Everything about The Kishacoquillas Valley totally explained
The
Kishacoquillas Valley, known locally as both
Kish Valley and
Big Valley, is an enclosed
anticlinal valley in the
Ridge-and-valley Appalachians of Central
Pennsylvania, lying between
Stone Mountain ridge to the north and
Jacks Mountain ridge to the south. The valley is located in
Mifflin County and
Huntingdon County. Many
Amish and
Mennonite people also live in the valley. The valley drains via the
Kishacoquillas Creek through the Mann Narrows
water gap in Jacks Mountain to the
Juniata River.
U.S. Route 322 follows the creek though the gap, and is the main travel route across the valley, running from
Harrisburg to
State College. The
Mifflin County Airport also lies in the valley.
Principal towns
History
John Armstrong named the Valley in 1759 after a friendly
Shawnee chief. His Indian name translates to "The snakes are already in their dens."
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Joseph Yoder portrays the late nineteenth-century Valley in his semi-autobiographical
Rosanna of the Amish (1940).
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