Looking back on Warren County Pennsylvania history: Kinzua resort pipe dream (1986)

 

Photo by Retiring Guy (July 2024)

The resort idea never got any traction.

According to Merriam-Webster, the first-known use of 'pipe dream' , as in an illusory or fantastic plan, hope, or story, occurred in 1890.

Other coinages from the same year include:

1. box camera
2. breakfast bar
3. bunk bed
4. golf course
5. hinterland
6. sunseeker
7. traveler's diarrhea