The Unofficial Route 6 Guide 2018

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Guide A roadmap to food, fun, art, and the unexpected along Pennsylvania’s historic Route 6

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KINZUA SKY WALK

CHERRY SPRINGS

KANE, PA Take a stroll on the pedestrian walkway; 600 feet of remaining railway viaduct damaged by a tornado in 2003.

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COUDERSPORT, PA Enjoy stargazing at its finest! The exceptionally dark skies provide unparalleled observation.

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WYALUSING, PA See the French Revolution refugee settlement built in 1793 and the Marie Antionette overlook.

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WELLSBORO, PA Take in nature while visiting Pine Creek Gorge, including Leonard Harrison and Colton Point State Parks.

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STEAMTOWN

SCRANTON, PA Experience the history of steam railroad transportation at the railroad museum and heritage railroad.

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MILFORD, PA Visit the mansion and grounds while enjoying a guided tour and the story of the Pinchot family.

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2 Dogz & A Guy Brewing........................ 43 Anthracite Hotel..................................... 47 Back in the Day Guest House.................. 27 Barrel 135...............................................31 Bear Mountain Lodges................................9 Bingham’s Restaurant............................. 43 Black Creek Enterprises......................... 52 Black Forest Trading Post........................ 25 Blair Store, The....................................... 19 Bloss Hardware....................................... 27 Bluestone Brewing Co................................4 Bradford County Historical Society......... 35 Bradford Landmark Society..................... 19 Bullfrog Brewery......................................31 Buttonwood Motel.................................. 23 Canton Fire Department.......................... 39 Chocolates by Leopold............................. 43 Citizens and Northern Bank..................... 35 Coach Stop Inn & Tavern......................... 27 6

Cole Memorial Hospital........................... 23 Comfort Inn & Suites...............................41 Conneaut Cellars Winery & Distillery....... 13 Conneaut Lake Park................................ 13 Corey Creek Golf Club............................. 35 Cuba Cheese Shop.................................. 19 Endless Brewing...................................... 43 Fauchere Hospitality............................... 48 Frosty Hollow Bed & Breakfast............... 23 Gary’s Putter Golf and Jiffy Pup Restaurant........................................... 25 Gooshevn Gun Shop................................ 17 Grandma Bair’s........................................21 History Center On Main Street................ 29 Hoopla’s................................................. 33 Iron Skillet, The...................................... 37 Jamestown Harley Davidson................... 15 Johnny Appleseed Festival...................... 19 JVB Northern Tier....................................51

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Keystone Konfections...............................41 Larry’s Sport Center............................... 25 Little Red Diner, The................................21 Lycoming County Historical Society..........31 Marie Antionette, The............................. 37 Mark’s Valley View.................................. 39 Massimo’s Original Italian Pizzeria & Restaurant....................................... 43 Mortals Key Brewing............................... 13 Mountain Valley Realty / Six West Settlements........................... 27 New Lantern Motel, The......................... 19 Pag-Omar Farms Market.......................... 27 Penn Wells Hotel and Lodge..................... 29 Pocono Raceway..................................... 45 Pop’s Culture Shoppe.............................. 29 Ralph E’s Pub.......................................... 17 RMJ - Ralph Miller Jewelers & Gallery..... 11 Rock Mountain Sporting Clays................ 43

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Romolo Chocolates.................................. 11 Settlement House Artisan Shop............... 37 Sew Much More..................................... 25 Spoonwood Inn........................................21 Stone Mountain Inn................................. 37 Stone Works Wellness Center.................. 13 Sunshine Caribbean..................................31 Tioga County Fair................................... 29 Troy Heritage Village and Farm Museum.. 37 Troyer’s Wagon Wheel Cabins.................. 23 Victorian Charm Inn/Inn on Quarry Glen... 39 Warren Antiques..................................... 17 Way Cool Beans.......................................31 Wyoming County Cultural Center at Dietrich Theater................................41 Wyalusing Hotel...................................... 39 Yale’s Music Shop................................... 39 Ziggy’s Gun Shop.................................... 23 7

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A Day at the Beach on Presque Isle

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oping for a little island life on your next vacation? Here in Pennsylvania, you may find yourself won over by the almost-an-island and day-atthe-beach opportunities at Presque Isle State Park.

French soldiers, sent to the United States

by Canadian Governor Marquis Duquesne to claim territory for the French, gave Presque Isle its name. These settlers overtook the narrow peninsula from the Iroquois in 1749, built a fort, and aptly named it Fort Presque Isle, translating to “almost an island.” From the 1750s to the present day, Presque Isle has been a key player in war, trade, and agriculture, shaping and reflecting our nation’s history in each of its 3,200 picturesque acres.

While history buffs can revel in the riches of this land’s past, Pennsylvania’s most visited state park is packed with more than museums and monuments. The summer months will find swimmers, surfers, scuba divers, and sun-bathers thronging to its sandy beaches.

Other popular offerings include boat tours, bicycle rentals, and bird-watching.

The delicate ecosystem created by Presque

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Isle’s ever-changing coast—scientists believe that the peninsula has moved eastward onehalf mile per century—gives the peninsula a unique diversity of plant and animal life.

Visitors can explore the environmental marvels of this National Natural Landmark at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center, a must-see stop for educational resources, unique gifts, and an unbeatable view from the top of the glass tower.

At the end of a long day at the beach, don’t plan to leave the fun behind at Presque Isle.

