Beula, Pennsylvania

Beula, or Beulah, Pennsylvania was a town that existed between 1797 and 1804 in Cambria County, Pennsylvania,[1] founded by Welsh Minister Morgan John Rhys.[2] The original settlers under the guidance of Rhys had bought the land from Dr. Benjamin Rush, in search of a home in the countryside. They originally planned on settling in Western Ohio, but it took too long to secure land in that region, so the Pennsylvania tract was settled upon. Two members of Rhys's party would go on to found Paddy's Run, Ohio. Rhys intended for Beula to be a cattle range.[3]

All that remains of Beula today.

It is one of the few ghost towns mentioned as a part of Pennsylvania's Ghost Town Trail.

See Also

References
  1. "Beula". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2021-08-15.
  2. Bleyden, Paul (1947). "Beula". Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies. 14 (2): 118–130. ISSN 0031-4528.
  3. Shoemaker, Henry (1947-10-30). "Cattle Ranching and Sheep-Herding on Pennsylvania's Abandoned Farms and Slashings..." Altoona Tribune. p. 4. Retrieved 2021-07-02.

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