salamanca, to its intersection with ASP Route 3 in the Quaker Run Area near the Quaker Rental Office. ASP Route 1 also intersects with ASP Route 2 by Redhouse Lake. Winding ASP Route 1 is shut down and used only as a snowmobile trail during the winter. The route becomes New York State Route 951M (an unsigned reference route) at the park's northern border.

ASP Route 2 in the Red House Area

• Allegany State Park Route 2 (ASP Route 2) runs west to east along the northern part of the park and then north to south along the eastern side of the park. ASP Route 2 runs from exit 19 of the Southern Tier Expressway (the former New York State Route 382) in the town of Red House, New York to its intersection with ASP Route 3 at the Bradford, Pennsylvania, entrance of the park. ASP Route 2 also intersects with ASP Route 1 by Redhouse Lake. ASP Route 2 to ASP Route 3 is the sole automobile road between Red House and Quaker Run within Allegany State Park during the winter.

• Allegany State Park Route 3 (ASP Route 3) runs west to east from the southern terminus of ASP Route 2 near the Bradford entrance to New York State Route 280 at the park's Quaker Run entrance in Coldspring. ASP Route 3 to ASP Route 2 is the sole automobile road between Red House and Quaker Run during the winter.

There are also several paved secondary roads in Allegany State Park.

• Allegany State Park Route 2A (ASP Route 2A) runs along the southern shore of Red House Lake between ASP Route 1 and ASP Route 2.
• Quaker Lake Road runs from its intersection with ASP Route 3 (about {{convert|1|mi|km|sing=on}} east of the Quaker Entrance) around the North East side of Quaker Lake to just past the Quaker Beach.
• Cain Hollow Road goes from Quaker Lake Road (just north of ASP Route 3) into the Cain Hollow Campground.
• Friends Boat Launch Access Road is entered from outside the park, off NY 280, about {{convert|2|mi|km}} north of the Quaker Entrance. This road leads to the boat launch onto the Allegheny Reservoir near the site of the old "Tunesassa School" (Indian School).

The park also has many minor access roads. These usually are dirt roads that go unmaintained during winter but otherwise range from good to rough condition.

• Bay State Road runs from ASP Route 1, about midpoint between Red House Lake and ASP3 past the former Big Basin Ski Area, north through the hamlet of Red House, and connects with ASP Route 2 just outside the park near I-86. Bay State Road cannot be navigated from end-to-end; it is only usable by snowmobile during the winter months and is gated off just south of Red House during the summer so as not to disturb the 38 remaining permanent residents of Red House. Bay State Road is maintained year-round by the town of Red House from the hamlet northward, as are two other roads in the hamlet, Lonkto Hollow Road and Beck Road.
• France Brook Road runs from ASP Route 2 near Group Camp 10, about 5 mi (7 km) south of Red House Lake, to ASP Route 1 near Bay State Road.
• Ridge Run Road starts at its intersection with ASP Route 2 (about 1 mi (1,5 km) north of the Bradford Entrance) and follows a ridge north to Thunder Rocks. Ridge Run Road is the main entrance to Thunder Rocks.
• Limestone Run Road goes from its intersection with ASP Route 2 (by France Brook Road) to the village of Limestone on the eastern side of Allegany. About midway this road intersects with Ridge Run Road (the entrance way to Thunder Rocks). Limestone Run Road serves as the eastern entrance to Allegany State Park from Limestone during the summer.
• Coon Run Road runs south from its intersection with ASP Route 3 (just east of the Quaker Inn) into the state of Pennsylvania and the Allegheny National Forest. The road is gated at the New York-Pennsylvania border during the summer.
• Wolf Run Road is entered outside the park from NY 280 (about 1½ miles south of the Quaker Entrance). It follows a southerly course towards the state of Pennsylvania and the Allegheny National Forest, ending about one mile (1.6 km) northwest of the border. Wolf Run Road was originally built for the town of Elko, which by 1965 had been forcibly evacuated and assimilated into the park. Nothing of note is on Wolf Run Road.
• Holt Run Road is entered from NY 280 about 2 mi (3 km north of the Quaker Entrance, across from the Friends Boat Launch.
• Bova Ski Hill Access Road diverges from ASP Route 2 at the fork in the road about 1/2 mile South of Red House Lake (by Camp Allegany) and runs east for about {{convert|1|mi}} past the former Red House garbage dump to the old Bova Ski Area. Bova was a state-operated ski resort featuring alpine skiing and the region's only ski jumps; the resort, named after the Beauvais family who previously owned the property, operated from the 1930s to 1980.
• Stone Tower Access Road is a loop that runs from ASP Route 1 past the Art Rosco Ski Area (near Summit Cabins) (about {{convert|1.5|mi}} south of the Salamanca Entrance) around Stone Tower and back to ASP Route 1 (about 4 mi (6 km) north of Red House Lake).
• The roads within the cabin trails (mentioned below), with the exception of the steep Ryan trail, are dirt roads maintained during the winter to allow access to the cabins.