The city of Erie is teeming with attractions for every age and taste imaginable. Overnight accommodations abound, including everything from quaint campsites to five-star hotels. Explore Erie’s Bayfront District, then turn onto State Street, where you’ll find such treasures as Voodoo Brewery, The Peanut Shop (fresh-ground peanut butter, anyone?), the historic Warner Theater, and Jr.’s Last Laugh Comedy Club.

The park is open daily, year-round; day use areas close at sunset. Presque Isle may not quite be an island, but whether you start or end your Route 6 adventure here, prepare to be dazzled.

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The Spirit of the Hotel Conneaut

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tepping onto the grounds of the Hotel Conneaut feels like stepping back in time. The sprawling turn-of-the-century behemoth lies within the grounds of Conneaut Lake Park—an old-timey amusement park whose wooden Blue Streak roller coaster can make your hair stand on end just looking at it. But if you like hair-raising thrills, you’ll want to spend a night here.

The famous legend surrounding the Hotel Conneaut is that the building is haunted

by Elizabeth, a young bride who perished while searching for her groom during a fire that destroyed half the hotel in 1943. For decades, curious visitors have booked rooms and attended ghost hunts at the hotel with the other-worldly hope of spotting this tragic phantom.

An all-but-buried blurb published in the Harrisburg Tribune on April 28, 1943, however, challenges the local lore that has drawn so many to this site, revealing that the hotel was not even open at the time of the fire.

Greenville’s Record Argus confirms that the fire was started not by lightning—as the legend goes—but by an electrical malfunction, and that the fire blazed for hours before

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Police Chief R.M. Fisher discovered it at 4 a.m. Neither newspaper makes mention of Elizabeth or any other tragic death.

If a haunting is what you’re after, though, don’t be discouraged. Locals attest that Elizabeth does reside at the hotel, and she’s not alone. Other spirits said to inhabit the property include a former innkeeper, a visiting doctor, and a young boy who perished riding his tricycle down the stairs and is now heard riding around the porch at night. Visitors have reported smelling the scent of jasmine on the second floor landing, seeing unexplained orbs on the grounds, and even hearing ghosts speak to them via EVP (electronic voice phenomena) recording. In the words of innkeeper Keith Hunter, “There’s spirits everywhere you go.” So, if it’s spirits you’re after, the Hotel Conneaut might just be the place to find them. During your spooky stay, plan a visit to the nearby Baldwin-Reynolds House Museum and the Whispering Pines and AvalancheXpress Snow Tubing Park, both in Meadville, and the Conneaut Cellar Wineries.

For Hotel Conneaut reservations call (814) 573-7747.

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Jamestown’s Tribute to the Ricardos

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o you love Lucy? Millions do—in fact, it’s been said that every minute of every day somebody somewhere is watching an I Love Lucy rerun. Originally broadcast from October of 1951 to May of 1957, the Emmy-winning I Love Lucy took an enraptured TV audience on a wild ride each week with Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, and their best friends Fred and Ethel Mertz (William Frawley and Vivian Vance). So many factors made the program ground-breaking and innovative all those years ago, and have kept it fresh, emulated, and imitated today.

It’s no wonder, then, that Lucy’s hometown, Jamestown, New York, has honored its favorite daughter, Lucille Ball, and her TV/real-life husband, Desi Arnaz, with a museum, a comedy festival, and the National Comedy Center.

At the downtown intersection of Main and Third, the name “Desilu Studios” in the familiar script graces a big corner building.

Inside are all things Lucy and Desi. There are studio set re-creations (very cool to see the colors, as I Love Lucy was in black and white), including the Ricardo’s living room and the Hollywood hotel suite where they stayed while Ricky was making a movie. Personal belongings, scripts, awards, costumes, pictures, and props, such as the necklace

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Lucy wore in her riotous turn as Queen of the Gypsies, are there. Visitors can even make their own Vitameatavegamin commercial! The Tropicana Room, a look-alike version of the television nightclub where Ricky and his orchestra played innumerable congas, rhumbas, and his signature “Babaloo,” is available for special-occasion rentals. Lucy fans may also want to visit the comedienne’s birthplace, at 69 Stewart Avenue, and her burial site at Lake View Cemetery on Lakeview Avenue.

The Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, set for August 1-5, 2018, this year includes standup routines, comedy dialogues, comedy exhibits, late night comedy, and the ribbon cutting for the brand new, multi-million dollar, state-of-the-art National Comedy Center. As another Jamestown must-see, the Center is already home to the comedy collectables of George Carlin, donated by his daughter, Kelly.

Make a day of it in the area with a visit to the famed Chautauqua Institute, a National Historic Landmark, and to nearby Lily Dale, a community noted for its spiritualistic leanings.

Find out more at www.lucy-desi.com, www.comedycenter.org, or call (716) 4840800.

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Heart’s Content

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eally old trees are like living antiques.

Within the Allegheny National Forest is a place to hike among some of the oldest trees in the northeast, to enjoy a stroll alongside Tom Run—a beautiful stream meandering through the ANF—or take in a sunset at the towering red pine stand that’s nearly 100 years old while the kids keep a watchful eye out for fireflies. You’re at Hearts Content.

While most of the region’s forests were clear-cut in the 1800s, twenty acres of what is now called Hearts Content was owned and untouched by Wheeler and Dusenbury Lumber Company from 1897 to 1922.

Wheeler and Dusenbury deeded the land to the U.S. Forest Service in 1923. In 1934, the chief of the Forest Service designated the old-growth stand and 102 acres of surrounding land as the Hearts Content National Scenic Area. The National Park Service made Hearts Content a National Landmark in 1977.

