Cooks Run, Pennsylvania
Cooks Run is an unincorporated community within Noyes Township in Clinton County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1][2][3]
Cooks Run was first settled around the time of the American Revolution or shortly after and was known for many years as McGinley's Bottom.[3] At that time, Cooks Run was Pine Creek township, Northumberland county.[3]
On November 3, 1888, a disaster occurred at the Kettle Creek Mine at Cooks Run, killing 17 people. The explosion was caused by a drill post falling on a supply of dynamite and caps that had just been brought into the mine. The explosion was propagated by coal dust throughout most of the mine and up the airshaft.[4][5]
There is also a stream in Clinton County, Pennsylvania known as Cooks Run near Renovo.[6] The stream used to be a popular place to fish, but has been polluted for decades.[7][8] In 2017, Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection announced a $7 million project that could potentially fix this problem.[8]
The Cooks Run Restoration project has been a long-term effort to turn a surface mine back into a forest setting for humans and wildlife.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Cooks Run Populated Place Profile / Clinton County, Pennsylvania Data". pennsylvania.hometownlocator.com.
- ^ "Cooks Run (Clinton County, Pennsylvania): Community Profile". RoadsideThoughts.
- ^ a b c "TOWNSHIPS OF CLINTON COUNTY". www.clintoncogensociety.org.
- ^ "Indian Villages and Place Names of North Central Pennsylvania". www.ncpenn.com.
- ^ "Lock Haven, PA., Thursday, November 8, 1888". www.clintoncogensociety.org.
- ^ "Cooks Run Fishing near Renovo, Pennsylvania - HookandBullet.com". www.hookandbullet.com.
- ^ "Forty Years of AMD in Cooks Run – Camp Run and Rock Ru". July 12, 2017.
- ^ a b "Cleaning Polluted Streams in Clinton County". August 1, 2017.
- ^ "Coal mine reclamation project will clean up Cook's Run - News, Sports, Jobs - The Express". www.lockhaven.com.
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