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4 unusual facts about Juniata River


Hartslog

During the land purchase of 1755 James Sterrat of Carlisle purchased 400 acres including the sleeping place called John Hart’s log on the Juniata River, which is now Alexandria.

Juniata River

A two-foot (0.6 m) fragment of the second stone sits in Juniata College's museum.

The National Book Award and Pulitzer prize-winning poet Galway Kinnell wrote of the river in a section of The Book of Nightmares (1971), entitled "Dear Stranger, Extant in Memory by the Blue Juniata" ("The Blue Juniata" was a well-known 19th-century parlor song).

The Blue Juniata

In "The Blue Juniata", bright Alfarata, the Indian girl, sings the praises of her warrior while she travels along the Juniata River.


Bloody Run Canoe Classic

The Bloody Run Canoe Classic (BRCC) is a community canoe and kayak race along the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River in Everett, Pennsylvania.


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Bloody Run

Bloody Run Canoe Classic, a community canoe and kayak race along the Raystown Branch of the Juniata River in Everett, Pennsylvania, United States