The Hearts Content Interpretive Trail is a loop just about a mile long through the oldgrowth forest where 300-plus-year-old white pine, hemlock, and beech tower. Along the way find out what effects time, weather, in-

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sects, diseases, and deer have had on the look and feel of this aged stand. Civilian Conservation Corps workers constructed the campground, picnic area, and pavilion near the trailhead in 1936. An exhibit of a handhewed log is adjacent to the picnic area.

If you still find yourself there at sunset (don’t forget that headlamp!), Tom’s Run Loop, a 3.2-mile trail, has a red pine stand that puts on a beautiful display of colors that time of day. If you’re not up for the entire hike but want to check out the red pine stand, do the Tom’s Run trail loop backwards, making it a short quarter-mile walk to the stand. Make sure to spend a few minutes watching fireflies sync their glowing in the field next to the pavilion.

Hearts Content is a scenic fifteen miles southwest of Warren. Campers, backpackers, and paddlers can find equipment at Allegheny Outfitters, (814) 723-3030, in downtown Warren, along with commemorative trail posters. Pick up lunch or dinner on the way at the Forester Restaurant, (814) 563-3300, on Lenhart Run between Hearts Content and Warren. For ANF information call (814) 362-4613.

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His/Hers/Ours in Bradford

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he great American road trip—such a romantic notion—until you’re strapped in next to your significant other, hungry, tired, in need of a restroom, and unable to agree on what to do next.

Luckily, Bradford provides an unexpected respite from the hazards of road-tripping with a loved one, with three great attractions whose differences somehow work together— just like yours.

If you’ve heard of Bradford, it’s most likely been in reference to the Zippo/Case headquarters and museum. The Zippo Manufacturing Company got its start here in the 1930s, and the company’s unconditional lifetime guarantee—“It works or we fix it free.™”—is often credited for its enduring success, allowing it to acquire Case & Sons Cutlery Company in 1993. Today, the quality and craftsmanship of Zippo and Case are honored in the 15,000-square-foot museum and store. Here, you can learn about the history of both companies through photos and videos, find rare and one-of-a-kind designs and art installations, and watch technicians at work at the Zippo Repair Clinic.

While in Bradford’s downtown, be sure

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to stop at the Marilyn Horne Museum and Exhibit Center. Though the museum is small, this exhibit is a chock-full of elaborate costumes, videos, and sound bites from the Bradford native whose crisp mezzo-soprano voice took her all over the world as a celebrated opera star.

You and your partner cannot get back on the road without refueling with some great food. Sit down at Kabob’s at The Option House on Main Street and enjoy a wide variety of lunch and dinner options in a Rococo-style building that has been serving food to weary travelers for over a century. Once a small wooden hut frequented by oil traders, The Option House now juts into Bradford’s skyline with four stories of beautifully renovated rooms, including the main dining room downstairs and “Peacock Alley” upstairs, decorated and named after the famous cocktail lounge in New York’s Waldorf-Astoria.

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Searching for Sasquatch

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he Keystone State is, according to the Bigfoot Field Researchers Association, twelfth in the nation in the number of Bigfoot/Sasquatch sightings.

Who knew? And even though none of us can be sure what sort of living situation the hairy ones might prefer if given their druthers (and perhaps we should assume they always have their druthers, since they are purported to be a good deal larger than any of us), it stands to reason that the diverse topography of the Route 6 corridor could be right up a Sasquatch’s alley.

There is nothing (yet) from Penn’s Woods as famous as the 1967 Patterson/Gimlin film, but there are eclectic collections of pictures, rather sketchy videos, and dozens of first-person reports from folks who are willing to swear on their mother’s graves that what they saw was most definitely not a bear, a guy in a ghillie suit, or a deer that for some unknown reason was walking around on its hind legs (yeah, that was one explanation for a sighting). We have the 2007 Jacobs photo from Elk County. The series of trail camera pics shows a couple of young bears and, then, something that looks like an extremely long-legged, slim-bodied hairy creature that

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could conceivably be a bear but doesn’t quite look like one. Hmmm.

A 2013 photo from Kinzua State Park, McKean County, shows another “something” in the woods, something that could be a couple of large, dark, hairy creatures semi-concealed behind a tree or, maybe, roots and shadows. Animal Planet’s “Finding Bigfoot” filmed in the area a few years ago, and the nationally famous Searching for Bigfoot team visited Crawford County in June of 2017 after a Meadville-area resident claimed to have seen a Sasquatch-like creature.

So, as you’re travelling Route 6, be sure to stop at Jack Bell’s Market in Kane for a photo-op with the wood-carved version of the famous footed one. The Kane Family Drive-In Theatre, just fifty feet off Route 6, is also the place to be on July 7 for the third annual Squatchfest (find it on Facebook), a family-friendly fun day filled with music, food, Straub’s beer, and a Sasquatch-calling contest.

And keep your camera ready. From Erie to Carbondale, the possibilities of seeing the real deal are, well, big.

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Endless Elk and Eternal Taps

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f you are traveling along Route 6 and start feeling a little “wild” it might be time to take that adventurous side trip, move off the proverbial beaten path to the road less traveled. The Pennsylvania Wilds is just the place for that. A short journey south on U.S. Route 219 puts you in Elk County, where your first stop should be the Elk County Visitor Center in Benezette.

This, in turn, leads to one of the premier locations in the northeast to view elk in their natural settings. The Elk County Visitor Center—www.elkcountyvisitorcenter.com, or (814) 787-5167—has been described as the crown jewel of the Pennsylvania Wilds region. The center offers four-season viewing of these magnificent animals, education about the natural world, and even the opportunity to stay overnight on the grounds.

