Editing PineFalls (section)

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Pine Falls.  Population: 51,272

The pamphlets in the cultural center say that Pine Falls was once a popular settlement during the gold rush era and grew from the small, yet tenacious families who kept their traditional ways alive into the twentieth century.  Today, however, the presence of Spencer University has transformed the once quaint little town into a place where young people gather to learn and forge themselves into tomorrow's leaders.  Over the last fifty years, the old town by the river has been subsumed by the trappings of modern culture; slowly taking on the appearance of a typical college town.

Spencer University is Pine Falls' first and foremost attraction and source of revenue.  It is a beautiful campus sprawled out over the biggest hill in town and faces the river on its south side.  The rest of the town reinvented itself to cater to the abundant student body and the more contemporary establishments are all situated nearest to the campus, dwindling away from it into what are referred to as the "cultural" areas of the town.  It isn't at all unusual to see Victorian homes sitting across from fraternity houses or thrift shops built out of rustic cabins on the outskirts.

Other noteworthy sites in town include Franklin Park, the Pine Falls Cultural Heritage Center, and of course the namesake waterfall itself just outside the city limits.

East of Pine Falls is Nasisan -- a Salishan Indian Reservation.  It hardly counts as a town, however, and is considered off-limits to non-residents without permission. 

More to come...