Port Allegany. Travel point since pioneer days, when travelers coming overland from the Susquehanna continued by water from "Canoe Place." The town grew as a center of lumber and tanning industry. Its descriptive present name came into use about 1840.

US 6 near N Main, at bridge, Port Allegany, PA, United States

Port Allegany. Travel point since pioneer days, when travelers coming overland from the Susquehanna continued by water from "Canoe Place." The town grew as a center of lumber and tanning industry. Its descriptive present name came into use about 1840.

Pearl St. & Arnold Ave., in public park near bus terminal, Port Allegany, PA, United States

Allegheny Portage. The 23-mile crossing from Susquehanna West Branch to the Allegheny River followed Portage Creek to a "canoe place" near this point. From here Indians and pioneers continued on their way by boat down the Allegheny River.

Junction U.S. 6 & Pa. 155, Port Allegany, PA, United States