Visitor Center Operations Manager Carla Wehler shares a little area history. “Elk were indigenous to the region until they were hunted to the point of extinction. In an effort to reintroduce them, elk were brought here from Yellowstone.”

Through a partnership with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the Elk County Visitor Center and the two million acres

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of wild lands surrounding it provides an unmatched world of camping, fishing, and hiking.

The center has viewing platforms in several locations, but there are trails and pulloffs throughout the area where a sighting can happen at any time. The best plan is to begin at the center where you can get up-to-date reports on elk movements. You can do your research via webcam, a great option for those with mobility issues.

Keep in mind, though, that these are wild animals in their natural setting and they have no schedule for viewing. The staff will help you improve your chances of seeing elk, but nothing is guaranteed except opportunity.

If your elk viewing adventure leaves you thirsty, Benezette Winery—www. benezettewines.com, or (814) 787-4000—is a short hop from the visitor center. In addition to their wines, they also have coffee from the Benezette Coffee Company.

If beer is more up your alley, head to St. Marys and visit Straub Brewery. You can tour the brewery and sample several of the libations from their famous Eternal Tap. Visit www.straubbeer.com or call (814) 8342875.

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Midnight Madness at Ole Bull

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ay back in the middle of the 1800s, a Norwegian violinist named Ole Bornemann Bull (1810-1880) wanted to create a utopia for his fellow Norwegians in America. He had visited the country a number of times and found the southeastern corner of Potter County to his liking. In 1852 he purchased several thousand acres around Kettle Creek and what is now known as Carter Camp and Oleana. The communities did not materialize as he had planned, however, and the nascent lumber industry soon replaced Ole Bull’s dreams of a New Norway. The state of Pennsylvania eventually purchased his holdings. In 1925, Ole Bull State Park opened, with members of the Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps subsequently building many of the park’s facilities.

Less than twenty miles from Galeton and Route 6, Ole Bull State Park, surrounded

by Susquehannock State Forest, these days sports appealingly rustic camp sites, a swimming area and beach along Kettle Creek, scenic picnic spots, and is the southern gateway to the eighty-five mile Susquehannock Trail System.

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Every August, Ole Bull State Park is also where you’ll find Midnight Madness, a twelve-hour mountain bike race sponsored by the Wellsboro-based Ridge Riders Bike Club. The nearly thirteen-mile course includes climbs (and more climbs), single track that winds and dips through woods and rock gardens, breathtaking scenery, and a whole lot of fun. The idea is to do as many laps as you can in twelve hours; solo riders have been known to crank out as many as nine. If you and your bike don’t want to go it alone, you can ride as part of a team—there are a variety of categories. Fund for Fun is back for 2018—that means fifty percent of your registration fee goes to charity—and there are also cash prizes, swag, a kids’ fun ride, a food vendor, and the prospect of music and merriment at water stop three.

Midnight Madness 2018 starts at noon on Saturday, August 18, with race-day registration beginning at 9 a.m. There are benefits to pre-registration, so visit www.tiogacountyridgeriders.com to do so. To make camping reservations at Ole Bull, call (814) 4355000, send an email to olebullsp@pa.gov, or visit www.dcnr.pa.gov.

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Stay and Play (& Shop) in Wellsboro

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or those who crave a distinctively local tourism experience, an unofficial partnership between family-owned businesses in the appealingly quaint town of Wellsboro offers a unique combination of local culture.

Innkeeper Jim Mead “accidentally” stumbled into hospitality after he designed and built his dream home in Wellsboro, and later decided to turn it into a bed and breakfast.

Now he owns and operates three B&Bs, known collectively as Bear Mountain Lodges. The Meadows Lodge provides quietly stunning valley views. The Mountain Lodge is just outside of the borough, but a world away in privacy. His 131 Main B&B is right on Wellsboro’s famously gaslit thoroughfare. At each location, Jim provides personal touches for his guests’ comfort, including a personalized welcome letter, handmade soaps, bathrobes, and brunch baskets filled with baked goods, yogurt, fruit, and trail bars.

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family wants to spend hours at Dunham’s, one of the oldest department stores in the nation, browse local outdoors stores Wild Asaph Outfitters and CS Sports, or indulge at Peggy’s, an old-fashioned candy shop and bakery (all on Main Street, by the way), the rest of the family can use their exclusive coupon to Pop’s Culture Shoppe, on the corner of Main and East Avenue, to enjoy “games, imagination, and fun.”

Pop’s Culture Shoppe owners Anja and Julian Stam want to share local flavor with their guests. At Pop’s you’ll find a “made in Pennsylvania” section of toys, gifts, and games, including their limited-edition souvenir puzzles. The Stams also pride themselves on offering an inclusive atmosphere that promotes interpersonal interaction.

Here, it’s not uncommon for regulars to sit down with “newbies” to teach and play their favorite games at Pop’s free Friday night game night or one of their many weekly clubs. Check their calendar for details at www.popscultureshoppe.com or call (570) 723-4263 For Bear Mountain Lodges information visit www.bearmountainbb.com or call (570) 724-2428. See you in Wellsboro!

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f the rhythmic sound of steel wheels on the rail is music to your ears, then an evening meal on the Tioga Central Railroad’s dinner train may be the perfect conclusion to a day of Route 6 sightseeing. The Sunset Dinner ride is Tioga Central’s premier passenger excursion. Operating from the depot at Wellsboro Junction and running to Ives Run/Hammond Lake and back, this two-hour train ride includes both dinner and a view. One of several refurbished cars in the Tioga Central’s line-up, the dining car is known as 370 Crooked Creek. It seats forty-eight and includes a fully functioning kitchen.

