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Cokeville memories: Former residents, hikers revisit ghost of Derry Township village

By lowber on April 10, 2021

<strong>Top:</strong> Cokeville historian and tour guide Dana Spiardi leads a group of about 50 on a hike Saturday through the former village of Cokeville. Many who participated in the 5-mile tour are descendants of residents who were forced to move out of their homes to make way for flood-control dams on the Conemaugh River near Blairsville. <strong>Above left:</strong> A hiker holds a detailed map of the village. <strong>Above right:</strong> Denise Jennings takes a photo of her father, Wayne, hugging a “witness tree” along the Conemaugh River. Wayne Jennings recalls visiting his grandparents, who were residents of Cokeville, as a child.

Ron Ross remembers the demise of Cokeville.


Source: The Tribune-Review

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