There are two scenic overlooks in the Allegheny National Forest near the river town of Tidioute. There's the "Town Overlook" and the "River Overlook." The River Overlook is by far the lovelier.
It was a rare return to real winter up there in the national forest, where it's frequently as much as 10 degrees colder than in Pittsburgh. See how the snowy fields lead down to the water with the Allegheny River wending its narrow course between wooded hills. The little island in the river is part of the so-called Allegheny Islands Wilderness.
My grandfather used to say that Tidioute was so named because a fur trader once lived here with a Seneca wife who went about topless.
The truth is a lot less colorful. Apparently it's just an old Seneca word for "crooked stream."
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