The Sunset Dinner seasonal menu is on the Tioga Central Railroad website, and prospective guests are invited to make their selection there. Main course options change monthly and include chicken cordon bleu, roasted pork loin, stuffed pork loin, chicken divan, baby back ribs, and stuffed chicken.

All meals come with a fresh salad and include dessert—think cheesecake! Vegetarian entrees and options for those with allergies are available by request. Reservations for the Sunset Dinner ride are recommended.

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The Tioga Central Railroad’s Lake Shore Express does not include a meal but is also an option for those who want to enjoy a scenic countryside ride and beautiful Hammond Lake. Passengers may find themselves riding in the 365 Norris Brook, which seats sixty-four and is handicapped accessible, or the 300 Ives Run, an open observation car.

The Tioga Central Railroad excursion train operates on a section of right-of-way which dates back to 1840 when portions were opened to connect Blossburg, Pennsylvania, and its coal, with the Chemung Canal. Tioga Central began operating scenic passenger excursions over the Wellsboro and Corning Railroad line in 1994. Today, the Wellsboro and Corning Railroad operates the Tioga Central’s passenger service.

Passengers may select a date on the Tioga Central Railroad’s website, by telephone, at (570) 724-0900, or in person, and can choose between the Lake Shore Express and the Sunset Dinner rides. Purchase tickets at www.tiogacentral.com, or at the Tioga Central Railroad ticket window on the Muck Road, just off Route 287, about three miles north of downtown Wellsboro. All aboard!

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The most well-known multi-use trail in Tioga County is the sixty-two-mile Pine Creek Rail Trail. With its crushed limestone surface, it’s a joy to bike or hike (horses are allowed on a portion of the upper section) and, with seventeen areas for parking, access is easy. The nearby West Rim Trail skirts the rim of the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon for thirty miles and is also a gem.

In McKean County the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, a.k.a. Route 6, passes through Allegheny National Forest where ninety-seven miles of the 4,600-mile North Country Trail runs smack dab through the ANF. This trail crosses Route 6 just east of the Warren/McKean line. Other wellmarked and well-maintained multi-use trails in and around the Route 6 corridor

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include the fifty-nine-mile Loyalsock Trail, culminating at Worlds End State Park in Sullivan County; the Susquehannock Trail System, with its trailhead on Route 6 at the top of Denton Hill in Potter County; the Mid State Trail, crossing Route 6 just west of Mansfield; and the seven-mile (out-andback) Lambs Creek hike and bike trail, with its trailhead in Mansfield, near the borough maintenance building behind the strip mall on North Main Street. This trail’s surface is asphalt, so its uses include inline skating.

On most trails on state land, you’ll find trees painted with rectangular 2” x 6” blazes.

Color coding is fairly consistent throughout the Commonwealth: orange for major long distance hiking (only); blue for hiking and cross country skiing; yellow for short, local, or connector-trail hiking; red for shared use.

None of these trails allow motorized vehicles.

Be sure to visit some of the bike shops and outdoor gear shops along the Route 6 corridor for local hiking and biking information.

Check out the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources regional trail guides at www.dcnr.pa.gov/StateForests.

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f you’re a sports fanatic, the typical museum experience may not be for you. You want to handle the artifacts, test your knowledge, and get moving! Thankfully, the folks at the Little League Museum on Route 15 in Williamsport understand you, and have redesigned the museum to meet your needs and exceed your expectations.

The Little League Baseball Museum was originally opened in 1982 to honor the history of Little League Baseball, founded in Williamsport by Carl Stotz in 1939. In 2013, the museum re-opened as World of Little League: Peter J. McGovern Museum and Official Store. The renovated museum takes visitors on a journey through the history and culture of Little League, with fascinating stories and interactive exhibits at every turn. You can time yourself running the bases, try out your reflexes on the (virtual) field, and test your Little League knowledge.

Of course any true fan should make it a point to attend the Little League World Series, scheduled in 2018 for August 16-26, and thousands do. Watch the best teams from around the world compete for the title

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of world champion, with heart-racing games played on the gorgeous fields of Howard J. Lamade Stadium. Be sure to stop by the museum store and local businesses ahead of time to stock up on Little League pins, which are traded among players and fans throughout the week.

While the county seat of Lycoming County is a bit off the Route 6 path, the detour to Williamsport is well worth it, whether your tastes run to Victorian architecture, live music, or fishing on the Susquehanna. Just south of the Little League Museum on Route 15 is Clyde Peeling’s Reptiland, a unique zoo specializing in all things slithery and scaly.

Back in Williamsport proper, you’ll find everything you could hope for in shopping, dining, and accommodations in the downtown and the surrounding area. Try these local gems for starters: dinner at The Sticky Elbow, 631 Washington Boulevard; lodging at the City Hall Grand Hotel, 454 Pine Street; entertainment at Uptown Music Collective, www.uptownmusic.org; shopping at Willard’s Saddlery, 825 Westminster Drive.

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“We did this at the right time,” Connie y little art fits inside his big art,” Connie Sickler smiles as says. “People want a truly unique gift for she glances around Settlement special occasions like weddings and graduations. They want to turn it over and see an House.

It is an apt way to describe this unusual artist’s name, not a company’s.”

