Quemahoning

Quemahoning Creek runs through the wooded Allegheny uplands to the Stonycreek, part of the Conemaugh river system. Its name has been interpreted from Lenape as a lick among pines, recalling a place where animals sought mineral salts. An eighteenth-century account of the route west from the Shawnee cabins near Bedford listed Quemahoning Creek among the landmarks beyond the Allegheny Mountain. The valley lay amid heavy forest, where tall pines stood along the stream.