Colton Point State Park is a 368-acre (149 ha) Pennsylvania state park
in the United States. It is on the west side of Tioga County's Pine
Creek Gorge, also known as the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania, which is
800 feet (240 m) deep and nearly 4,000 feet (1,200 m) across at this
location. The park, named for Henry Colton, a Williamsport lumberman who
cut timber there starting in 1879, extends from the creek in the bottom
of the gorge up to the rim and across part of the plateau to the west.
Known for its views of the gorge, it offers opportunities for
picnicking, hiking, fishing, hunting, whitewater boating, and camping.
It was chosen by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources for its "Twenty Must-See Pennsylvania State Parks" list. Pine
Creek has carved the gorge through five major rock formations from the
Devonian and Carboniferous periods. A path along Pine Creek was first
used by Native Americans, then lumbermen, and from 1883 to 1988 it was
the route of a railroad. The gorge was named a National Natural Landmark
in 1968.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colton_Point_State_Park>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1547:
Schmalkaldic War: Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, led Imperial
troops to a decisive victory in the Battle of Mühlberg over the
Lutheran Schmalkaldic League of Protestant princes.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_M%C3%BChlberg>
1800:
The Library of Congress, the de facto national library of the
United States, was established as part of an act of Congress providing
for the transfer of the nation's capital from Philadelphia to
Washington, D.C.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Congress>
1904:
Realizing that the Russification of Lithuania was not working,
the Russian Empire lifted the 40-year-old ban on publications using the
Lithuanian language.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_press_ban>
1967:
The Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 1 crashed in Siberia during its
return to Earth, killing cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov, the first human to
die during a spaceflight.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Komarov>
1990:
The Hubble Space Telescope was launched aboard the Space
Shuttle Discovery in mission STS-31.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Space_Telescope>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
levant:
To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/levant>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
You will find out that Charity is a heavy burden to carry,
heavier than the kettle of soup and the full basket. But you will keep
your gentleness and your smile. It is not enough to give soup and bread.
This the rich can do. You are the servant of the poor, always smiling
and good-humored. They are your masters, terribly sensitive and exacting
master you will see. and the uglier and the dirtier they will be, the
more unjust and insulting, the more love you must give them. It is only
for your love alone that the poor will forgive you the bread you give to
them.
--Vincent de Paul
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Vincent_de_Paul>