The two businesses feed into each other, business. Connie’s husband, Greg, builds striking post and beam homes, using old- and every one of Greg’s post and beam cliworld building techniques to create plac- ents gets a print of one of Connie’s paintings es of warmth and beauty. Connie uses her to christen their new home. Visitors on the own artistic talent to do something similar Artisan Trail can see photographs of a post with her paintings. Five years after building and beam house under construction and are a showcase home for potential clients to see, welcome to walk the short distance to the Greg and Connie decided to combine the office of Settlement House Post and Beam to two businesses by locating Connie and thir- discuss the possibilities. Some of the featured ty of her artistic friends in the house. Now artists use the scrap from the home building Settlement House (www.settlementhou- in their creations. On a recent visit, folks for seart.com) is a stop on the Route 6 Artisan whom Greg had built a house stopped in to Trail, and more than fifty artists have their share their photos of, and their pleasure in, creations exhibited here for sale. In 2013, their old-world-style home.

“Customers become friends,” Connie Connie (above) was named Route 6 Artist smiles. of the Year.

While summer is the busiest time for art The gift ideas are nearly endless, with three floors of home décor and specialty pieces like aficionados and other travellers following the hand-turned pens, pottery, and one-of-a- Route 6 Artisan Trail, winter stops at Settlekind jewelry. There are cozy chairs and books ment House are beautiful in their own way to page through, making a shopping trip feel and can be arranged by appointment, by more like a visit to the home of a very talent- calling (570) 297-0164. Settlement House is ed friend. In summer, the gardens beckon. in Sylvania at a bend in Route 6. Once the Connie’s four-year-old grandson shares his warm weather returns, hours are Tuesday to toys with the children of customers. People Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. walk their dogs on the property.

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A Trail Worth Exploring

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water trail, like a hiking trail, takes you through some of the country’s most remarkable scenery. The North Branch of the Susquehanna River Water Trail is no exception. Beginning at the New York/Pennsylvania border, the North Branch travels through the Endless Mountains Heritage Region, a rural landscape rich in scenic corridors, historic districts, and natural resources.

Seasoned paddlers describe the North Branch as serene and awe-inspiring. You’ll experience bucolic scenes dotted with farms along some sections of the river; in others, you’ll travel through dramatic glacier-sculpted landscapes. Stop by historic sites such as French Azilum, where exiles escaping the French Revolution settled in 1793. Although no structures from that period remain, the self-guided tour helps you imagine the plans for the 300-acre town. Have your binoculars ready as you paddle past the Finger Islands, a cluster of islands favored by birders and wildlife watchers. As you float down the North Branch, contemplate the Wyalusing Rocks, an important strategic and sacred spot for the Native American community. Craving an ice cream? Put in at one of the river towns for a snack along the way. On the North Branch River Trail, you’ll find plenty of scenic, historic, and geological points of interest.

Endless Mountain Outfitters in Sugar Run provides guides and shuttle services

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for community celebrations in several river towns. Their wing nights and fall pumpkin floats require reservations; their store provides rentals and sales of equipment. The North Branch also supports an exceptional warmwater fishery, according to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, with smallmouth bass being particularly abundant. How lucky are color-loving anglers that the best time to snag a catch is the fall foliage season?

For those who prefer land-based activities, a stroll down the walkway which follows the river in Towanda is like a promenade in a French seaside village. The one-mile walking path is an invitation to experience the importance of water to the development of towns, industry, and commerce along its course.

The Susquehanna River, voted Pennsylvania’s River of the Year in 2016, travels 444 miles from its source near Cooperstown, New York, to the Chesapeake Bay. For paddlers who’ve navigated the entire river, claim your badge and membership in the Susquehanna River 444 Club. There are maps and guides (www.susquehannagreenway.org or Facebook are good starting places) highlighting the features, launches, and services available along the North Branch of the Susquehanna River Trail. Iroquois settlers, eminent botanists, and traders of all nations travelled this trail hundreds of years ago; now it’s your turn to explore.

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he historic and picturesque Manley-Bohlayer Farm is a unique cultural and community center just outside of Canton that draws in people of all ages for creative classes and events. The farm, owned

by Rekindle the Spirit, Inc., is best known as the site of the annual Pennsylvania Apple & Cheese Festival in October, and is a living preservation and showcase of early farm life in the county.

The farm was built in the 1860s and the land has a rich agricultural history. There are heritage gardens surrounding the 1870 farmhouse, and a number of artifacts associated with local farm history are on site. It was, of course, a working farm, and was in the Manley family for several generations until it was purchased by Franklin Bohlayer.

He died in 1987 and eventually the property was purchased by Rekindle the Spirit, Inc., a local history preservation group. The house space and grounds can be rented for weddings, reunions, bridal or baby showers, club meetings, Christmas parties, and other private functions, says Lucy Chamberlain, president of Rekindle the Spirit, Inc. Other bygone-era buildings on the property include a blacksmith shop, community building, cider mill, one-room schoolhouse, and a barn. Some of the historic buildings, such as the community building and oneroom schoolhouse, were relocated from other

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locations around Canton. Community members have donated items to aid in the historic preservation of these buildings, including vintage school desks, maps, flags, and “things that have been in the old schoolhouses locally,” Lucy says. Many years ago, the community building was the site of a voting precinct.

The voting booths are still inside, she notes.

Rekindle the Spirit’s largest event, the annual Pennsylvania Apple & Cheese Festival, is held the first full weekend in October, and features local handcrafters, agricultural products, area musicians, and a fine arts and photography show. The farm’s cider press, which was donated by a community member and rebuilt, churns out liquid gold throughout the weekend. Other annual events include the Canton Wine and Cheese Festival the fourth Saturday in June, and a Victorian Christmas the first Saturday in December.

Throughout the year, a variety of handson classes are offered for adults and children.

