An author named Dennis Wolfe of the Columbia-Mountour Area Vocational-Technical School in Bloomsburg wrote to me asking if I know how Tapeworm Road here in West Marlborough got its name. He said he's working on a book about "scenes and events" throughout Pennsylvania, and one chapter focuses on odd road names. This one certainly qualifies. If you have any information, you can email him at DWolfe@cmvt.us.
Dennis sent me two funny photos from his collection of Pennsylvania road signs. One sign welcomes visitors to Freeland, which it boasts is Pennsylvania's highest borough, with an elevation of 1,942 feet. A contradictory sign, from the borough of Eagles Mere, however, gives an elevation of 2,126 feet.
Dennis sent me two funny photos from his collection of Pennsylvania road signs. One sign welcomes visitors to Freeland, which it boasts is Pennsylvania's highest borough, with an elevation of 1,942 feet. A contradictory sign, from the borough of Eagles Mere, however, gives an elevation of 2,126 feet.
Hessie, former roadmaster, informed me that they named it Tapeworm because it is as windy as a tapeworm.
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's pretty wind-y, but still ... a tapeworm?
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