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

  1. ↑ "Cooks Run Populated Place Profile / Clinton County, Pennsylvania Data". pennsylvania.hometownlocator.com.
  2. ↑ "Cooks Run (Clinton County, Pennsylvania): Community Profile". RoadsideThoughts.
  3. 1 2 3 "TOWNSHIPS OF CLINTON COUNTY". www.clintoncogensociety.org.
  4. ↑ "Indian Villages and Place Names of North Central Pennsylvania". www.ncpenn.com.
  5. ↑ "Lock Haven, PA., Thursday, November 8, 1888". www.clintoncogensociety.org.
  6. ↑ "Cooks Run Fishing near Renovo, Pennsylvania - HookandBullet.com". www.hookandbullet.com.
  7. ↑ "Forty Years of AMD in Cooks Run – Camp Run and Rock Ru". 12 July 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Cleaning Polluted Streams in Clinton County". 1 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Coal mine reclamation project will clean up Cook's Run - News, Sports, Jobs - The Express". www.lockhaven.com.

Coordinates: 41°16′51″N 77°52′34″W / 41.28083°N 77.87611°W / 41.28083; -77.87611


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