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d r i v i n g t o u r
This scenic driving tour includes a beautiful overlook and a visit to a lovely limestone valley with historic
villages, country churches, one-room schoolhouses, pristine farmsteads and thousands of contented
cows. All the makings for a great “Sunday drive.”
Turn left onto Rt.
36 N and travel one
mile to the village
of Waterside. Go a
mile past Waterside
and turn right onto
Hickory Bottom Rd.
Drive about 5 miles
to Diehl’s Crossroad
Church of the
Brethren. You’ll pass
Zimmerman’s Bulk
Foods and Spring
Farm Greenhouse.
Turn left at Diehl’s
Church and travel to
Junction 866 S and turn left again.
Travel to Rt. 36 S and turn left through the village of Woodbury.
You’ll pass Northern Bedford High School on the right and come
upon the five story Snider House on your left. After you pass
the Snider House, go .2 mile and turn right into the village of
Loysburg. Turn right at the “T” onto S.R.
1005-90 and after one block, turn left
onto Church View Rd. Ascend
Snakespring Mountain and
travel 5.7 miles to the Civil War
entrenchments on the right where
Col. Higgins set up defenses
to prevent the approaching
Confederate army from capturing
the Altoona Railroad. The Battle
of Gettysburg removed this
threat.
Continue south down the mountain. Nearing the bottom on the
mountain take a right onto Upper Snake Spring Rd. (S.R. 1003)
Travel 4.7 miles to Rt. 30. Bedford is to your right, about 6 miles,
and Breezewood is to your left, about 10 miles.
From Bedford, travel I-99 N to the
Osterburg exit and turn right, following
Rt. 869 E. Enjoy a dramatic ascent
up Brumbaugh Mountain to a scenic
overlook, 2.5 miles. Descend the mountain into Morrison’s Cove
and continue on 869 E for 4 or 5 miles to New Enterprise. Please
watch for horse drawn buggies, bicycles or farm machinery on
this road.
Just beyond New Enterprise is the South Woodbury Township
Building on your left where you will see a very nice Veterans
Memorial. Dedicated in 2015, this memorial honors the names
of 557 military veterans of South Woodbury Township. Continue
on 869 to the “T” in the road.
Across the road from you now is the big stone house built by
John Snider in 1812 (pictured below). Snider apparently built
this structure to house his children, he had 11, and their families.
It is five stories high and has a huge attic, there are 25 rooms
and 16 fireplaces. Located on what was a major freight route,
the fourth floor served as a tavern to 19th century teamsters.
It is said that the construction of the house became a major
financial burden to Mr. Snider and unsympathetic neighbors
dubbed the house as Snider’s Folly and Solomon’s Temple.
Legend holds that in 1850, Barbara Sell Foreman, a visitor, while
dressed in her hoop
skirt, was lifted by a
gust of wind from the
fourth floor porch and
was dropped, unhurt
on the road below long
before the invention
of the video camera,
sadly.
(Please Note:
This is a private
residence. Please
respect the privacy
of the homeowners
and do not knock
on the door.)
Self Guided Tour Time: 75 Minutes
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