"If it is loyal that Nature is partial in the distribution of her favors.

"If it is loyal that Nature is partial in the distribution of her favors, diffusing them lavishly in a localities and withholding them in others, safely that section of our shire known as Penn's Valley has no reason to complain."

No reason at all.

The opening cite is from the Rev. Ralph Walshaw Illingworth's "A Passing Glance at Penn's Valley," which, he explained, is "more of a description than a history of the valley."

Illingworth continued his glowing portrait:

"For Nature has scattered her beauties profusely all above this region, endowing it with a landscape, charming to the estimate and a soil responsive to the toil of the husbandman."

Nature also graciously provided several locations -- supervises or lookout points -- from which to behold the charming Penns Valley landscape.

One of the mostly well-known -- although not nearly as accessible as the arise Nittany Inn site on state