If you visit this location near the Harmon Covered Bridge today you will find the scene looks almost the same. The only difference would be that the hills behind the covered bridge now have more trees on them. Harmon Bridge was constructed in 1911 and was one of the last covered bridges constructed in Indiana County. Only the Bell School Bridge, located just a short distance upstream from here, was built later. The Bell School Bridge is now gone, one of nearly 48 covered bridges that once existed in Indiana County. Today four covered bridges are left in the County.
This black and white photo from our archives is dated September 1969. The Trusal Bridge is the oldest covered bridge in Indiana County still standing, constructed in 1870. The bridge remains but the setting today is more pastoral with open farmland and not as wooded as it appears in this photo. Nonetheless, it's a great spot in one of Indiana County's most scenic areas.
"The misty dawns of late summer are as much a part of the season as are daisies and goldenrod. The mist fills the valley and settles over ponds and streams like smoke before sunrise, and with dawn's first light there is curling and wreathing with mysterious little air currents playing tag. Then the sun rises and the whole filmy curtain begins to lift." - Hal Borland Photo taken on late August morning at Blue Spruce Park.