Verwaltungsgebäude

Verwaltungsgebäude in Red House.

Built in the Tudor Style during the depression era, this building has been extensively modernized, but still keeps its cozy rustic charm. It houses the Red House Rental Offices, the NYS Park Police Station, the park's natural history museum, the Red House Gift Shop, the Red House Restaurant and the Allegany Regional offices for the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYSOPRHP).

The Administration Building also has a sitting room with a large bay window overlooking Red House Lake. This room is used for functions and meetings, and is equipped with two wood-burning fireplaces. The gift shop is operated by J-Con Parks, Inc. The rental office, gift shop, museum, and Park Police Station are located on the main level of the building. The restaurant, Allegany Regional Offices of NYSOPRHP, and park offices are located on the upper level of the building. The basement includes offices and storage.

Old Quaker Store Museum

Opened in 1996, the Old Quaker Store Museum features exhibits about the park's history, natural history and development. The museum is located in Salamanca, New York.

Wanderwege

Allegany State Park offers 18 hiking trails of various lengths and difficulties available for use year round. Six of the trails are part of the Art Roscoe Ski Touring Area. The trails within this system are groomed for cross-country skiing during the winter months, and are unavailable for hiking. The Ridgerun trail, which is part of the system, features a lean-to. The Art Roscoe trails are located near Summit in the Red House Area. In addition to these trails, The Allegheny Highlands Snowmobile and Horse Trail begins in the park off ASP 2. Another unique bragging right the park has is that the famous North Country Trail passes through it. The North Country Trail is a 4000+ mile trail that spans through New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and terminates in North Dakota. Allegany State Park's 18 mi km|sing=on}} section of the trail includes 4 lean-tos, two in the Quaker Area, and the other two in the Red House area. The Black Snake Mountain trail is also unique due to its direct contact with the Pennsylvania state line. One of the attractions on this trail is a concrete marker shows the exact line where New York and Pennsylvania meet. It is short enough that one could sit on the marker, and be in two states at once. Many other attractions are viewable on or from the trails listed below. In the Quaker Area, the Tornado Trail tours the damage area caused by an F-1 Tornado on August 28, 1990. Though much of the area has regrown, you can still see the path that was cut by the tornado; which was 1 of 4 to occur that day in Western New York. Here is a list of the hiking trails and their lengths. Each trail in the list is preceded by its lon,lat geographic coordinates (suitable to be used for a point of interest (POI) in various navigation devices):

Nebel am Mt. Tuscarora, von Camp Turner aus gesehen, 2007.

(lon -78.844633 lat 42.021548)

Program sites

In addition to the hiking trails, the park has set up 71 program sites which are used to direct park visitors to specific sites where the park naturalist staff conducts walks and other programs. The park publishes a Recreation Activities Bulletin which informs park visitors of the programs taking place in the published time period. The sites are numbered, with numbers corresponding to an attached map. When a program is conducted, park patrons are directed to meet at one of these specific places at the specified time. Examples of activities and their program site include a tour of a Beaver colony- Site 28, bike & hike to Bridal Falls- Site 60, tour of the Bear Caves- Site 42, tour of Thunder Rocks- Site 35, night owl walk- Site 32, etc.

Cabin trails

Cabin Trails are clusters of cabins accessible by dirt roads (see above). Each trail usually has centrally located pit toilets or bathrooms with flush toilets, while shower facilities are more widely separated. All cabin trails in the Red House area have a dedicated shower-house within the trail. The park rents 375 cabins on the trails listed below, 150 of them winterized. The cabin trails are:

Red House cabin area notes

Red House cabin styles: The Red House area of Allegany has, for the most part, newer cabins. Many of these cabins have more than one room, although some of the traditional one room, {{convert|16|by|16|ft}} "Quaker Style" cabins still exist in the Red House area. These traditional one room cabins are: MacIntosh #'s 1, 3, 5, 20 (two rooms), 22, 26: Anderson #'s 2, 5, 6, 8 through 14 and 17: Beehunter #'s 6, 7, 31, 32 (two rooms), 33, 34.