Creative possibilities include jewelry making, basket weaving, painting, and blacksmithing. Children’s workshops are offered in the summer; Lucy, who teaches art in the Troy Area School District, leads them. Topics covered last summer included painting, fitness, music, and robotics.

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The Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour

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oal is an integral part of Pennsylvania’s history. Thousands earned a living mining anthracite, but what was it really like underground? To experience a little bit of this piece of our past, make the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour in Scranton’s McDade Park a stop on your Route 6 adventure. While recreating the actual conditions under which coal miners worked a hundred-plus years ago (this particular mine opened in 1860) is not possible, today’s visitors can get something of a feel for what these brave folks endured every day.

The 300-foot descent underground in a mine car takes three to four minutes; then would-be miners have an hour-long guided tour along what was known, in the mine’s active days, as Slope #190. Tour officials suggest wearing comfortable clothing and walking shoes, as the underground experience includes a walk of about half a mile. The temperature is a constant fifty-three degrees, but jackets are available for those who get chilly.

There is some handicapped accessibility.

Once you’re above ground again, or perhaps as you’re waiting for your turn to head

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down into the mine, visit the gift shop for a selection of coal-related souvenirs and collectables (coal jewelry, anyone?). Plan a stop also at the nearby Anthracite Heritage Museum.

McDade Park itself, named for U.S. Representative Joseph McDade, has a swimming pool, a fishing pond, arboretum, and natural gardens. Bring a racket and play a game of tennis, shoot some hoops, take a jog, or enjoy a picnic. When the weather turns snowy, bring a sled.

Just a short drive from McDade Park is the Everhart Museum of Natural History, Science, and Art, the Scranton Iron Furnaces, the Steamtown National Historic Site, and the Electric City Trolley Museum. Before you leave Scranton, which is the county seat of Lackawanna County and the sixth largest city in the state, make sure to see the famous Electric City sign, commemorating the city’s early use of electric lights and electric streetcars.

The mine is open from April 1 to November 30; the box office opens daily at 10 a.m.

Call (570) 963-6463 or (800) 238-7245 for detailed information.

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The Pocono Raceway

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re you a NASCAR fan or a motorhead? Have you always wanted to drive a tuned-up, tricked-up stock car on a fabled and famous racing venue?

Well, in Scranton, turn south off Route 6 onto I-81 south. Look for the exit to I-380.

Another twenty miles and you’re at the Pocono Raceway, home to NASCAR’s Pocono 400. Designed by Rodger Ward, the 1959 and 1962 Indy 500 winner, the 2.5 mile Pocono Raceway is unique. Each turn is modeled after turns at other tracks—Indianapolis, Trenton, and Milwaukee, are all represented.

In August of 1974, Hall of Fame driver Richard Petty won the first Pocono 500, and did it again in 1976. The list of winners reads like a NASCAR Who’s Who, including Cale Yarborough, Donnie Allison, A.J. Foyt, Rick Mears, Bill Elliot, Bobby Rahal, and the father and son team of Dale Earnhardt and Junior. The most Pocono wins go to Jeff Gordon.

A fan might simply enjoy checking the place out. There are free tours, and the Fan Store is the place to find official track and driver merchandise.

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the famed Tricky Triangle, a track feature noted to eat up cars and drivers, in a more visceral, first-hand way. If that’s the case, you can rent a souped-up stock car and speed around the track yourself, driving 600 HP for eight laps and twenty miles (this one-ofa-kind behind-the-wheel experience makes a great gift). The first half-hour is in the classroom, giving novices training in safety measures. Then, at the track, after your vehicle and track orientation, you get suited up with a helmet and HANS (head and neck safety) restraint. The professionals see that you are safely strapped in and the race is on!

Following a pace car, the first lap reaches 100 miles per hour. Nearly all guests reach the 150 miles per hour range or above.

It is also possible to drive your own vehicle on the track if you have completed the required StockCar Driving Experience classroom training.

Visit www.877stockcar.com or phone (877) 786-2522 for information about driving on the famed course; call 1-800-RACEWAY or visit www.poconoraceway.com for tickets or for planning your trip to the track at 1234 Long Pond Road, Long Pond, Pennsylvania.

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icture a Victorian-era table setting in an affluent American household— candlelight catches the luster and gleam of the plates and the silver, and the cut glass stemware is simply brilliant. In fact, the “Brilliant Period” of cut glassmaking in the United States began after the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876. It was French-born Christian Dorflinger, working at the time in White Mills, who was on the proverbial cutting edge of glassmaking at that moment in artistic time.

Dorflinger (1828-1915) apprenticed with an uncle to learn glassmaking. In 1846 he came with his mother and siblings to America, finding work in New York City with a company making kerosene lamps and lamp chimneys. By 1858, his own Long Island Flint Glass Works had two factories and was producing commercial products as well as quality cut glass tableware—it was Dorflinger glassware that graced the table at the Lincoln White House in 1861. The next year, he purchased a 600-acre farm in Wayne County, and shortly after that another 350 acres.

By 1865 Dorflinger and his brother had begun operating the Wayne County Glass Works Company on that property. Numerous expansions followed; by the early 1900s

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the factory had 650 employees.

Today Dorflinger glass is highly collectable, with one of the largest collections, the Ray LaTournous Dorflinger Collection, housed in White Mills in what was the factory’s lower cutting shop, a three-story structure built in 1883. Jim Asselstine, founder and director of Dorflinger Factory Museum, explains that the cutting shop is one of two buildings which were part of the original factory complex and that are now home to not only glass creations but to the original equipment used to make the product. That Victorian-era dining room is here, too.

