Today, hikers entering Masten, Laquin, or the country around Ricketts and Grays Run in northern Pennsylvania may believe they are walking through wilderness. In reality, they are walking through old neighborhoods of lumber towns long since forgotten.
September 06, 2026
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Terry Diener
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Additional Credits:
Credits: Thomas T. Taber III’s 1970 volume, Ghost Lumber Towns of Central Pennsylvania: Laquin, Masten, Ricketts, Grays Run. Supporting details were checked against the Thomas T. Taber Museum, LeRoy Heritage Museum, and Pennsylvania DCNR’s history of Ricketts Glen; Photo Credit: Loggers, Mills and Lumber Industry, Masten, James V. Brown Library