There are some cabins that have one room plus a kitchenette in them. These are the cabins on Sugarbush and Congdon Trails. Newer three room cabins in the Red House area are located at: all of Summit Trail, Anderson Trail #'s 1, 1A, 7, 15, 16, all of MacIntosh Trail (except those mentioned above). All of Beehunter Trail (except for the #'s mentioned above) are even larger three room cottages. There are also older large four room cabins with fireplaces on Ryan Trail.

Electricity: The only cabins in the Red House area of the park that do not have electrical power or refrigerators are MacIntosh #'s 1, 3, 5, 20, 22, and 26.

Flush toilets and showers: With the exception of the Ryan Cabins, all Cabin Trails in the Red House area have centrally located flush toilets and showers. Ryan Trail has pit toilets, and no shower. Flush toilets are also available in both the Red House and Beehunter Picnic Areas, the Red House Bathhouse, and the Red House Administration Building.

Winter rentals: All cabins in the Red House area are available year-round.

Quaker Area Cabin Notes

Quaker cabin styles: Although most cabins in the Quaker area are the standard one room, {{convert|16|by|16|ft}} "Quaker Style Cabin", there are other cabins with two or more rooms available on this side of Allegany State Park. These cabins are: Weller #'s 13, 15, and 22: Pinetree #'s 1 through 4: Ranger #4: Ward #6: Brow #'s 3, 7 and 11: Gypsy #'s 6, 12,13, 16, and 19: Circle #2: Indian #5: McCabe #1 (four room): All Francher Cottages (three rooms and a private bath); Parallel #'s 1 and 2 (full service cottages); Buffalo 13: Creekside #'s 9, 15, and 16: Kaiser #11 (three room) and 12 (four rooms). Taft cabin also has multiple rooms and screened-in porches that can be used as bedrooms.

Electricity: Most cabins in the Quaker area have electricity and include a refrigerator, however some do not. The cabins without electrical power, or refrigerators, in the Quaker area are Barton #'s 1 through 13 and #'s 19 through 22: Hamlin #'s 1 thu 8 and #'s 11 and 14: Gypsy #'s 4 through 7 and 12 through 32 (Gypsy #11 has electricity, fridge, and gas heat/stove): Indian #'s 1 through 4: all cabins on Circle, Reed, and Creekside Trails. All other cabins in the Quaker area do have electricity and refrigerators.

Flush Toilets: In the Quaker area, there are centrally located flush toilets on Weller, Diehl, Gypsy, and Buffalo Cabin Trails, as well as in the Fancher Bath House, the Quaker Museum, the Quaker Picnic Area, and the Quaker Rental Office. McCabe #1 also has a seasonal flush toilet inside.

Showers: Showers are available in the Fancher Bath House, as well as the bathhouses on Weller, and Diehl Cabin Trails.

Winter Rentals: Some cabins in the Quaker area are available to rent during the winter months. These cabins include Weller #'s 1 through 9: Diehl #'s 1 through 8: Gypsy #'s 1, 2, 3, 8 and 9: Angle #'s 1 through 11: Parallel #'s 1 and 2, and all of the Fancher Cottages.

Full Service Cottages: In addition to the standard cabins, the park rents 10 "full service" cottages located in the Quaker Run Area. The seven Fancher Cottages are located in the southern part of the Allegany State park, adjacent to Quaker Run Creek and offer guests a unique camping experience. Named for Senator Albert T. Fancher, the "Father of Allegany State Park," each Fancher Cottage has a bathroom with shower, refrigerator, counter-top range and microwave. The fully handicapped accessible cottages sleep six, are furnished and stocked with pillows, bedding, cooking utensils, dishes and coffeemakers. In addition, each cottage has a grill and picnic table outside. Reminiscent of a classic hunting lodge, the Pitt Cottage in the Red House Area offers the same amenities as the Fancher Cottages. One outstanding feature of the Pitt Cottage is its gas burning stone fireplace. Located on Allegany State Park Rte. 2, the cottage is adjacent to Congdon Trail and three miles from the Administration Building. Pitt Cottage is not handicapped accessible. Recently rebuilt Parallel cabins 1 and 2 have the same amenities as the Fancher group of cottages and are handicapped accessible.

Tent and trailer areas

In addition to cabin rentals, the park operates and maintains 3 tent and trailer campgrounds.

In the Red House Area there is the Red House Tent and Trailer Area; Quaker Area has the Diehl Tent and Trailer Trailer Area, and the Cain Hollow Camping Area. Between the three, 424 sites are available for tent or trailer use.

The Red House Tent and Trailer Area is situated along Stoddard Creek. Its entrance is on ASP1, across from the Redhouse General Store. This campground contains 5 loops; Loops A, B, C & D, and E. Loop A and a few sites on the remaining 4 loops are non electric sites. All of the loops are interconnected by dirt roads.