Just a mile down the road is the Dorflinger Glass Museum, owned and operated by the Dorflinger-Suydam Wildlife Sanctuary. The museum is in the original farmhouse where Christian Dorflinger and his family lived when they first came to White Mills, and has over 1,000 pieces of Dorflinger glass.

“We work together, and the two [museums] complement each other,” says Jim. Find out more about the Dorflinger Factory Museum by calling (570) 253-0220 or visiting www.dorflingerfactorymuseum.org.

The Dorflinger Glass Museum is online at www.dorflinger.org and can be reached at (570) 253-1185.

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The Hawley Silk Mill

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he Hawley Silk Mill, known as the Bellemonte Silk Mill when it was built in 1880, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Characterized today as the lifestyle center of the northern Pocono Mountains, this destination is home to an eclectic variety of businesses, retail shops, and educational opportunities in Hawley.

The building itself, recognized as the largest bluestone-constructed building in the country, has seen its share of tenants and uses over the years. In addition to its initial use as a silk mill—500 young women ages eight to seventeen worked here in 1881—it was a textile factory, and housed an antiques center until 2009.

These days, the numerous retail stores include a children’s boutique and art and furniture shops. If you’ve worked up an appetite while shopping, visit the Mill Market Bakery (above) for pastries, bread, and produce (and free food tastings on Saturdays). You can also get your caffeine fix at the Cocoon Coffee House, located in the building where cocoons were once kept for silk making.

The Hawley Silk Mill also offers a num-

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ber of opportunities to get your mind and your body in shape. The top floor is home to Lackawanna College classroom space. A variety of professional offices share space on the second floor, including a fitness center, open seven days a week with state-of-the-art equipment, spin and yoga classes, and personal trainers. Pilates training is also available at the Hawley Silk Mill.

The Boiler Room has been turned into a rustic event space where visitors can not only see the original boilerplate door, but can also take a cooking class, attend a party, hear some music, and generally have a great time.

Check the calendar at www.hawleysilkmill. com for classes and events at the Boiler Room, or call (855) 795-7455 or (570) 3904440 for information about times of operation for other businesses in the facility.

The Hawley Silk Mill, at 8 Old Route 6, is reason enough to make this a stop on your Route 6 journey, but the nearby Ledges Hotel, formerly known as the O’Connor Glass Factory, and the picture-perfect waterfalls just outside are others. Don’t miss any of them!

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MILFORD, PA

Grey Towers National Historic Site, ancestral home of Gifford Pinchot, America’s “first forester”; house and gardens open for tours.

Great lodging, including at Harrington House B&B and the Hotel Fauchere/ Relais & Chateaux.

The working 19th century wooden grist mill at the Upper Mill/Old Lumberyard complex, with boutiques, restaurants and antiques.

Columns Museum with its most famous relic: the blood-stained flag that cushioned President Lincoln’s head moments after he was assassinated.

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The Birthplace of the American Conservation Movement www.milfordpa.us

Great restaurants throughout historic Milford, including Jorgenson’s at the Dimmick, Apple Valley, The Waterwheel, The Laurel Villa and more.

Exquisite 19th c. architecture, including by Vaux, LaFarge, Hunt and Olmsted. 75% of Milford is a national historic district.

Speciality food and gift shops, fine home furnishings, art galleries and a year-round schedule of festivals and activities.

Milford is the north gate to the 70,000acre Delaware Water Gap National Park, with waterfalls, canoeing and tubing, and miles of hiking and biking trails.

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The Hotel Fauchère

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stablished in 1852, the Hotel Fauchère has seen its share of famous folks. Legend has it that, over dinner one evening, Gifford Pinchot and Teddy Roosevelt sketched out the plan for the National Park Service on a napkin. Pinchot took the napkin with him and had returned the next day, washed and pressed.

Pinchot and Roosevelt join the likes of Charlie Chaplin, Henry Ford, and a host of past and present-day politicians, actors, and writers who have enjoyed a meal or a night’s lodging at this gracious facility, and whose images now decorate the walls. In addition to exploring the roster of famous visitors, today’s guests can enjoy the stunning landscape paintings, including those from the Hudson River School, and photography from the likes of Christopher Makos and Paul Solberg.

Through the years the hotel has maintained its culinary connection to the man behind the name—Louis Fauchère. Fauchère, born in 1823 in Switzerland to a family of chefs and hoteliers, was known for his talents in the kitchen, having worked at the esteemed Delmonico’s in New York City. He brought

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those fine cuisine talents to Hotel Fauchère; guests dining in the Delmonico room can enjoy lobster Newberg (created with Maine lobster), duck breast, or the hotel’s version of the famed Delmonico steak. Just a set of stairs separates the traditional from the modern, with Bar Louis on the hotel’s ground floor giving guests a more contemporary dining experience. And in the house next door, the hotel runs 403 Broad, which bills itself as “a bakery by morning, sandwich spot for lunch, and pasta shop by night,” and includes locally sourced wheat for its pasta.

The 150-plus-year-old Hotel Fauchère of course offers modern amenities, such as the Badea & Soul Day Spa, but it still cherishes a connection to its historic roots.

While you’re staying in Milford, be sure to take a walk down Broad Street, around Milford’s Historic Disctrict, and visit some of the local waterfalls. See Grey Towers, a National Historic Landmark, and other classic examples of nineteenth century American architecture. Don’t miss the Zane Grey Museum in nearby Lackawaxen.

Contact Hotel Fauchère at (570) 4091212 or at www.hotelfauchere.com.

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