Conemaugh

The Conemaugh winds through the wooded mountains of western Pennsylvania. Formed by the Little Conemaugh and Stonycreek, it runs west to meet Loyalhanna Creek and form the Kiskiminetas, a tributary of the Allegheny. Its name comes from a Lenape word for otter. An Indigenous town called Conemaugh stood near the junction of the upper streams. In 1800 Joseph Schantz laid out a new settlement there, retaining the older name; it later became known as Johnstown.