Excerpt from A Collection of Papers Read Before the Bucks County Historical Society, Vol. 2
Animals - Beaver, took its name from the principal stream which was so called by reason of the pioneers finding its current obstructed by beaver dams. Elk, from the noble animal which, upon the arrival of the first settlers, in large droves had a wide range over this forest domain.
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