TS ONCE A SUMMER RESORT TOWN, THIS MOUNTAIN GEM HAS NOW ELEVATED TO YEAR-ROUND LIVING Nestled in the beautiful treefilled setting of the Allegheny Mountains at an impressive 2100-foot elevation, the once summer retreat town of Ebensburg has blossomed into a thriving borough made up of a cross-section of over 3,000 residents lucky enough to call this mountain paradise home. The borough of Ebensburg lays claim to the county seat for Cambria County. Its founding dates back to 1797, when a group of Welsh travelers chose to settle in the area. “We are about two miles south of the Eastern Continental Divide referred to as the Dividing Ridge Summit, so some water that falls here goes down the Mississippi and some 164 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 05, ISSUE 12
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