ABOUT THE NAMES CHISELED ATOP HIGH ROCK

Two names were chiseled into the granite rock atop of High Rock (also known as Big Rock and Turtle Head) in 1909. They are: S. R. Peale and J. E. Steele. (Some of the letters have faded and it's difficult to make a few of them out.) John E. Steele was an early President of the Clymer Borough Council and also Secretary of the Council from the 1930s through the 1950s. J. E. Steele once served as the Fire Chief of the Clymer Volunteer Fire Company, was a Trustee of First Presbyterian Church of Clymer. and was President of the Kiwanis Club of Clymer. (Perhaps the rock formation should be called "Steele Peale Rock" in honor of the two upright men whose names are inscribed there.)

The fading names of J. E. Steele and S. R. Peale 1909.

There's supposed to be another inscription in the rock reading: "Rembrandt Peale, Jr., 1907," although it is not known where it is.

There's another inscription chiseled on the side of High Rock that reads: E. Moore 1912. The full identity of this man is not known. There was a Mr. and Mrs. Joe Moore who were patrons of the Clymer Opera House in 1909; there was a Camby Moore who was a pastor of the Methodist Church of Clymer in 1916 (and pastor of Methodist Episcopal Church in Penn Run prior to that); and there was a Samuel S. Moore who was a Clymer World War I Veteran. Most likely E. Moore was related to one of them. It is also know that a man named Evelet Moore (1901-1976), son of Frank Moore (1870-1944), lived in Rochester Mills. There is also a Moore Hotel in Indiana.

Side View of High Rock (Big Rock, Turtle Head)
 

Frontal view of High Rock that shows the turtle head shape atop

THE GHOST FACE

There is a rock formation just behind High Rock atop of the hill that, due to weathering, projects a ghost-like face. Children have referred to it as the "ghost face." People see other images in the rock formation as well. Take a look for yourself in the following recent photos.

TURTLE ROCK

Halfway between Sample run and Clymer there is an unusual rock formation near Route 286. A large boulder rests at an angle atop a larger boulder, and the formation has a turtle-like shape. It so happens that this rock formation is situated at the bottom of the hill directly below High Rock (Turtle Head). In 1958, a college art student created a water color of Turtle Rock, and it hung for some time on the wall of Neal's Drug Store. (Does anyone happen to know where this painting is today?) A bank parking lot now occupies the space where Neal's Drug Store once stood. (By the way, long before cherry coke and vanilla coke was available in a can, one could get a cherry coke or a vanilla coke at the fountain at Neal's Drug Store.)

Turtle Rock

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