The Cain Hollow Camping Area is located in Cain Hollow, off Quaker Lake Road, about {{convert|1|mi|km|sing=on}} east of Quaker Entrance to Allegany State Park on ASP 3. This campground has 4 loops; Loops A, B, C, and D. Many sites are equipped with an electrical hookup, and have central bathrooms. Water Taps are located throughout the campground and on the Bathhouses. Cain Hollow loop A is entirely out in the open, and separate from the other 3 Loops, it is set up more for Trailers than Tenting. Loops B, C, and D are mostly Tree'd lots. There is 1 Bathhouse in Loop A, and 4 in Loops B, C and D. All the Bathhouse's have both Toilets/Sinks and Showers. They are quite old, each Bathroom or Shower-room is small separate, with its own door, however there is a Male and Female side. There is one new bathhouse, near Site 81, that is much more updated, and has electric hand dryers. There is a Trailer Dumping station on the main road near Site 55. All Roads are paved, with partial paved/gravel driveways for campsites. All sites are 'back-in' sites, there are no 'pull-thru' sites. Cain Hollow Campground is only open during summer months, from Mid-May until Mid-October.

Diehl Tent and Trailer Trail sits beside English Creek, running parallel with ASP1 just east of the Quaker Inn. This camping trail also has 8 cabins on it, and is a single loop with 22 non-electric sites and a bath and showerhouse at the trail head.

Gift Cards can also be purchased for camping purposes. Gift cards can be purchased and redeemed at most New York State Parks.

Camps

The park also has several larger campsites known as Group Camps. These are reserved primarily by large groups or organizations such as Boy Scout troops, church groups, etc. They usually consist of several cabins or dormitories, a kitchen with dining hall, bathroom and shower facilities, and, in some of the larger group camps, classrooms or gathering halls. The largest group camp in Allegany State Park is Camp Allegany. While it is not operated by the park itself, park maintenance crews still are responsible for its upkeep. Camp Turner also is a group camp that is not operated by the park. Camp Turner is used as a summer camp and is operated by the youth department of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo. Over the years the group camps have been falling apart, until recently. The Park is going through a revitalization period. They have recently bulldozed Group Camp 5, and plan to rebuild for next spring. GROUP CAMP 5 is now open for reservations! Reservation can begin May 24, 2013. Camp 10 (Carlton) also has work being done on the cabins, as they were falling down. Otherwise, the park rents and maintains the other group camps.

A cabin in Camp 10 (Carlton) in 2007. The camp is under construction with new cabins being built.

Strände

There are two small bathing beaches in the park: one at Red House Lake and another at Quaker Lake at the end of Quaker Lake Road, past the entrance to Cain Hollow Campground. The swimming areas are staffed by lifeguards, and only open to swimmers from 11am-7pm while lifeguards are present. Both beaches have a Diving Platform, also manned by lifeguards with {{convert|12|ft|m|abbr=on}} deep water. There are very strict rules in the beach waters, no flotation devices are allowed unless Coastguard Approved. Air mattresses, Tubes, and even Kiddie Water-wings are prohibited. The beaches are often closed due to thunderstorms or other possibly dangerous situations. Both beaches have bathrooms near the parking lot; the 1960s-vintage restrooms near Quaker Lake were torn down after summer 2015, with a newly constructed pavilion to open in 2016. A snack bar is also present at Red House Lake.

References

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Allegany State Park map & brochure, Allegany State Park and Cattaraugus County 2010.

Literatur

• {{Buch | Autor = Congdon, Charles E. | Titel = Allegany Oxbow: A History of Allegany State Park and the Allegany Reserve of the Seneca Nation | Ort = Little Valley, N.Y. | Verlag = Straight Publishing Co. | Jahr = 1967 }}
• {{Buch | Autor = Commissioners of the Allegany State Park | Titel = First Annual Report of the Commissioners of the Allegany State Park to the Legislature of the State of New York From June 1, 1921 to December 31, 1921 | Ort = Albany, N.Y. | Verlag = J.B. Lyon Company, Printers | Jahr = 1922 | Online = http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015068143398 }}

Siehe auch

• State Parks in New York

Weblinks

• New York State Parks: Allegany State Park – Quaker Area
• New York State Parks: Allegany State Park – Red House Area
• Friends of Allegany State Park
• Cattaraugus County Tourism: Allegany State Park Visitors Map
• Cattaraugus County Tourism: GPS Points of Interest for Allegany State Park
• Explore America's Parks: Virtual Tour of Allegany State Park – Quaker Area

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