Henry Wilson Storey's History of Cambria County, V.I, p.215

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its waters into those of the North Branch, forming there the greatest river of Pennsylvania--the historic Susquehanna.
     Chest creek rises near Kaylor Station, on the Cambria and Clearfield railroad, in Allegheny township, and joined by the West Branch, which rises in Cambria township, near Winterset Station, on the same railroad, flows in a slightly northwest direction through Clearfield township and between those of Elder and Chest into Clearfield county, where it enters the West Branch of the Susquehanna.
     Before the town of Patton is reached, where the Little Chest creek flows in, Laurel Lick run, Chest Springs run and several others pour in their waters.
     Between the points where Flanagan's run and Blubaker creek join it, begins the outcropping of red shale that underlies the lower coal measures of the Westover and Johnstown basins, here separated by the Laurel Hill anticlinal.
     Blubaker creek, the largest tributary of Chest creek, rises in the southwestern part of Elder township, and passes through the town of Hastings to its junction with the Little Blubaker creek, four miles beyond. Blubaker creek unites with Chest creek, just a short distance before the latter enters Clearfield county.
     Of late years the development of the vast mineral resources of the Blacklick region following the construction of a railroad along the valley of the South Branch has brought that section of the county prominently before the people; but probably few are aware of the vast area of the drainage of the system, second only to the Conemaugh.
     The Blacklick in Cambria is composed of two large branches--the North Branch and the South Branch--and their tributaries.
     The North Branch of the Blacklick--if preference is given length and size--rises in Carroll township, about a mile north of the Cambria township line, near the old Ebensburg plank road. Beginning its course in a northeasterly direction, swerving to the northwest, westward, and southwest, it unites, when between four and five miles in length, with another branch, which, rising about a mile to the southwest of the source of the stream already noted, runs in a less circuitous course toward the northwest. Forming from its source the boundary line between the townships of Cambria and Carroll it flows northwest, receiving various runs and rivulets from the north and south,

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	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.	215
its waters into those of the North Branch, forming there the greatest river of Pennsylvania--the historic Susquehanna. Chest creek rises near Kaylor Station, on the Cambria and Clearfield railroad, in Allegheny township, and joined by the West Branch, which rises in Cambria township, near Winterset Station, on the same railroad, flows in a slightly northwest direction through Clearfield township and between those of Elder and Chest into Clearfield county, where it enters the West Branch of the Susquehanna. Before the town of Patton is reached, where the Little Chest creek flows in, Laurel Lick run, Chest Springs run and several others pour in their waters. Between the points where Flanagan's run and Blubaker creek join it, begins the outcropping of red shale that underlies the lower coal measures of the Westover and Johnstown basins, here separated by the Laurel Hill anticlinal. Blubaker creek, the largest tributary of Chest creek, rises in the southwestern part of Elder township, and passes through the town of Hastings to its junction with the Little Blubaker creek, four miles beyond. Blubaker creek unites with Chest creek, just a short distance before the latter enters Clearfield county. Of late years the development of the vast mineral resources of the Blacklick region following the construction of a railroad along the valley of the South Branch has brought that section of the county prominently before the people; but probably few are aware of the vast area of the drainage of the system, second only to the Conemaugh. The Blacklick in Cambria is composed of two large branches--the North Branch and the South Branch--and their tributaries. The North Branch of the Blacklick--if preference is given length and size--rises in Carroll township, about a mile north of the Cambria township line, near the old Ebensburg plank road. Beginning its course in a northeasterly direction, swerving to the northwest, westward, and southwest, it unites, when between four and five miles in length, with another branch, which, rising about a mile to the southwest of the source of the stream already noted, runs in a less circuitous course toward the northwest. Forming from its source the boundary line between the townships of Cambria and Carroll it flows northwest, receiving various runs and rivulets from the north and south,